[BARC-List] Re: commercial radio

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:10:26 -0500

Ethan,

You might also consider some of the other systems available.  There were
some "itinerant" frequencies made available several years ago, in the VHF or
UHF bands, or possibly both.  They became known as the "dot radios" by the
different colored circular stickers the manufacturers placed on them to
indicate the frequencies.  Home Depot sold them, the last time I was in one
in Charlotte, NC; that is, a few months ago.  Licensing them is about as
difficult as licensing a marine VHF rig, perhaps even less.  Power output is
a couple of watts.  GMRS may be another option.  There are repeaters
available for those, if you need the extended range.  (Of course, the FRS
set may have rendered this option unusable.)

I'd suggest you check out some of the options at Motorola's site:
http://commerce.motorola.com/consumer/QWhtml/2way_cat.html

Rick, WD8KEL

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Maass" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:10 PM
Subject: [BARC-List] Re: commercial radio

Thanks Dan, I forgot to mention that. We use Marine VHF heavily in our
work including having a shore station license (WHW969), however we also
need comms off the Marine channels. Ideally it would be secure (we use
the Nextels to pass credit card information) but I know that secure
comms are much different than those in the clear and may be
prohibitively expensive.

      .ethan

On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 06:38 PM, Dan Malloy wrote:

> Ethan,
> I don't know about commercial/GMRS, but you may also want to look
> into Marine VHF if all of your work is done on the water. Getting a
> ship license is very easy, just some paperwork with the vessel's name,
> owner, homeport, etc. If your business is directly involved with a
> marine interest, you may be able to get a shore license. Consider how
> close your office is to Boston Harbor first.
>
> fcc.gov
> can tell you far more than I ever could.
>
> Dan, KA1RDZ

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