On 20 Apr 2005 at 7:24, Craig Jungers wrote: > I wonder if Canada and other countries have anything similar to GMRS > and if there is anything about reciprocal licensing. Canada has introduced both FRS and GMRS after a few years lag behind the US. GMRS is also restricted to 2 watts (not 5W) in Canada. At this low power, they are exempt from requiring a license. Note that there were licensed LMR bands in the GMRS frequency range prior to the introduction of GMRS - they remain licensed. I guess they restricted the power so that they would not have to deal with licensing issues. As such, you can't use the US GMRS devices in Canada at 5W. As such, I see FRS, GMRS and FRS/GMRS units in a lot of stores here. Erik mentions that FRS-only units are getting hard to find in the US. I find that surprising given that the license is mandatory. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 20 2005 - 08:43:58 PDT
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