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This is a good point, but are they not already certifying the user by making one read/understand government code? Maybe a better user certification process would be in order?

I was adapting an oldie, but a goodie!

I just couldn’t help thinking of this commercial from back in the day…

Main reason is to use DMR(as stated in the original post) and a 2nd reason is to open up more frequency options to use. 2M, 1.25M and 70cm go unused on my radios. When I pass the Tech Test I can use those and any repeaters in the area set up for HAM bands.

Unless you have a strong urge to talk to anonymous gents and that fits your wants and desires, you will find that need for the Ham world will fade after a few months and you will make GMRS your routine go-to radio comm and you will put the Ham stuff in the past. I'll bet you a dollar and a donut that will happen. That has happen to a lot of GMRS Radio Dorks.

When I put my radio in the MW it comes out with a higher wattage. Transferal from the 1200 I guess...

I once told a group of buddies that Moses was a conservative. One asked how would I know that. I replied if he was a liberal he would have called them “The 10 Suggestions.”

So the Examiner will file FCC Form 605 for me(I guess I fill in the info before I take the test?) so all I'll need to do is log into my FCC Account and pay the $35 for the license. That's a bit different than getting the GMRS license was. Thanks.

You either certify the equipment or the users. The reason why nearly every service requires certified transmitters is so typical users don’t have to have expertise in all of the requirements. It’s a service for users, not people who have to prove some level of expertise.

My old microwave in my kitchen is 1200 watts, capable of a really nasty burn

Just wanted you to know the hypocrisy of whom you quoted

Maybe, to some people. But that's the problem. Law belongs to the people not to lawyers and judges. These FCC regs that we're here to discuss are for us and should must (or is it shall) be understandable by us.

It's a legal term Defined by legal means.

hhmm, suspicious. Maybe a conversation for X?

If so, deregulation of FCC GMRS radio certifications sound like a great place to start.

Yet, Ayn Rand utilized Medicare towards the end of her life...

Well, their argument was the exact opposite - that shall meant may/should and therefore wasn't mandatory. We'll never get anywhere with simple wording when these kinds of wacky interpretations are applied.

You don't apply or pay for your amateur license until after you pass your test AND the examiner submits the paperwork in to the ARRL who then forwards everything to the FCC. Once the FCC gets your paperwork and approves everything, they will email you with a link to pay for your amateur license and also to download a copy of the actual license.

OH,, PA's are FUN. Driving past the football team and yelling out " RUN FOREST RUN" in a really goofy way. Rolling up on a deer in the road and barking at it. They fall on their ass while pooping all over the place. "Driver, put down the phone and drive your vehicle" in some sort of official sounding voice can get the phone tossed in the back seat, hands at 10 and 2 and the guy or gal looking around for the cop car. I skipped the CB PA setup and went right to the 100 watt siren for a cop car / fire truck. The air horn function also works very well to get peoples attention. Siren function was disabled, but the radio pass through was also handy for sort of what the OP was talking about. Far as his situation. The 4 watt amplifier in a CB radio driving a single speaker isn't going to put out much audio over a wide area. Find a few tripods, get some horn speakers attached to those tripods and find a 70 volt professional audio amp to drive them. Speaker horns should be 70 volt as well. Then plug a mike into it and run some wires. That would be your best bet. A single point PA speaker to cover a wide area doesn't work for two reasons. First is that the level of sound in close would be too high if you wanted it to carry very far. Second is tied to the first, you don't have control over the surrounding noise, so it would need to be really loud to overcome the baseline noise. Spread out speakers that are not crazy loud will get you heard without scaring the deaf and dead.

Shall doesn't mean must. It's more determinate than that. Must has ambiguity.

Yes, but scanning (receiving) does not require a NB preset. Transmitting on MURS 1-3 does.

SOP for fed gov and state/local too.

Some years ago, the liberals were pushing the mantra that "shall doesn't mean must". I told one state agency head it was good enough for the 10 Commandments.

So, regulatory oversight, compliance, and control mechanisms? Socialism?

Man, The FCC's website is messed up. I logged in and looked for Apply for New License and went down the list and for the life of me I can't find "HAM Technician" anywhere. I know GMRS is under ZA or some such but what's HAM under???