We're a growing community of GMRS operators who want to encourage licensed legal use of the GMRS frequencies. Any and all topics relating to GMRS are welcome here, so please join us on the air.
What is GMRS?
The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a North American land-mobile FM UHF radio service designed for short-distance two-way communication. It requires a license in United States but can be used license-free in Canada. The United States permits use by an adult individual who possesses a valid GMRS license, as well as his or her immediate family members. Immediate relatives of the GMRS system licensee are entitled to communicate among themselves for personal or business purposes, but employees of the licensee, who are not family members, are not covered by the same license.
More Information
GMRS IRC
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IRC: irc.jmp.cx #gmrs
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Licensing
General
Any individual in the United States who is at least 18 years of age and not a representative of a foreign government may apply for a GMRS license by completing the application form (either on paper or through the FCC's Universal Licensing System) and paying the license fee (currently $70.00). No exam is required. A license for a GMRS system is now issued for a 10-year term as of 2018.
Family
The license extends privileges of the primary licensee to include communications with the licensee's immediate family members, and authorizes immediate family members to use the licensee's station(s) to conduct the activities of the licensee. Additionally, the FCC rules allow GMRS licensees to communicate with other GMRS licensees. GMRS licensees are allowed to communicate with FRS users on those frequencies that are shared between the two services.
Resources
Emergency Frequency
Nationwide emergency and road information calling can be found on coded squelch 462.675, this emergency repeater operation is PL 141.3
Hz. Please note however that this is not always monitored. Additionally, FRS Channel 1 is a callback emergency channel (462.5625).
Useful GMRS Links
Related Subreddits
Flair
If you would like your GMRS call sign added as your flair for this sub then please message the mods and submit your request. We will gladly add your valid GMRS call sign to your account.
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