GMRS Repeater frequencies

[WRYJ695]

Hello,

This is my first post.I've been toying with the idea of putting up a repeater in southern maine.Are there any frequency pairs that should be avoided ? or are any of the pairs usable ?

For instance some publications list 462.675 an emergency channel ? Is this accurate ?

Thank you

[OffRoaderX]

3 minutes ago, WRYJ695 said:

For instance some publications list 462.675 an emergency channel ? Is this accurate ?

No, that is not accurate, and all pairs are usable.

To avoid interfering with any other repeaters, a good idea is to listen to all the repeater channels for a few days to see if there is any activity and check on the MyGMRS repeater map to see if there are any others listed in the area - then just pick a pair.

[SteveShannon]

The OP lives in Lyman, which is well outside of Line A.  

Does the MyGMRS repeater map display Line A?  No - that might be a good suggestion though.

[OffRoaderX]

I read on RepeaterBook that a guy was using GMRS Channel 16 north of Line A and he was fined $250k.

But seriously, as pointed out, if you are north of "Line A", then i amend my response to "there may be restrictions on what pairs you can use".

[WRYJ695]

Yep! I'm well below that line. Alfred Maine in the center of York county is a possible location.I am new to GMRS,wanted to be here months ago but had a heck of a time figuring out how to set up the fee for the FCC cores.

 

[Robb62]

You can put them in for emergencies- that's what it's for.