well, like I said, money grab. Too rich for my blood. So until they drop a
GMRS license to something reasonable like $20 I'm going to broadcast over my
2 watt Uniden handhelds with mygirlfriend without a license and not lose any
sleep over it. Since she's not a relative it would cost us $150 to both be
licensed anyway, and that's just ridiculous.



"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
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"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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"Falky foo" wrote in
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well, like I said, money grab. Too rich for my blood. So until they
drop a GMRS license to something reasonable like $20 I'm going to
broadcast over my 2 watt Uniden handhelds with mygirlfriend without a
license and not lose any sleep over it. Since she's not a relative it
would cost us $150 to both be licensed anyway, and that's just
ridiculous.



This isn't near as bad as an old friend of mine who ran his pest control
business in Greenville, SC, on a marine VHF channel for many years. The
radios were cheap and there wasn't much activity on the unused channels in
the MOUNTAINS....(c;