I'm looking to obtain a frequency that I can use for personal use, ranging anywhere from being used as a cross-band repeater output, or mobile to base communications, and I don't want to use an amateur radio frequency. I tried looking online but couldn't find out the best way to go about doing this, or even finding out how much it costs. I would like to have a frequency that I can use for almost anything I'd like (within reason) and not worry about interfering with other users.
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Obtaining a commercial simplex frequency
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rfradioconsult
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The FCC doesn't license to individuals for personal communications, you must be a business, industrial or govermental, public safety agency that falls under Part 90, the only "personal" radio services are covered under Part 95, MURS, FRS, GMRS etc. To optain a license you would have to contact a Frequency Coordinator that would provide coordination for you business group, pay a few hundred dollars, then file for a license and pay more bucks. With a VERY FEW exception all frequencies are shared among users, don't expect a "private" frequency. When you submit a license application you must specify the nature of your business and how you will use radio communication, no other uses are allowed, you are certifying to such and could be fined or charged with fraud if you use your radio system for personal or non-business related uses.
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If you can qualify business-wise for a commercial license, there are a number of "itinerant" simplex channels available for licensing. Everything is simplex and the power limitation is 2 or 4 watts, as I recall. Nice thing is that you can be licensed for up to four UHF channels and no coordination is required. You can apply for these yourself directly to the FCC or you can get one of he "expediting" companies to do it for you, for a fee, of course. Last time I did this it cost a few hundred bucks, and you can get the license specified to cover all of the US if you wish. I always found the fees of the expediting company to be well worth it in terms of knowledge about the subject and the time saved in the process. The few times I handled licensing that did involve coordination it was also handled through these companies; these were repeater applications for nursing homes. One of the companies that does this work went by the name Licensing Assistance Office but I think the name has now been changed, though it's still probably accessible via Google.
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