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GMRS Reaches Milestone
As of April 14, 2021, the total number of GMRS licensees in the United States reached 100,000. The increased interest in the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS), and other forms of two-way radio, has resulted in a steady increase in new licenses issued by the FCC. A GMRS license can be applied for online and requires no test. When the new fee reduction goes into effect, more applications are expected.
FCC GMRS License Fee to be Reduced
UPDATE: As of today, April 19, 2022, the GMRS application fee has been reduced to $35.00. March 23, 2022 - The FCC announced the effective date of the new fee schedule will be April 19, 2022. The date has been extended several times, but the application fee for a GMRS license will be reduced to $35.00. For the full article, click here.
FCC Adopts GMRS/FRS/CB Changes
On August 4th, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it has adopted changes to the Part 95 rules. These changes affect the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS), Family Radio Service (FRS) and the CB Radio Service (CBRS).
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C o m m e n t a r y
Now that the number of GMRS licenses have topped 100,000 and sales of radio equipment is through the roof, maybe the mainstream manufacturers will pay attention. Will more equipment makers offer additional features in line with the needs of GMRS users? Listening Midland? Motorola, you there? Knock, knock, Kenwood. Icom, we know you make UHF CB radios for Australia (the GMRS equivalent for down under).
Just in case you're listening, here are some features that might actually help out many GMRS radio customers.
- An honest description of expected range that's not misleading
- Easily understood equipment manuals
- Specific manuals for programming frequencies and tones
- Equipment that is BOTH FCC Part 95 and Part 90 approved
- Radios that can be programmed for split tones, if needed
- Operator selectable tones for each channel
- Radios that can be easily programmed from the front panel, or;
- Programming software that doesn't take 4 degrees to figure out.
There, that wasn't so hard. Now get to work. You can do it! More ideas for the manufacturers? Post your comments here.
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