FRS are older tech?
GMRS are new tech and greater range?


naw, FRS is limited in xmitting power moreso than GMRS. Ostensibly you need
a license for GMRS but nobody I know has bothered with one since they're
$75.

Falky foo wrote:
FRS are older tech?
GMRS are new tech and greater range?



naw, FRS is limited in xmitting power moreso than GMRS. Ostensibly you need
a license for GMRS but nobody I know has bothered with one since they're
$75.


$75.00 for 10 years

$75.00 for 10 years

really, I thought it was 4 years.. but still, no test, no nothin, just
cash.. a way for the FCC to raise money. You don't even have to use your
callsign on the air. I was willing to get a license for 2 meter, HF, etc.,
because I thought it was important, but this is just a money grab.

Falky foo wrote:
$75.00 for 10 years


really, I thought it was 4 years.. but still, no test, no nothin, just
cash.. a way for the FCC to raise money. You don't even have to use your
callsign on the air. I was willing to get a license for 2 meter, HF, etc.,
because I thought it was important, but this is just a money grab.


That is my feelings too.

In article ,
Rick wrote:

Falky foo wrote:
$75.00 for 10 years


really, I thought it was 4 years.. but still, no test, no nothin, just
cash.. a way for the FCC to raise money. You don't even have to use your
callsign on the air. I was willing to get a license for 2 meter, HF, etc.,
because I thought it was important, but this is just a money grab.


That is my feelings too.

Nope, it is a way to regulate the Radio Service. If they have to track
you down, then they have your License Suspension to hang over you. If
you don't have a license when they track you down, then you PAY, Big
Time, for operating an Unlicensed Station.
For FRS, you are covered under the National Blanket License, but you
have no interference protection, and also no standing for complaining
about other operations on your frequency.


Bruce in alaska
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add a 2 before @

Nope, it is a way to regulate the Radio Service. If they have to track
you down, then they have your License Suspension to hang over you. If
you don't have a license when they track you down, then you PAY, Big
Time, for operating an Unlicensed Station.

I don't understand how you're making the connection between a high fee and
regulation of the service. How does a high fee serve to regulate a radio
service? And if it's so effective in doing so, why is the Amateur service
license essentially free?

On Sun, 29 May 2005 03:40:02 GMT, Falky foo wrote:

Nope, it is a way to regulate the Radio Service. If they have to track
you down, then they have your License Suspension to hang over you. If
you don't have a license when they track you down, then you PAY, Big
Time, for operating an Unlicensed Station.

I don't understand how you're making the connection between a high fee and
regulation of the service. How does a high fee serve to regulate a radio
service? And if it's so effective in doing so, why is the Amateur service
license essentially free?

I'm not certain of the conditions governing the GMRS service, but perhaps
one of the reasons that the amateur radio license is essentially free is
that there is an express prohibition against conducting business other than
incidental. (you can order a pizza, but you can't contact a client).
--

Larry W1HJF
email is rapp at lmr dot com
05/29/05 11:06:41 AM

In article ,
"Falky foo" wrote:

I don't understand how you're making the connection between a high fee and
regulation of the service. How does a high fee serve to regulate a radio
service? And if it's so effective in doing so, why is the Amateur service
license essentially free?

The fee is a Paperwork Processing Fee, as Mandated by Congress, when
they rewrote the Communications Act in the 80's. All non-Media Licensing
is Paperwork Processing Fees, and that's also why they extended the
License Terms, from 5 to 10 years. The FCC figures that it cost $75US,
to Process the License for GMRS, and keep track of it for 10 years.
Figuring all the people in Gettysburg, PA that do the Licensing, I am
not suprised.


Bruce in alaska
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add a 2 before @

Rick wrote in
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$75.00 for 10 years


High license prices for commercial radio licenses is supposed to drive you
to pay Motorola to monthly rent a trunked radio from them, solving your
problem of high license and radio prices.

THAT is the real moneygrab....trunked radio from Motorola.

Another corporation with the FCC in its pocket.....