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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, John wrote:

Joseph Fenn wrote in
va.net:

Joe says again. I did call the FCC before useing them. She
specifically stated the chnls 1-7 required the $75 dollar license!!!!


Actually, the license fee is $85 for 5 years. The fees went up from $80 to
$85 a month or two ago.

Well tnxfor that info. No way I was gonna use the FCC licensed chnls
anyway. I settled on chnl 12. works out pretty well. I had to
take it back to Radio Shack, as the "SCAN" function skipped all the
free (no license needed) chnls and did'nt know how to get it on a
no license chnl like 12. The girl figured out how to do it and
once I got one unit set up on 12, then the other girl did a scan
and it automatically locked onto unit 1 on chnls 12. I live
on a hill and was able to exceed the 7 mile limit ay about 5 miles
but the wife had to go upstairs on top floor of the big shopping
center to get a solid copy on me.
Joe