No you are correct, it's quite absurd. It is however what the current regulation is. The FCC needs to reevaluate the licensing schedule.The cost of a GMRS license seemed absurd compared to the cost of a ham license; maybe things have changed.
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No you are correct, it's quite absurd. It is however what the current regulation is. The FCC needs to reevaluate the licensing schedule.The cost of a GMRS license seemed absurd compared to the cost of a ham license; maybe things have changed.
I'm also in southern Oregon and have an expried General Ham ticket (( going to re-up it )) and have a 40ch SSB - CB and channel 38 lower sideband CB is still active because of all the former and current truckers who keep it alive and the AM side of channel 19 ,20 , 21 ,CB alive.Thanks for the notes, AMProducts. We're no where near a large population center.