GMRS Truckers/Highway Channel

Well, like I said... I may be wrong, but I dont think I am. Too many new CB radios still being built. I doubt these manufacturers would keep dumping money into a dead horse. You think there are lots of unlicensed activity on GMRS, and yet some guys on this forum that bought a GMRS radio, say that they never hear anyone talking. Seems strange that it will take over CB radio, but I guess time will tell.

 

Pretty quite along I-10 Houston to Mobile

 

I don’t know anyone with gmrs that gets the license .
The license requirement is a joke .
Kind of like the border security .
The law is there on paper but that’s it

 

The gmrs repeater group I'm in requires a license

 

Actually that does surprise me a little. I live in the mid-west around small communities, and there isn't hardly any activity. I assumed all the action would be around the big cities...but maybe not.

 

That I can understand since a repeater is involved.

 

Yes that is true. Earlier when you mention there are a lot of unlicensed users on GMRS, I thought you were talking about the repeater users (GMRS), not the FRS users. My mistake.

 

GMRS: while 5 watts on the FRS channels you propose for road use, with a handheld you are only going to get .2 watts. However, if you use the upper GMRS frequencies 15-22, you can use 2 watts on handhelds, or up to 50 watts on a mobile rig (limited to 15 watts for stationary rigs). Most adverts indicate that truckers use channel 20 on GMRS ... I haven't experienced this much so when on-the-road, I just put my GMRS on "scan" and monitor everything. I don't hear that many truckers on it, from all across the U.S.

As a ham radio operator, I have added digital radio to my repertoire and now with a small repeater in my truck/vehicle, I can talk around the world, to "any" ham radio operator with DMR.


I'm guess the post at the end of this for a linear was for CB use, as FRS and GMRS uses the upper UHF frequencies (462.xxx-467.xxx MHz), and would be in compatible with a linear in the CB range of HF frequencies (26-27MHz).

 

The FCC requires a license (relatively cheap to buy, no test req'd) for the GMRS frequencies (chan 15-22), but not for FRS (chan 1-14). However the FRS frequencies only put out ½ a watt on handheld walkie talkies, and 5 watts on a mobile rig. By using GMRS, your handheld will put out 2watts, and a mobile rig anywhere from 15watts to 50watts! *FCC limits a mobile to 15watts if stationary, with a base antenna