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Re: Two way radios

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Subject: Re: Two way radios
From: "Charles R. Schultz" <n2pua4@peoplepc.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 05:04:38 -0500
Alex, you might want to check again about the licensing for these
radios.  At least a couple of the GMRS frequencies are now license-free
with 1 watt or less ERP, I believe.  I can't remember what the name for
the "new" service is, but it happened a few months ago.

Chuck
K4CAY

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Alex Quirk wrote:
> 
> The DISTANCE version of the Motorola Talk-About...is a higher
> powered..GMRS(General Mobile Radio Service) radio that requires an FCC
> application for a license(and an $85 fee for 5 years..see
> http://home.gwi.net/~bgore/gmrsapp.html ) and most feature about 2 Watts to 5
> Watts output which will give about 1 mile per watt..of range (rule of
> thumb)...unless there are giant mountains in between.

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