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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.
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General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) - 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
 
* FCC License: Yes
 
* Max Output: 50 watts
 
* Max Output: 50 watts
* Frequency: 1 meter
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* Frequency: 1 meter (UHF)
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* Band: Wide (25.0 khz)
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* FCC Reg: Part 95
  
 
Applying for a GMRS license should be done online.   
 
Applying for a GMRS license should be done online.   
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Ham radio license '''does NOT''' cover the GMRS frequencies.
 
Ham radio license '''does NOT''' cover the GMRS frequencies.
  
See [[FRS/GMRS#FRS.2FGMRS_Channels|FRS/GMRS Frequences and Channels]] for a list of channels and frequencies.
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View a table of [[FRS/GMRS#FRS.2FGMRS_Channels|FRS/GMRS Frequences and Channels]].

Revision as of 11:43, 4 June 2015

General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) - 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 (UHF)
  • Band: Wide (25.0 khz)
  • FCC Reg: Part 95

Applying for a GMRS license should be done online.

§ 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.

View a table of FRS/GMRS Frequences and Channels.