Does a Ham Radio license cover GMRS too?
I am a licensed Ham Radio operator.
Since I have my Amateur Radio license already, does my Ham Radio license allow me to use GMRS as well?
Categories: amateur radio Tags: GMRS license, ham license, radio regulations
NO
Basically GMRS is a CB radio service (part 95) and is basically station licensed only for those bands (and cost almost $100 for a 5 year license last I looked… but allows for a few radios for licensee and family members…. No companies and higher powers (up to 50 watts) compared to FRS radios (.5 watts)
Amateurs have to take a test to be individually licensed only for the bands allowed by the FCC as stated under part 97
So basically GMRS is the only CB band that you still have to be licensed by the FCC for (the rest are considered license free)
FRS is considered a license free CB band for instance
NO! that takes a seperate licence from the FCC (In the US) The amateur licence is only good for the amateur radio service and not for any other service. THe Ham ticket is an operator licence with a staton license attached. The GRMS service is a station or group licence, totally unrelated to amateur radio.
In agreement with other answers. GMRS requires a separate license. I hold both a ham license and GMRS license.
If you were a licensed Ham (Amateur Radio Operator) then you would have known this already. Why? Because licensed Amateurs have to do some study of radio regulations and radio theory to get their amateur radio license.
That said, I have heard that the FCC is right now considering whether to stop charging for a GMRS license. So you could be in luck and – if so – all the licensed GMRS users who paid good money and obeyed the rules are going to feel cheated… Because then GMRS radio will become just like 27 MHz CB and FRS radio. What we Aussies term “Rafferty’s Rules” – Anything goes!