Johnny. The GMRS radio/repeater is licensed, so how do the individual people get licensed? Have not heard of that one yet. Butch
From: Johnny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] WTB: UHF Repeater Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:41:31 -0800 COMMENTS INSERTED BELOW > As others have said, GMRS is limited to 50W for large bases/repeaters, > also 35W for mobiles, and 5 or 6(?) for portables. In the GMRS mobiles are allowed 50 watts. I have never heard of a 35 watt limit for anything. Portables are also allowed 50 watts if you want to setup a backpack with an amplifer and battery. > Another limit is unless you have one of the old grandfathered business > licenses from back in the 80's or before, business use of GMRS is > ILLEGAL! Bussiness use of GMRS is NOT illegal as long as each person is licensed. > And a business CANNOT now get a GMRS license. > GMRS is for individuals for the purpose of conducting FAMILY business, > ie, picking up kids, going to the store (using specific item names or > specific store names, or how much you paid), ordering a pizza (phone > patch is illegal!), what bills you got in the mail, and other similar > things that would be illegal on amateur bands. Ham and GMRS should > complement each other, as most things that are illegal on GMRS are legal > on ham, like phone patch, and casual conversations. Not sure where you are going here, but casual conversations are legal on both bands. Johnny Yahoo! Groups Links _________________________________________________________________ Let the advanced features & services of MSN Internet Software maximize your online time. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200363ave/direct/01/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
