Dantian
Member
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2010
- Messages
- 141
I read some comments here that suggest that the changes to GMRS Rules, including delicensing, are dead, or were resolved by lowering the GMRS license fees, or were only "asked" and not "proposed". All of which is in error as other forum members have pointed out, or should have.
The lowering of the fee was on a separate track, for years, and involves a different part of the FCC than the GMRS Rules. The rule changes were proposed by the FCC on its own motion. And the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is not only not dead, a final Report & Order was placed on the full Commission's to-do list on August 25, 2016.
This is public fact which you can see here: FCC Items on Circulation
Search that page for "Part 95". It is the list of decisions packaged up and ready for the full Commission -- that means the Presidential appointees at the top of the agency -- to place their final signature on and become law of the land.
Yes that is a long list. And the change of administration, the naming of new FCC Chairman, departure of some Commissioners and all is delaying matters at FCC. But it is a long journey for an item to get on that list. The changes to GMRS are now on it. This is why the GMRS and FRS manufacturers heated up their lobbying efforts over the last few months. Their $300/hr lawyers know what's going down.
It may or may not mean kissing your GMRS license and/or repeater goodbye, or allowing business entities and large organizations to get GMRS licenses once again, or other stupid developments. Or the FCC may realize they stepped on the wrong track and will conclude by doing nothing or making unimportant changes. Stay tuned.
The lowering of the fee was on a separate track, for years, and involves a different part of the FCC than the GMRS Rules. The rule changes were proposed by the FCC on its own motion. And the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is not only not dead, a final Report & Order was placed on the full Commission's to-do list on August 25, 2016.
This is public fact which you can see here: FCC Items on Circulation
Search that page for "Part 95". It is the list of decisions packaged up and ready for the full Commission -- that means the Presidential appointees at the top of the agency -- to place their final signature on and become law of the land.
Yes that is a long list. And the change of administration, the naming of new FCC Chairman, departure of some Commissioners and all is delaying matters at FCC. But it is a long journey for an item to get on that list. The changes to GMRS are now on it. This is why the GMRS and FRS manufacturers heated up their lobbying efforts over the last few months. Their $300/hr lawyers know what's going down.
It may or may not mean kissing your GMRS license and/or repeater goodbye, or allowing business entities and large organizations to get GMRS licenses once again, or other stupid developments. Or the FCC may realize they stepped on the wrong track and will conclude by doing nothing or making unimportant changes. Stay tuned.
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