On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:46:15 GMT, Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote:

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:36:59 -0700, Dick
wrote:

Yes, but the one GMRS license covers literally everyone in your
family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, you name it, they are
covered. Gets pretty cheap if 10 people get radios.

Better double check the fine print. I though it was for a single
household, not for the entire extended family.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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OK. Here's the fine print.

95.1 The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS).

(a) The GMRS is a land mobile radio service available to persons for
short-distance two-way communications to facilitate the activities of
licensees and their immediate family members. Each licensee manages a
system consisting of one or more stations.

-- and --

95.179 Individuals who may be station operators.

(a) An individual GMRS system licensee may permit immediate family
members to be station operators in his or her GMRS system. Immediate
family members are the:

(1) Licensee;

(2) Licensee's spouse;

(3) Licensee's children, grandchildren, stepchildren;

(4) Licensee's parents, grandparents, stepparents;

(5) Licensee's brothers, sisters;

(6) Licensee's aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews; and

(7) Licensee's in-laws.

Note that the regulations only identify immediate family members. It
says nothing about them being in the same household. It would
probably be stretching it some if everyone wasn't in the same town, or
within a few miles of each other, but the regulations do not
specifically address this. They only address being on the same
"system."

Dick - W6CCD