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03-29-2009, 06:15 PM
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GMRS fees
Is it 80 per annum? I'm thinking of letting my license lapse since I hardly get on GMRS anymore...
BTW, GMRS call is WQJM417.
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73 de James K2QI
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03-29-2009, 08:42 PM
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The GMRS license is good for 5 years.
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03-29-2009, 10:21 PM
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Sorry... should not have said per annum. Is it 80 every 5 years? Or is it a prorated fee after the initial 80 dollars?
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73 de James K2QI
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03-29-2009, 10:48 PM
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It's $80.00 to obtain the license, and it is good for 5 years. After that it is another $80.00, and again that covers 5 years.
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03-29-2009, 11:39 PM
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OK.. so much for that. Not worth the renewal IMHO. Thanks for the info though.
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73 de James K2QI
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03-30-2009, 09:57 AM
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Not $80, is $85 now
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04-15-2009, 12:36 AM
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why did it go up? it was $75. FCC trying to push the lic. users off the band?
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04-15-2009, 10:39 AM
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Everybody complains about the license fee that is good for 5 years and covers your whole family but no one complains about paying 80 bucks a month for a cell phone and IMO anyone with a blue tooth sticking out of their ear or a boom mic wrapped around their head looks stupid.
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04-15-2009, 12:01 PM
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Government wants you to empty your pockets at all times..MURS works better anyhow , like 2 meter simplex.
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04-15-2009, 12:13 PM
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So I should get rid of the boom mic for my MURS radio then?
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04-15-2009, 02:00 PM
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Ham Ticket is cheaper..
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04-15-2009, 04:02 PM
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Im probably going to look into HAM next year but if i was rich  I would take GMRS, HAM and MURS all around with me.. ill just put out a plan for it later
Oh and to add, I Know MURS is just the VHF CB.....
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04-15-2009, 11:31 PM
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Rumor has it that the FCC was reducing the fee to $75 again, or thereabouts. To date it's still $85..
The fee should be a little more reasonable if they want licensed users. True, even at $85 the license is a good deal since it's good for 5 years and your family can use it, but on the surface, no one is going to pay for a $85 license unless they're a hardcore radio user who understands what it means to get licensed. Bubblepack users don't get licensed, 9 times out of 10, and a select few will learn to buy better radios and will cause problems with unlicensed repeaters and such. If the license were $20, it would be a totally different story. The number of licenses would go up, and maybe the demeanor of many users may improve.
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04-16-2009, 07:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spd640
Everybody complains about the license fee that is good for 5 years and covers your whole family but no one complains about paying 80 bucks a month for a cell phone and IMO anyone with a blue tooth sticking out of their ear or a boom mic wrapped around their head looks stupid.
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Oh! believe me I complain about my Cell phone bill being $80 a month, If the FCC would let me have a autopatch on my GMRS I wouldn't have a cell phone. I also would love to put my GMRS repeater on viop too, but that not allowed. For $80? its too much.
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gvt.you to empty your pockets at all times..MURS works better anyhow , like 2 meter simplex.
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How is MURS better? you can't use it on a repeater and you can't use it over 5 watts. how is it better?
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KC2OBW ham ticket is cheaper..
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Ya, if you can get anyone on the repeater. Don't get me started on HAM.
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Last edited by fireSAR; 04-16-2009 at 07:58 AM..
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04-16-2009, 02:00 PM
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at less than $1.42 per month, we sure have some cheap B$s+ards in this group.
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05-05-2009, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeyC
at less than $1.42 per month, we sure have some cheap B$s+ards in this group.
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I do think my premium subscription was more costly! |
05-06-2009, 06:14 AM
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I do think my premium subscription was more costly!
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I never looked at that way before. I usually do on most other things.
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05-06-2009, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by KC2OBW
Ham Ticket is cheaper..
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Ham is different. 
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05-06-2009, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by cqcqcq
Government wants you to empty your pockets at all times..MURS works better anyhow , like 2 meter simplex.
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How is 2 W simplex better that 50 watts on a repeater?
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05-07-2009, 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by N_Jay
How is 2 W simplex better that 50 watts on a repeater?
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Exactly. Three of the repeaters in our radio group ( Central Jersey Radio Group) each cover more than 40 miles running 50 watts. VHF repeaters would have been nice, but there's absolutely no way 2 watts on simplex is going to beat 50 watts on a properly set up repeater.
Now if only the FCC would allow linking! We'd have the entire NYC metro area linked up -- the repeaters are already in place. |
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