If a guy were to have a GROL license and he built his own repeater to meet type acceptance(or close to), would it be classified as being so?
~Benjamin, KB9LFZ --- KI4AWK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a ham who is contemplating building a > business-band repeater. I have a few questions that > maybe you guys can answer and save me hours of > reading and searching. > > I want to do this so that my family can stay in > touch. The business license would be in the name of > the family farm. > I know that not everyone in my family is interested > in radio enough to become a ham, but would > definitely own a radio if they could communicate > reliably. Cell phones are horrible. > > I do not want to use GMRS frequencies for three > reasons: I am not impressed with the policing of the > GMRS frequencies. Anyone can get a GMRS radio, and > the line between GMRS and FRS and CB seems to be > very blurry. I don't want my mom to be the one > listening when someone starts being rude on our > frequency. Reason two is that I want to be able to > hook up a phone patch. This is strictly forbidden in > GMRS. Reason three is the "type acceptance" rule > that prohibits several quality radios from being > used in GMRS. > > My questions: > > What kind of cost am I looking at for a repeater > pair license? > Does each user need a separate license? cost per > user? > Can I do the research and find a frequency pair > myself, or do I have to go through a coordinator? > (if so, what does that cost?) > (We live in a rural area, Thomasville, GA. Finding a > pair should not be hard. I am hoping for a pair in > the 460 band, as I have a very nice mastr II for > that band.) > I have been monitoring a specific frequency, and did > research through the FCC website on it for users in > my area. > What else should I do to get started? > > > John Clark - KI4AWK ===== ------------------------------------------------- ~Ben, KB9LFZ Got your radio on and "listening?" Then KEY the radio and say that you are! LET US USE WHAT WE HAVE!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
