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Two way radio owners

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paulney

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I bought a set of Motorola 2-way radios from Costco (10 mile range) for my backpacking trips. The manual says you are required to have an FCC license if you want to talk on GMRS channels (greater than 3 mile range). If you talk on FRS channels only, you are ok.

Naturally, I am not going to apply and pay for a license, so that I could use these radios in total wilderness in the middle of Sierras without fear of FCC. But it just got me wondering: how many people actually do go through the process and obtain a license?
 
I know that many people use GPRS without proper FCC license. Goto your local ski resort with your radio, just listen on. Usually with GPRS, you have to identify yourself every few minutes and at the start and end of a converstation.

It will not be the FCC that will catch you, it will be your local GPRS or radio nut that will find you and report you.
 
🙁 OK. Sorry to hear that Ham Radio annoys you, though. Its got a lot to offer. Perhaps some Ham Radio operators pissed you off. Most of the Hams that I know are OK, though. Anyhow, I think that the FCC license is a good thing. Its only about $85 for 5 years. That's not too bad. Nothing's free anymore.

 
Originally posted by: AmphibSailor
🙁 OK. Sorry to hear that Ham Radio annoys you, though. Its got a lot to offer. Perhaps some Ham Radio operators pissed you off. Most of the Hams that I know are OK, though. Anyhow, I think that the FCC license is a good thing. Its only about $85 for 5 years. That's not too bad. Nothing's free anymore.
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Wow that's pretty cheap.
 
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