Posted: 3/14/2011 9:00:58 PM EDT
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I know this is technically the ham forum, but this would just get lost in GD. At work we are looking at getting some two-way radios for our field engineers to talk to each other and back to the office. Figuring out what radio to get isn't hard, its the licensing/frequency coordination part that I can't find a good clear guide. The FCC says: Gathering Information Frequency Coordination Filing Your Application Immediate Operation Notification of Construction Their Frequency Coordination list: http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=licensing_3&id=industrial_business doesn't seem to list anyone for "IG - Industrial/Business Pool - Private, Conventional" Anyone on here know about the process to get a VHF bizband license? Thanks! |
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Contact Forest Industries Telecommunications. Cost is abt $1000 total and worth it. $1000 for a license is utterly ridiculous. All kinds of outfits out there that will help you fill out the forms (for a lot less than $1k), or you can do it yourself. Call each of the coordinators there and see who gives you the best deal. |
| I've been looking into this. FIT, aka landmobile.com has some packages for under $250 that include them basically handling all the paperwork and making sure it's done right. Makes sense depending how much your time is worth and how much it matters that it get done right the first time. |
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Contact Forest Industries Telecommunications. Cost is abt $1000 total and worth it. $1000 for a license is utterly ridiculous. All kinds of outfits out there that will help you fill out the forms (for a lot less than $1k), or you can do it yourself. Call each of the coordinators there and see who gives you the best deal. That included the repeater... The duplexer was ~$250 additional. Just kidding, I'll have to look up the fee. It was less than 1K and I had no idea how to do it and didn't have time. It might have been about $550 now that I think abt it. |
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Interesting... $500'ish wouldn't be out of the question. It might be less for us since we already have a FCC FRN and know our login information. Looking at FIT's website those are two charges that they wouldn't have to worry about. I'll give them a call to see if they can give me a quote for what it will cost. |
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Quoted: Anything except some itinerant frequencies will require the sign off of a frequency coordinator before the FCC will process the application. You can do alot yourself if you are conversant in radio licensing lingo. RS so its like having to go to an FFL for a transfer? you can set up the sale pay the money and everything but you still need them to do one little thing, and since they are all in cahoots they can charge almost what ever they want? |
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Quoted: why cant you just do this yourself? They ask me some questions and then fill out most of the paper work and deal with the FCC for me... our staff, myself included, is stretched. It would take a lot more than $295 of my time, why not let someone else who has the whole application process down do it and do it right the first time? |
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why cant you just do this yourself? They ask me some questions and then fill out most of the paper work and deal with the FCC for me... our staff, myself included, is stretched. It would take a lot more than $295 of my time, why not let someone else who has the whole application process down do it and do it right the first time? They did a fine job for me. They actually do a lot and they pick various available freqs and you chose pros and cons vs the coordination. The fee is a super deal. They'll email prop maps with overlaying something or others. No way can you do what they will do if your time is woorth anything. Very happy camper here... |
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why cant you just do this yourself? They ask me some questions and then fill out most of the paper work and deal with the FCC for me... our staff, myself included, is stretched. It would take a lot more than $295 of my time, why not let someone else who has the whole application process down do it and do it right the first time? They did a fine job for me. They actually do a lot and they pick various available freqs and you chose pros and cons vs the coordination. The fee is a super deal. They'll email prop maps with overlaying something or others. No way can you do what they will do if your time is woorth anything. Very happy camper here... Then we can talk abt how to get a commercial repeater set up for very little... Start looking on ebay for your duplexer... These are nice, and easy to narrow band. http://cgi.ebay.com/TAIT-Repeater-UHF-T855-20-T856-20-T296-16-/220756450427?pt=2_Way_Radios_FRS&hash=item33661c1c7b |