Sorry to butt in out of my area.
We can make you an honorary member but you need to do the following:
- attend one of the NWI MEET & SHOOTs
- bring bacon as your tribute to da group
- own, bring or use a high point gangster style (side ways) at least once at the shoot so we knowz u have skill to cap some1
- if you own a PINK gun that gives you automatic "made man" status with the PINKfather.
The IC states that ANY radio CAPABLE of picking up Police frequencies is against the law when mobile (without a HAM lic) regardless of whether it's programmed or not.
*Someone in the know, please correct me if I am wrong.
Makes me wonder does the IC consider a phone (ie. iphone, smartphone) a radio? If so then you are correct that any of those scanning aps on your mobile phone will put you in legal jeporady. As to how to fix it. Contact Bill of Rights. He knows how to get things to the right people in the legilsation to get things moving. He is your best bet becuase sending a letter to your rep is . *cough* pointless *cough*
@Bill B
Let me try and unconfuse you.
3 of the FCC licenses that you can get are the following:
- Amateur radio license (3 levels avaliable right now) [FCC Part 90]
- FRS license [FCC Part 95]
- GMRS license [FCC Part 95]
Each of these license allows one to operate on different fequencies as shown here:
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/2003-allochrt.pdf
(All feq that FCC controls)
and here are the feq for just the Amateur
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band Chart/Hambands_color - Feb 3 2012.pdf
You do NOT need a license to listen on any FCC fequency. It may be illegal to own the equipment in some areas (ie. Can't have a scanner in Indiana in your car without a license but OK in your home).
A license is required to transmit
As you can see from this chart:
GMRS & FRS Frequency Table
The FRS/GMRS feq are not within the Amateur feq range. They are a little bit above it. GMRS like the Amateur freq require a license to transmit. FRS DO NOT require a license by you (the end user) but the maker of the radio needs to be Part 95 Certified for those radios.
From the googling I found this is the best answer that I got in terms of can a radio be used both on the Amateur and/or GMRS and/or FRS frequencies:
SOURCE: GMRS Radios - Page 2 - Survivalist ForumThe radio's can be front panel programmed and meet part 90/95, but it must be done in a "programming mode" then switched to user mode where the settings/frequency cant be changed on the fly, (ie no VFO ).
You can program Ham and GMRS into the same radio IF the radio is rated for the entire range (440 to 468mhz), few radios on UHF are, except some Bendix/king radios.
You can indeed program our little radios on the fly so to speak I thus why I am saying its not legal.
-Jedi