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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
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
I got some and am going through the same headache. To make matters worse I
heard someone made a mistake on his form so the FCC did not grant him a license. They did however cash his $75 check. I am not sure how it ended. "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
I got some and am going through the same headache. To make matters worse I
heard someone made a mistake on his form so the FCC did not grant him a license. They did however cash his $75 check. I am not sure how it ended. "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
In the early 70's the CB band also required a license. When the "CB boom"
hit in the mid 70's, the FCC found it didn't have the resources to handle the huge influx of applications, or the the resources to enforce people operating without a liscense. So to save face - they threw the service open to free usage. To date, I've never heard of a case of FCC enforcement on CB that didn't involve numerous complaints about the same operator coupled with the FCC being spoon fed the location of the offender. These complaints always involved very excessive power, or extremely profane operation. Unliscensed operation was way too petty to squander resources on. -W "Keith" wrote in message 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
In the early 70's the CB band also required a license. When the "CB boom"
hit in the mid 70's, the FCC found it didn't have the resources to handle the huge influx of applications, or the the resources to enforce people operating without a liscense. So to save face - they threw the service open to free usage. To date, I've never heard of a case of FCC enforcement on CB that didn't involve numerous complaints about the same operator coupled with the FCC being spoon fed the location of the offender. These complaints always involved very excessive power, or extremely profane operation. Unliscensed operation was way too petty to squander resources on. -W "Keith" wrote in message 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
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"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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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
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"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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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:01:34 -0600, "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. Answer - Zero......and I suspect the bureaucrats at the FCC know it. Notice to government - You cannot arrest thousands of GMRS illegal users, no more than you could arrest thousands of 10KW CB operators...... Larry W4CSC NNNN |
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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:01:34 -0600, "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. $75 for 5 years from the FCC, you have to fill out forms 605 and 159. Now, I can of course operate these radios on channels 8-14 ONLY without a license and be legal, because these are the old FRS frequencies. Sheesh, the license is more than the radios! Now how many folks who got these for Christmas do you think are going to apply for an FCC license? Sure reminds me of the old CB radio days. Just another taxation scheme. Answer - Zero......and I suspect the bureaucrats at the FCC know it. Notice to government - You cannot arrest thousands of GMRS illegal users, no more than you could arrest thousands of 10KW CB operators...... Larry W4CSC NNNN |
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FRS / GMRS Radio FCC licensing
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:21:40 GMT, Me wrote:
If you actually knew what you were talking about you would be DANGEROUS. GMRS predates FRS by only about 30 years. FRS is an unlisensed Service because the power of the radio's is small. GMRS Radios have more power and therefor are capable of interfering with other radio systems that SHARE the same frequencies. This is why they are LICENSED, so that if you interfere with someone else's LICENSED system, they can identify you and get you to STOP. If you aren't capable of filling out the LICENSE FORM or can't AFFORD the fee, then you need to stay on FRS or CB where Mooron's belong. me Back behind the scenes at all this 2-way-radio nonsense, there's someone who's been pulling the FCC's string for decades. It's M-O-T-O-R-O_)$(&@#_)(%&_)(#$*_)@(#&^%_)NO CARRIER Larry W4CSC NNNN |
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