Description

GMRS is a personal radio service that you and your family can use or you. It's a great time to get your license if you haven't gotten one already because the FCC last month has dropped the price to $35 for a 10-year license.

What You Need To Know

• GMRS is a family Radio service
• The license covers you and your family, and you can use a single license to talk to each other.
• General Mobile Radio service sits in the UHF spectrum in the United States
• These frequencies are intertwined or even the same as FRS.
• On most frequencies, you can use higher power than FRS users if you are licensed to use GMRS
• You can use your GMRS license to communicate with anyone on FRS.
• GMRS allows you to use Repeaters to extend your range
• Some repeaters are open to all users, others are closed to an organization, while others may be for private use.
• In 2017, the FCC expanded GMRS to allow short data messaging applications, including text messaging and GPS location information, to be sent over GMRS frequencies.
• GMRS is analog and never encrypted give you something you can monitor with any scanner radio on the market
• There are versions of GMRS in many countries so GMRS is not limited to just the US.

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🔗 Links from Today's Podcast

MyGPRS
https://mygmrs.com

Repeaterbook:
https://www.repeaterbook.com

RadioReference:
https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/General_Mobile_Radio_Service

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mobile_Radio_Service

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