GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) is the next set of frequencies "above" FRS (Family Radio Service). GMRS requires a license from the FCC similar to an "Amature" or "Ham" radio operators license where FRS and CB do not.
In Motorola convention, FRS are channels 1 (462.5625 MHz) through 14 (467.7125 MHz), GMRS are channels 15 (462.550 MHz) through 22 (462.725 MHz).
Broadcasting on GMRS channels requires a license from the FCC because the GMRS frequencies can be broadcast at a significantly higher wattage then FRS. No test required like a Ham license but you have to pay a $75 registration fee.
Not that many people broadcasting on GMRS now have a license, but technically it is illegal and carries fines or jail time.
I do have a license (WPYB354), but 99% of the people using these things do not. I promise we will not tell anyone... We prefer CB anyway...Better reception.
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NorthWest FJ Cruiser Club << NEW PRIVATE FORUM ONLINE!!! PDXTuning Dyno Pull Purchased: '07 BlackDiamond AT · UR2 · CQ · GY · C7 · EL · Skids · Sills · Rubber Mats Aftermarket: 265/70R 17 BFG ATs · Trail-Gear Sliders · FormFit Hood Protector · Matching Tint · AVS Visors · Dual PIAA Horns · ScanGauge II · Schrader's Flag Mount & Tri-Mount · BandiMount · Galaxy DX 45MP CB with Firestik II Mods:Lucrum Winch Mount & Warn M8000 OME 3" Lift TRDStuff: Exhaust · Cold Air Induction
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Added: Warn M8000, Factory rack, Factory hitch, Toytec lift (FJ3-FRCC), Amp-Fortyone-2 Black Alloy wheels with Nitto Terra Grappler 295/70/17, Cobra 75 WXST, Square Sliders, roof rack light bar with 4 Pro Comp lights, 2 Pro Comp lights on custom tube bumper, FJ battery clamp (Thanx Noisycow).
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I do have a license (WPYB354), but 99% of the people using these things do not. I promise we will not tell anyone... We prefer CB anyway...Better reception.
Cool - one of the few people I've met that has a GMRS license. The FCC has been talking about removing the license requirement but that will probably take another 5 years.
Cool - one of the few people I've met that has a GMRS license. The FCC has been talking about removing the license requirement but that will probably take another 5 years.
See you at Greenwater
Yeah. Looking forward to seeing you. They need to remove the requirement. It's as flippant as the old CB licenses used to be. All it equates to is a tax anyway. And yes, when I was a CB'er before the mid-1970's explosion I was licensed too. But, was also using a Yaesu 101-E. Loved that radio...
__________________ -Jim
NorthWest FJ Cruiser Club << NEW PRIVATE FORUM ONLINE!!! PDXTuning Dyno Pull Purchased: '07 BlackDiamond AT · UR2 · CQ · GY · C7 · EL · Skids · Sills · Rubber Mats Aftermarket: 265/70R 17 BFG ATs · Trail-Gear Sliders · FormFit Hood Protector · Matching Tint · AVS Visors · Dual PIAA Horns · ScanGauge II · Schrader's Flag Mount & Tri-Mount · BandiMount · Galaxy DX 45MP CB with Firestik II Mods:Lucrum Winch Mount & Warn M8000 OME 3" Lift TRDStuff: Exhaust · Cold Air Induction
The way things are going, the bird cage will need cleaning on that day, funny thing is, I don't even have a bird.
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Voodoo Blue 4X4 with AT.
Added: Warn M8000, Factory rack, Factory hitch, Toytec lift (FJ3-FRCC), Amp-Fortyone-2 Black Alloy wheels with Nitto Terra Grappler 295/70/17, Cobra 75 WXST, Square Sliders, roof rack light bar with 4 Pro Comp lights, 2 Pro Comp lights on custom tube bumper, FJ battery clamp (Thanx Noisycow).
DIY Projects completed:
Toytec lift install, Sliders, body mount chop,Bandi Mount,hitch & tow ring, roof rack light bar and LCNW style bumper.
We prefer CB anyway...Better reception.
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