What is the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS)?
The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a personal radio service available to an individual. It is a two-way voice communication service to facilitate the activities of the individual’s immediate family members. Expect a communications range of one to five miles with portable units and up to twenty five miles with mobile and base station units. Before any station transmits on any GMRS authorized channel, the responsible party must obtain a license for a GMRS system. An FCC GMRS license is $80.00 as of September 1999, and persons operating under a personal license may operate on any GMRS frequency. There is no requirement for frequency coordination or any other special permission, and all licensees must cooperate in the selection and sharing the available channels. Which GMRS channels may I use? There are 23 GMRS channels. None of these channels are assigned for the exclusive use of any system. License applicants and licensees must cooperate in the selection and use of the channels i
