****Getting your GMRS License****
STEP 1: Setup account and obtain FRN number via CORES system
https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do
- Click on “register button”
- Create account with your email name and password and security question (write down the password – you will need it again)
- FCC will send a link to your email account (click on the link)
- Go back to the website
- Click on “Register New FRN” in upper RH corner of screen
- Click on “individual”
- Click on “CORES”
- Enter info required
- Then there will be a confirmation page with your new FRN number
- WRITE IT DOWN and don’t loose it
STEP 2: FCC ULS Website GMRS application
www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system
- Click on “file online”
- Enter FRN# and your fcc password that you created in Step 1
- Click on “apply for a new license”
- Scroll down to “ZA-GMRS” at the bottom of the list
- Answer “NO” to the three questions
- Enter personal info
- Click on “continue to certify”
- Go back to the website and continue to payment “Bills and fees” (You need to log in again)
- Click on “ULS Pay Fees”
- Pick your FRN #
- Choose payment method
- Pay the $35
- Check back on the website in the next few days to get your official authorization and Call Sign
- To check to see if your license has been issued: Go to the FCC ULS website: select “License Search” and change to “by FRN” using the drop down menu. Type in your FRN# in the text box and press search. Once a GMRS license is assigned, you will see it listed.
What is “GMRS”?
• GMRS: “General Mobile Radio Service”
• GMRS was chosen based on the availability of low-cost radios and requires a “no test” license. The license is $35, good for 10 years and any family member can use the radio.
• For enhanced neighborhood effectiveness, use of GMRS is supported by the Pierce County Dept of Emergency Management(DEM) and the Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES).
• For Anderson Island, each Zone has a dedicated GMRS channel enabling Neighborhood Coordinators to communicate their needs with their Zone leads.
• Zone Leads can then pass emergency traffic to the Fire Station radio operators using the island wide channel.
• The Fire Station will provide local situation updates and instructions using the island wide GMRS channel.
• Radio training and support will be provided on island by members of the GMRS communication team.
• We’ve standardized on the radio make, model and developed a custom radio configuration for Anderson Island to simplify the operation of the radio.
See the “Introduction to GMRS” video under the video tab for more information.
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