Commercial License

[zackmagee]

Hi Everyone,

I have a client who is interested in setting up a system that will allow them to communicate with their employees throughout a 3 and a half square mile town.

1) What type of license would they need?
2) What type of radios do you recommend?

Thanks,
Zack Magee

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Will they be using the radios in an office? Vehicles? Handheld in the field? I'm sure someone much more knowledgable than myself will be by soon, but that small of an area seems to be an easy enough problem to solve.

 

[BirkenVogt]

Hi Everyone,

I have a client who is interested in setting up a system that will allow them to communicate with their employees throughout a 3 and a half square mile town.

1) What type of license would they need?
2) What type of radios do you recommend?

Thanks,
Zack Magee

See what commercial radio systems are already there and see what they offer. Maybe you can be a re-seller for them if you want a piece of the action?

I don't know your level of expertise in the field, I would not recommend trying this from scratch if you are going to have to come up with it as you go along because the potential is to eat up all your profits if you buy the wrong thing and have to replace it with the right thing at any point along the way. That is why I suggest a commercial shop that already knows the territory. They will know what works and what doesn't.

But use your horse sense when you do this, because there are some out there for a quick buck and that don't care if it works for you or not. Try a couple if they are there and maybe bounce their ideas off us here and see if they sound legit.

What kind of radios, etc. is entirely dependent on many factors including the customer's operation, terrain, and what systems are already there and can be used.

 

[ecps92]

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Hi Everyone,

I have a client who is interested in setting up a system that will allow them to communicate with their employees throughout a 3 and a half square mile town.

1) What type of license would they need?
2) What type of radios do you recommend?

Thanks,
Zack Magee

 

[rfradioconsult]

First, if you are asking for help on this forum you are already over your head. Seek out a local dealer that does business in your area, a dealer that does both sales and service, someone with a proven track record.

Don't consider GMRS or MURS these services will not fulfill your needs for reliable communications, plus it will put you in the uncomfortable position of becoming the "lightning rod" every time there is a complaint with the radio system.

 

[rapidcharger]

What is their budget?
What type of business is it?
How will the radios be used?
How many employees/radios needed?

 

[DaveNF2G]

Anyone who would help you to design a commercial radio system for free via a hobbyist forum on the web is probably not qualified to do so. If they were, then they would be charging professional consulting rates and offering their expertise confidentially under contract.