Proposal to FCC for VHF Low Band Channels on GMRS and FRS

[K6GBW]

It's like watching an F-14 in a flat spin....the spinning and plummeting continues until someone finally punches out!

 

[exkalibur]

There is already a lowband FRS FM radio, it's called CB. So they want an exclusive lowband version of GMRS 50 watt CB?

CB is HF, not low band.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Base antennas are.

You can find many decibel LB loops here in Florida along the major highways that FDOT services. We have a very robust LB multi-cast system. It is the back up in case all else fails. A huge reliance on NEXTEL and major disappointment during a hurricane which brought LB back into the equation.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

It's like watching an F-14 in a flat spin....the spinning and plummeting continues until someone finally punches out!

I am punching out!

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

CB is HF, not low band.

Blue cheese is trash not food in my opinion.

 

[12dbsinad]

And after the FCC fixes their damn website (typical government, can't get anything right), the second thing they should do is send enforcement to END the illegal GMRS linking that has become rather common.

3/4 of my state is jammed up with linked repeaters chewing up all the spectrum while a couple wanna be hams 5 miles apart are rag chewing about nothing for hours on end..

Then respond to the LB request.

My opinion only.

 

[K6GBW]

Eject, Eject, Eject!

 

[kc2asb]

And after the FCC fixes their damn website (typical government, can't get anything right), the second thing they should do is send enforcement to END the illegal GMRS linking that has become rather common.

3/4 of my state is jammed up with linked repeaters chewing up all the spectrum while a couple wanna be hams 5 miles apart are rag chewing about nothing for hours on end..

Then respond to the LB request.

My opinion only.

Meanwhile, at the FCC....

 

[Wicho]

I just hope the FCC approves this so Baofeng will make an LB-5R radio.

 

[GlobalNorth]

What about the military? They use most of 30 to 50 MHz for a lot of things and a bunch of muppets are likely to get them seriously annoyed.

 

[kc2asb]

What about the military? They use most of 30 to 50 MHz for a lot of things and a bunch of muppets are likely to get them seriously annoyed.

The military can use any frequency from 30 - 88 MHz in 25 kHz steps, as I understand it. However, as mentioned above, two of the segments in the proposal (46.6-47.0 and 49.6-50.0) are exclusive allocations for government / military.

 

[nd5y]

Meanwhile, at the FCC....

They are laughing at the comments filed on various NPRMs with spelling and grammar errors.

 

[nd5y]

Another thing the petition filers forgot or don't know is the 35 and 43 MHz paging channels were auctioned. Are they going to buy them back?

I think there was a post here on RR several years ago about a company that plans to use the 35/43 MHz paging frequencies as part of some type of IoT or asset tracking network using meteor burst.

 

[AEWE]

Some whacker group in the D.C. area has asked/petitioned them to create GMRS channels on low band.

Looks like the group is having some growing pains... check out their websites!

https://nationalcapitolcommunications.org/

https://www.midatlanticreact.org/

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

The military can use any frequency from 30 - 88 MHz in 25 kHz steps, as I understand it. However, as mentioned above, two of the segments in the proposal (46.6-47.0 and 49.6-50.0) are exclusive allocations for government / military.

If that is the case they did not do their homework on why there were no Part 90 licensees on those channels. Looks like the org making the push is burning down, so probably it will get no support from own membership. If anyone is curious, easy to license the three Itinerant channels in 27- 43 MHz range.

 

[Omega-TI]

It seems that someone will always attempt to cash-in with some "new" radio related scheme. Honestly, half-duplex communication is so 20th century and there are already numerous underutilized so-called "services" to choose from. Pick one, move on.

 

[Chrontius]

Makes perfect sense. Cell phones fill the need for most people. Turning GMRS into a subscription based digital service will not attract more people to use it. They will see it as duplicative. Also, the telecommunications companies have grabbed enough off the plate.

I doubt the low band GMRS proposal will go anywhere. It's probably not needed, but I won't be disappointed if the FCC does approve it.

I'm already going to find renewing my license a hardship at $35. Think I can pay that monthly on top of T-Mobile? If I'm going to pay monthly for GMRS, they better be renaming it "Guaranteed Minimum Radio Service" and putting repeaters on every Starlink bird to fly.

I still won't pay for it, but at least it'll be cool to look at in the same way that Bugattis and Motorolas are.

 

[AK9R]

$35 for a 10-year license is 29.2 cents per month.

 

[Chrontius]

$35 for a 10-year license is 29.2 cents per month.

Yeah, I'm aware. I'm also out of vape juice, and that is going to become rather more consternating rather more rapidly; I've given up hope of replacing attritted handhelds this year and I'm not likely to have any workable ones left when the license expires on top of that!

(Thinking a moment longer, I realize that I no longer use GMRS to support any activity and should probably just stick to ham at that point. I'm still down to a UV3r with a broken backlight and a swollen battery though.)

 

[nokones]

The military can use any frequency from 30 - 88 MHz in 25 kHz steps, as I understand it. However, as mentioned above, two of the segments in the proposal (46.6-47.0 and 49.6-50.0) are exclusive allocations for government / military.

At one time, and I am not sure if that is the case today, the Military had to get approval from the NTIA before they use any frequency in the Homeland.