I wonder how many users are actually licensed. If you use FRS frequencies only you don’t have to have a license do you? Can they use a repeater?
From: Brian Webster Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:46 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain Yes you can put a GMRS repeater up and you can do it inexpensively because GMRS was not required to move to narrowband channels, that makes a lot of old wideband commercial equipment available for use. The bigger problems however are the rules for GMRS use. The license holder is only allowed to use the frequencies for his/her and their immediate family. It can be used for business but each person/family has to have their own license. Different licensees are allowed to interact and use someone else’s repeater provide they have permission to access the repeater. A repeater owner is not obligated to grant others access to a repeater but they also are not granted exclusive access to a repeater frequency pair. So advise your client of this. It is also worth noting that you should monitor the GMRS frequency pairs for other users before you set up a repeater. There is no requirement for coordination of GMRS repeaters, the blister pack GMRS radios are also allowed to use the repeater output frequencies as a simplex channel (but most do not have repeater pair capability), so monitoring before building might help you avoid picking a channel others are using on a regular basis. There is no official repository of repeater listings but this site is a good start https://mygmrs.com/ Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com From: AF [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 6:29 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain Didn’t realize you could put a repeater on gmrs. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2019, at 4:00 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: That request is loaded with traps. Even expensive propagation software, or ones like the good free ones, can't gaurantee 100 percent accuracy. The typical setting is 90 percent confidence for the three major variables. I charge $500 for a propagation study. For obvious reasons, if you know me, I wouldn't recommend either of those two but Motorola. Kenwood is ok though. The receivers on Hytera aren't great. I guess it just depends on how important it is. On Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 2:17 PM Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> wrote: A GMRS repeater somewhere on a high point and Tytera or Kenwood portables. > On Apr 12, 2019, at 15:12, Timothy Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a client that wants 100% of his mountain covered for communication > > Any recommendations for handheld radios? > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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