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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
Well, "Me", what a nice Christmas attitude you project, and to the whole
world! Ignorance can be solved with education; I doubt there is such a simple cure for your clearly displayed malady. "Me" wrote in message ... In article , "Keith" wrote: 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. 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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