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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
Actuallly it was Radio Shack on this one......
In article , Larry W4CSC wrote: On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:21:40 GMT, 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 Back behind the scenes at all this 2-way-radio nonsense, there's someone who's been pulling the FCC's string for decades. It's M-O-T-O-R-O_)$(&@#_)(%&_)(#$*_)@(#&^%_)NO CARRIER Larry W4CSC NNNN |
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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:09:12 GMT, Rich Hampel
wrote: Actuallly it was Radio Shack on this one...... No, Moto is the reason it has a 1/2w transmitter and the private license fees are so rediculously high for other services. Motorola wants everyone that needs a walkie talkie to buy TRUNKED RADIO SERVICE from, who else, THEM! A friend of mine applied to the private licensing contractor the FCC uses to get a 150 Mhz band system license to put up a nice repeater with a couple of base stations and a bunch of mobiles. He's in the paging business and has been for 30+ years. They actually tried to pull a fast one and told him there were no licenses available....until he filed suit in court. Suddenly, all those dead 150 Mhz frequencies we had been monitoring for 6 months WERE, in fact, available for license. One of Moto's strings must have broken. One of the nice walkies is sitting on my desk. I heard him calling his wife, earlier. We even have a telephone interconnect I can use if my cellphone coverage sucks. The repeater runs high power from 800' up a tower and my 7 watt walkie works 70 miles inland. My point was Motorola doesn't WANT you to have private, untaxed communications over a mile or so.....see? |
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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
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:09:12 GMT, Rich Hampel
wrote: Actuallly it was Radio Shack on this one...... No, Moto is the reason it has a 1/2w transmitter and the private license fees are so rediculously high for other services. Motorola wants everyone that needs a walkie talkie to buy TRUNKED RADIO SERVICE from, who else, THEM! A friend of mine applied to the private licensing contractor the FCC uses to get a 150 Mhz band system license to put up a nice repeater with a couple of base stations and a bunch of mobiles. He's in the paging business and has been for 30+ years. They actually tried to pull a fast one and told him there were no licenses available....until he filed suit in court. Suddenly, all those dead 150 Mhz frequencies we had been monitoring for 6 months WERE, in fact, available for license. One of Moto's strings must have broken. One of the nice walkies is sitting on my desk. I heard him calling his wife, earlier. We even have a telephone interconnect I can use if my cellphone coverage sucks. The repeater runs high power from 800' up a tower and my 7 watt walkie works 70 miles inland. My point was Motorola doesn't WANT you to have private, untaxed communications over a mile or so.....see? |
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