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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
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FRS / GMRS Radio ----- "tweaking"
I get your message! nothing like a captive market/audience.
'nother question: since these GMRS radios are so close in frequency to the UHF business bands, can they be 'tweaked' to these frequencies --- a la 464 mHz???? |
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FRS / GMRS Radio ----- "tweaking"
I get your message! nothing like a captive market/audience.
'nother question: since these GMRS radios are so close in frequency to the UHF business bands, can they be 'tweaked' to these frequencies --- a la 464 mHz???? |
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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
GMRS has been out many, many more years than FRS. Originally designed for
the service they now provide. The rules established at that time required a license. As with all things Government, it is much easier to establish a law than to change it. Many use GMRS without licensing altho' strictly you are supposed to get one. "Keith" wrote in message ... Well, I got a nice little Christmas present, a pair of Motorola T4500 FRS (or so I thought) radios. Seems that these broadcast on both the FRS (Family Radio Service) channels and the newer GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies. When FRS came out, they were nice little radios that didn't require a license, and had a good range, relatively inexpensive, etc. Of course, somebody couldn't leave good enough, so they came out with the GMRS frequencies. The radios use a higher power on the GMRS frequencies. Well guess what? To be strictly legal, you have to get a license for these new GMRS frequencies. $75 for 5 years from the FCC, you have to fill out forms 605 and 159. Now, I can of course operate these radios on channels 8-14 ONLY without a license and be legal, because these are the old FRS frequencies. Sheesh, the license is more than the radios! Now how many folks who got these for Christmas do you think are going to apply for an FCC license? Sure reminds me of the old CB radio days. Just another taxation scheme. |
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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
GMRS has been out many, many more years than FRS. Originally designed for
the service they now provide. The rules established at that time required a license. As with all things Government, it is much easier to establish a law than to change it. Many use GMRS without licensing altho' strictly you are supposed to get one. "Keith" wrote in message ... Well, I got a nice little Christmas present, a pair of Motorola T4500 FRS (or so I thought) radios. Seems that these broadcast on both the FRS (Family Radio Service) channels and the newer GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies. When FRS came out, they were nice little radios that didn't require a license, and had a good range, relatively inexpensive, etc. Of course, somebody couldn't leave good enough, so they came out with the GMRS frequencies. The radios use a higher power on the GMRS frequencies. Well guess what? To be strictly legal, you have to get a license for these new GMRS frequencies. $75 for 5 years from the FCC, you have to fill out forms 605 and 159. Now, I can of course operate these radios on channels 8-14 ONLY without a license and be legal, because these are the old FRS frequencies. Sheesh, the license is more than the radios! Now how many folks who got these for Christmas do you think are going to apply for an FCC license? Sure reminds me of the old CB radio days. Just another taxation scheme. |
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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
Gotta love this clown.
He begins his mean mouthed post by insulting the original poster's intelligence when asking a reasonable question and then follows with: "Unlisensed" which presumably means "unlicensed" "therefor" which presumably means "therefore" and ends his uncalled for "mouth off" by calling the orignal poster a "MOORON" which presumably was meant to mean "moron" Only a MORON can't spell MORON. No wonder you're so insecure. "Me", you're an idiot...or maybe I should spell it idjut so's youz can figures it out fer yurself? Me wrote If you actually knew what you were talking about you would be DANGEROUS. GMRS predates FRS by only about 30 years. FRS is an unlisensed Service because the power of the radio's is small. GMRS Radios have more power and therefor are capable of interfering with other radio systems that SHARE the same frequencies. This is why they are LICENSED, so that if you interfere with someone else's LICENSED system, they can identify you and get you to STOP. If you aren't capable of filling out the LICENSE FORM or can't AFFORD the fee, then you need to stay on FRS or CB where Mooron's belong. me |
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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
Gotta love this clown.
He begins his mean mouthed post by insulting the original poster's intelligence when asking a reasonable question and then follows with: "Unlisensed" which presumably means "unlicensed" "therefor" which presumably means "therefore" and ends his uncalled for "mouth off" by calling the orignal poster a "MOORON" which presumably was meant to mean "moron" Only a MORON can't spell MORON. No wonder you're so insecure. "Me", you're an idiot...or maybe I should spell it idjut so's youz can figures it out fer yurself? Me wrote If you actually knew what you were talking about you would be DANGEROUS. GMRS predates FRS by only about 30 years. FRS is an unlisensed Service because the power of the radio's is small. GMRS Radios have more power and therefor are capable of interfering with other radio systems that SHARE the same frequencies. This is why they are LICENSED, so that if you interfere with someone else's LICENSED system, they can identify you and get you to STOP. If you aren't capable of filling out the LICENSE FORM or can't AFFORD the fee, then you need to stay on FRS or CB where Mooron's belong. me |
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