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For what it's worth, this is what the RR wiki has to say about it in two places: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Family_Radio_Service#Recognized_Channels https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/General_Mobile_Radio_Service#Recognized_Channel_Usage Beats me if there is actual general adoption of any of the above, as GMRS is typically just casual/local type comms for caravans and families in most situations, as many have pointed out. Interesting thread though!

So, I guess this is actually covered in Part 95... Seems like transmitting station ID is the only way to avoid being held as the individual license for all transmissions (presumably from public users, who aren't eligible as "family"), right? It's not required, but it would seem prudent for any repeater open to the public since ( c)(2) is dependent upon the public being licensed and follow the rules, yadda yadda.

These are most definitely on GMRS frequencies. I set up my scanner specifically to see what was alive at my location on GMRS frequencies and accessible signal-wise.

Great review by the OP. Thanks for doing that. I thought it was interesting to see that there are less than 60k GMRS licensees in the FCC system. I guess the market segment for this service is dominated by bubble pack radios for the most part, not equipment that is halfway between bubblepacks and actual full-bore amateur radio gear... I suppose that's where the Chinese manufacturers fill in for the time being.

I looked, none seemed to do it real-time from an audio recording. These IDs are broadcast pretty fast for untrained human ears. All that I tried seem to be "translators" that you have to enter the morse manually (seem like they are more intended as CW study aids). If there are recommended apps for this, please do tell!

Hi all, Another nub here absorbing info about how to best utilize local GMRS resources. One thing I've noticed in my area is that I can hear certain repeaters (I assume that's what they are) issuing their FCC ID broadcasts every 10-15 minutes as they are mandated to do... however, they seem to mostly broadcast these ID messages in CW, which a layperson like myself could never hope to decode on the fly. Are there tools available to help real-time decode these transmissions so we can ID which repeater we are hearing? I've resorted to just noting the output frequency on the scanner and then cross-referencing the myGMRS map to see what the likely candidates might be, but this doesn't seem optimal. Thanks!