[ICOM] 12V base station that can be operated on the GMRS Frequencies

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A thorough and factual reply.  Congratulations and thank you.

73  <> Carl


At 10:32 AM 7/8/2005, you wrote:

>You might want to check eBay or with various commercial radio houses.  You
>may find they will have some used radio that they will setup for you that
>will be type accepted.  Several hams around here have dug up old commercial
>radios and reprogrammed them for GMRS or other public service frequencies
>they are authorized to use.
>
>It is illegal to use Amateur radio equipment for GMRS transmissions. Local
>organizations in this state which used to not worry about the use of
>converted amateur radios on their service have now started discouraging the
>practice and some have started requiring inspection of the radios volunteers
>are using to insure that they comply with the rules.  Violation of the rules
>puts not only the operator at jeopardy, but also any related entity in which
>the radios are used.
>
>Here are a few excerpts from the rules.
>
>95.129 Station equipment.
>
>Every station in a GMRS system must use transmitters the FCC has
>certificated for use in the GMRS. Write to any FCC Field Office to find out
>if a particular transmitter has been certificated for the GMRS. All station
>equipment in a GMRS system must comply with the technical rules in Part 95.
>
>95.603 Certification required.
>
>(a) Each GMRS transmitter (a transmitter that operates or is intended to
>operate at a station authorized in the GMRS) must be type accepted.
>
>95.621 GMRS transmitter channel frequencies.
>
>(a) The GMRS transmitter channel frequencies (reference frequencies from
>which the carrier frequency, suppressed or otherwise, may not deviate by
>more than the specified frequency tolerance) are
>
>462.5500, 462.5625, 462.5750, 462.5875, 462.6000, 462.6125, 462.6250,
>462.6375, 462.6500, 462.6625, 462.6750, 462.6875, 462.7000, 462.7125,
>462.7250, 467.5500, 467.5750, 467.6000, 467.6250, 467.6500, 467.6750,
>467.7000 and 467.7250.
>
>Note: Certain GMRS transmitter channel frequencies are authorized only for
>certain station classes and station locations. See Part 95, Subpart A.
>
>(b) Each GMRS transmitter for mobile station, small base station and control
>station operation must be maintained within a frequency tolerance of
>0.0005%. Each GMRS transmitter for base station (except small base), mobile
>relay station or fixed station operation must be maintained within a
>frequency tolerance of 0.00025%.
>
>95.655 Frequency capability.
>
>(a) No transmitter will be certificated for use in the CB service if it is
>equipped with a frequency capability not listed in 95.625, and no
>transmitter will be type accepted for use in the GMRS if it is equipped with
>a frequency capability not listed in 95.621, unless such transmitter is also
>certificated for use in another radio service for which the frequency is
>authorized and for which certification is also required. (Transmitters with
>frequency capability for the Amateur Radio Services, Military Affiliate
>Radio System and Civil Air Patrol will not be certificated.)
>
>(b) All frequency determining circuitry (including crystals) and programming
>controls in each CB transmitter and in each GMRS transmitter must be
>internal to the transmitter and must not be accessible from the exterior of
>the transmitter operating panel or from the exterior of the transmitter
>enclosure.
>
>
>
>Good luck.  I hope you find what you need.
>
>73
>N4PGW
>Buck
>
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