steelponycowboy
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- Feb 21, 2017
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I've been a licensed Ham operator for several years now.
I've owned a CB when you needed licensing for CBs and was one of the few that paid for the license.
I'm headed to Mexico for a 21 day off-road trip where not everyone is a licensed Ham or has a Ham radio so our fearless leader who, like me, thinks that CB radios are a waste of money had decided that we are all going to use FRS/GMRS radios.
I just went to apply for my license and unless I missed something $70 for 5 years ??? I think my Ham license was something like $15.
If the cost of the license is really $70 then it is no wonder that people are not getting licensed and abusing the airways with obviously illegal transmissions.
Needless to say I am not going to pay $70 for a license for a radio I'll be using for 21 days in Mexico and not using again.
Did I miss something ? Is it really $70, it has questions about exemptions but I could not find any information on exemptions for fees or lower fees perhaps because I am retired or already have a Ham license.
Can anyone give me some real info please on the cost for a GMRS license ?
I've owned a CB when you needed licensing for CBs and was one of the few that paid for the license.
I'm headed to Mexico for a 21 day off-road trip where not everyone is a licensed Ham or has a Ham radio so our fearless leader who, like me, thinks that CB radios are a waste of money had decided that we are all going to use FRS/GMRS radios.
I just went to apply for my license and unless I missed something $70 for 5 years ??? I think my Ham license was something like $15.
If the cost of the license is really $70 then it is no wonder that people are not getting licensed and abusing the airways with obviously illegal transmissions.
Needless to say I am not going to pay $70 for a license for a radio I'll be using for 21 days in Mexico and not using again.
Did I miss something ? Is it really $70, it has questions about exemptions but I could not find any information on exemptions for fees or lower fees perhaps because I am retired or already have a Ham license.
Can anyone give me some real info please on the cost for a GMRS license ?