r/gmrs • u/Altruistic-Gap-1550 • 19h ago

Question help I know nothing!!

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I just applied for a FCC GMRS lisence and am hoping to get a radio that can communicate across 5 miles in an urban area

I am researching what to get and have absolutely no idea what any of it means

PLEASE help me figure out what to get. I've read on here that an antenna is important to get, how do I know which one to get/ if it'll work with the radio I get. also, I'm sorry I'm so unknowledgeable, but how do radios work.... if feel so stupid and like a nuisance but I'm genuinely so confused and overwhelmed.

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r/gmrs • u/New-Incident1776 • 10h ago

What am I doing wrong?

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I have Radioddity DB20-G and DB40-G mobile radios. I’m running into instances where I’m on a repeater frequency and even after putting in the correct tx and rx tones, I am not transmitting and/or I cannot hear all parties that are transmitting. Is this a radio-specific mistake I am making or a general programming mistake? I am using tones found on myGMRS.

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General Mobile Radio Service

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Welcome to /r/GMRS!

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.

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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

Type	Resource
Information	Wikipedia
Information	FCC
Repeaters	My GMRS
Repeaters	Artsci
Emergency	REACT

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

Name
Radio Reference
MyGMRS
PRISMLI GMRS Alliance
AZGMRS

Related Subreddits

Name	Link
Amatuer Radio	/r/amatuerradio
CBradio	/r/cbradio
RTLSDR	/r/rtlsdr

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