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16:31, 4 June 2015 GMRS radios operate on 8 UHF frequencies that were set aside by the FCC for family use. A license is required ($85.00 for a five year term) which covers your entire family, including (grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, in-laws, sons, daughters, and pretty much any one related by blood or marriage). The purpose is to facilitate the communications of families over a limited distance.
* FCC License: Yes
* Max Output: 50 watts
* Frequency: 1 meter
Applying for a GMRS license should be done online.
* [http://www.gmrs.org/gmrs_information.htm GMRS Information]
* [http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/index.htm?job=home FCC Universal Licensing System]
ยง 95.119 Station identification.
:(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e), every GMRS station must transmit a station identification:
:(1) Following the transmission of communications or a series of communications; and
:(2) Every 15 minutes during a long transmission.
:(b) The station identification is the call sign assigned to the GMRS station or system.
:(c) A unit number may be included after the call sign in the identification.
:(d) The station identification must be transmitted in:
:(1) Voice in the English language; or
:(2) International Morse code telegraphy.
:(e) A station need not identify its transmissions if it automatically retransmits communications from another station which are properly identified.
Ham radio license '''does NOT''' cover the GMRS frequencies.
See [[FRS/GMRS]] for a list of frequencies.