On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:17:30 -1000, Joseph Fenn
wrote:


On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Dick wrote:

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:59:07 -1000, Joseph Fenn
wrote:

AS someone on here said, GMRS is similar to CB (chicken bandits)
in that not all the GMRS chnls require any fee of any kind. I think
chnl 1 thru 7 do require a license from the FCC and its
$100 not $75 as someone said. If you stick to the "open chnls"
Chnl 11 is on of them you dont need call signs nor anything, just
use it like a telephone. I call sign, no identification required.
Joe



I know a lot of people are under that mis-conception because of the
combination FRS/GMRS radios sold at Wal-Mart, etc., but in actuality,
ALL GMRS channels require a license if operated as GMRS (over
1/2-watt, detachable antenna.) If you operate on one of the
interstial channels (FRS channels 1 thru 7), where FRS and GMRS
channels are the same, and you operate under the FRS rules (1/2-watt
maximum, non-detacheable antenna), then yes, you can operate one of
those channels without a license. But only as FRS, and not GMRS.

The latest fee for GMRS is $85.
http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1070/2006/1070y101706.pdf

Dick - W6CCD
Wrong again Dick. I called the FCC and asked what chnls are "free"
and what chnls require a license. They told me and the ones
that the ones requiring a license cost $100 (not 75 as you claimed)..
Joe

I don't care who you talked to Joe, there are no "free" channels when
you use a GMRS radio that transmits with over 1/2-watt and has a
removeable antenna. They are only "free" if you transmit on one of
the interstitial channels with an FRS radio. When you transmit on one
of the "free" channels you are using FRS, even though the radio can
also transmit on one of the true GMRS channels. You really need to
read Part 95. If you transmit under the GMRS rules, you MUST have a
GMRS license. If you transmit under the FRS rules, you don't.

Did you even read the FCC document I referred to above? It clearly
shows the fee to be $85. I recently renewed my GMRS license, and
guess what? The fee was $85 just like the fee schedule shows.

Here is the latest version of the fee schedule, dated September 18,
2007.
http://wireless.fcc.gov/feesforms/fe...09.18.07 .pdf

Dick

















Dick

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