Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-17 Thread chuck
Ouch. $75 per employee. I wonder how many enforcement actions have been taken against unlicensed operators... From: Matt Hoppes Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 10:19 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain Chuck, You certainly can!

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-17 Thread Bill Prince
We did. We're an S corp with only two shareholders though. bp On 4/17/2019 8:40 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: So, can I get a GMRS license that covers my whole company?  

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-17 Thread Matt Hoppes
Chuck, You certainly can! You need to have a $75 license which is good for five years for each individual employee that your company who is not a family member. The FCC definition of family member is very broad, but if it’s just a random employee you’ve hired off the street, they probably need

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-17 Thread Bill Prince
When did they change the wide channels to 20KHz? I thought they were originally 25KHz? And that table does not list the power limits. There are different limits on the different channels. bp On 4/17/2019 8:17 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-17 Thread chuck
So, can I get a GMRS license that covers my whole company? From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:17 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain Not to get to fact based, but here is the page at the FCC that lists which

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-17 Thread Lewis Bergman
Not to get to fact based, but here is the page at the FCC that lists which channels in GMRS are 20KHz and which are 12.5KHz. https://www.fcc.gov/general-mobile-radio-service-gmrs Click the "Data" tab. On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 8:39 AM dave wrote: > 10-4 on that ! > Our City/County AWIN project is

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-17 Thread dave
10-4 on that ! Our City/County AWIN project is proof of that! On 4/12/19 5:00 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: That request is loaded with traps. Even expensive propagation software, or ones like the good free ones, can't gaurantee 100 percent accuracy. The typical setting is 90 percent confidence

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-16 Thread Brian Webster
FRS radios do not cover the repeater input frequencies (5 MHz split) for GMRS. Those radios have simplex only hard coded channels. FRS radios do not have all of the GMRS frequencies in them. Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com From: AF

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-16 Thread Bill Prince
If you use an FRS frequency, you will also be limited to FRS power except on a few selected frequencies. On our GMRS radios, they give you the option of high/low power if it is an either/or channel. So technically, you could use a GMRS radio on one of those

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-16 Thread chuck
I wonder how many users are actually licensed. If you use FRS frequencies only you don’t have to have a license do you? Can they use a repeater? From: Brian Webster Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 7:46 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-16 Thread Brian Webster
Yes you can put a GMRS repeater up and you can do it inexpensively because GMRS was not required to move to narrowband channels, that makes a lot of old wideband commercial equipment available for use. The bigger problems however are the rules for GMRS use. The license holder is only allowed

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-12 Thread Bill Prince
There are some GMRS radios that can transmit and receive on different frequencies. We use them for our community emergency preparedness. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 3:30 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > Didn’t realize you could put a repeater on gmrs. > > Sent from my

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-12 Thread Matt Hoppes
That’s primarily what those channels are for. > On Apr 12, 2019, at 18:29, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Didn’t realize you could put a repeater on gmrs. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 12, 2019, at 4:00 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >> >> That request is loaded with traps. Even expensive

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-12 Thread Chuck McCown
Didn’t realize you could put a repeater on gmrs. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2019, at 4:00 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > That request is loaded with traps. Even expensive propagation software, or > ones like the good free ones, can't gaurantee 100 percent accuracy. The > typical setting

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-12 Thread Lewis Bergman
That request is loaded with traps. Even expensive propagation software, or ones like the good free ones, can't gaurantee 100 percent accuracy. The typical setting is 90 percent confidence for the three major variables. I charge $500 for a propagation study. For obvious reasons, if you know me, I

Re: [AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-12 Thread Matt Hoppes
A GMRS repeater somewhere on a high point and Tytera or Kenwood portables. > On Apr 12, 2019, at 15:12, Timothy Steele wrote: > > We have a client that wants 100% of his mountain covered for communication > > Any recommendations for handheld radios? > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com >

[AFMUG] FRS or GMRS for covering a mountain

2019-04-12 Thread Timothy Steele
We have a client that wants 100% of his mountain covered for communication Any recommendations for handheld radios? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com