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Does GMRS License cover immediate family in other households?


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  On 10/24/2023 at 3:09 AM, jsneezy said:

I don't think anything I mentioned was any more complicated than what the FCC has given us to work with. Except for the cousin-spouse thing. That was meant as pure sarcasm. 

There's a reason that people say navigating the website and actually getting to pay the fees is passing the GMRS test. 

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How is this complicated?  It’s very specifically defined.  Is there any way to misinterpret it?

(2) Any individual who holds an individual license may allow his or her immediate family members to operate his or her GMRS station or stations. Immediate family members are the licensee's spouse, children, grandchildren, stepchildren, parents, grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and in-laws.

I thought the cousin-wife thing was funny. 😀

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  On 10/24/2023 at 3:16 AM, Sshannon said:

How is this complicated?  It’s very specifically defined.  Is there any way to misinterpret it?

(2) Any individual who holds an individual license may allow his or her immediate family members to operate his or her GMRS station or stations. Immediate family members are the licensee's spouse, children, grandchildren, stepchildren, parents, grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and in-laws.

I thought the cousin-wife thing was funny. 😀

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In my case, my wife and daughter are about as far as my call sign goes. If we have family from out of state visiting, we'll likely just hand them an FRS radio and call it good. I do kinda wonder why they excluded cousins, but step-children and step-parents are not. But again, that's more of a curiosity than an actual concern. I have plenty of FRS radios to pass around if need be.

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  On 10/24/2023 at 3:30 AM, jsneezy said:

In my case, my wife and daughter are about as far as my call sign goes. If we have family from out of state visiting, we'll likely just hand them an FRS radio and call it good. I do kinda wonder why they excluded cousins, but step-children and step-parents are not. But again, that's more of a curiosity than an actual concern. I have plenty of FRS radios to pass around if need be.

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Suggest that cousins be added. There are changes almost weekly. 

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The "bloodline" interpretation works for farms. Often farm families live in different houses within either simplex or repeater range. All three of my sons live within two miles of me, each with their own household. All use my license and identify themselves with my ID + a modifier. This is legal an well within the intent of GMRS. 

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If Spouse A bought two radios and allowed Spouse B to operate one of the two radios, how would Spouse A & B best identify while using the one family license communicating with one another? 

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Does it really matter? 

 

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  On 2/26/2024 at 5:50 PM, Darmie said:

If Spouse A bought two radios and allowed Spouse B to operate one of the two radios, how would Spouse A & B best identify while using the one family license communicating with one another? 

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Does it really matter? 

 

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It doesn’t matter but the regulations specifically say that you are allowed to include unit designators. 
 

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