Looking at the GMRS rules, it looks like a license is required. No
relation to the Ship's Station. Not clear why GMRS is all that
desirable. FRS works well enough and since no license is required,
alot of cruisers are usng FRS.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Courtney Thomas" wrote in message
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If licensed for SSB, is an additional license required for GMRS usage ?

Are all users of the GMRS radios required to be licensed or are the radios
themselves regarded as licensed and the owner held responsible, or what;
and, is each radio licensed or is a pair licensed, they being typically
sold in pairs ?

I hear a license is $80 for 5 yrs. Why is it worth it and to whom, i.e.
who is the target user ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney
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s/v Mutiny
Rhodes Bounty II
lying Oriental, NC
WDB5619

If licensed for SSB, is an additional license required for GMRS usage ?

Are all users of the GMRS radios required to be licensed or are the
radios themselves regarded as licensed and the owner held responsible,
or what; and, is each radio licensed or is a pair licensed, they being
typically sold in pairs ?

I hear a license is $80 for 5 yrs. Why is it worth it and to whom, i.e.
who is the target user ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney
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s/v Mutiny
Rhodes Bounty II
lying Oriental, NC
WDB5619

Head of the family must be licensed. No test. License costs $75 for 4
years (?) and is a total waste of time. No call letters need be said on the
air at any time and 98% of people on GMRS are unlicensed. Just a
money-making scheme by the FCC.



"Courtney Thomas" wrote in message
...
If licensed for SSB, is an additional license required for GMRS usage ?

Are all users of the GMRS radios required to be licensed or are the
radios themselves regarded as licensed and the owner held responsible,
or what; and, is each radio licensed or is a pair licensed, they being
typically sold in pairs ?

I hear a license is $80 for 5 yrs. Why is it worth it and to whom, i.e.
who is the target user ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney
--
s/v Mutiny
Rhodes Bounty II
lying Oriental, NC
WDB5619

In article ,
"Doug Dotson" wrote:

Looking at the GMRS rules, it looks like a license is required. No
relation to the Ship's Station. Not clear why GMRS is all that
desirable. FRS works well enough and since no license is required,
alot of cruisers are usng FRS.

Doug
s/v Callista

One other thing to remeber is that GMRS is USA only service and is not
covered by any Reciprical Agreement with other countries. One could
however add Onboard Communications UHF Radio system to any Maritime
Mobile Ship Station License, and as I remeber these are also GMRS/FRS
Frequencies as well. This would allow operation anywhere that the USA
has Reciprical Agreements for Maritime Mobile operations.


Bruce in alaska another little used Matitime Radio application
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