Speaker 1: A user like you and I is demanding the FCC
Speaker 1: to allow internet linking to GMRS repeaters and radios, and
Speaker 1: he's put up a petition that he wants people to sign.
Speaker 1: I wonder how realistic this is, and I wondered your
Speaker 1: thoughts on it. Let's take a look. GMRS repeater linking
Speaker 1: has been a hot topic recently. I've done several videos
Speaker 1: in the past about new GMRS channels GMRS repeater linking. Well,
Speaker 1: I just got finished recording one for a Reddit article
Speaker 1: that says the justifications for repeater linking? How can someone
Speaker 1: justify that when it's clearly illegal to do? And I
Speaker 1: did a comments video that said something about you know,
Speaker 1: because I had a lot of really really comments that
Speaker 1: went the other direction from where I expected them to
Speaker 1: go on the first GMRS repeater linking video that I made.
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Speaker 1: I found over here at change dot org and you
Speaker 1: can see right here. It's got thirty seven hundred and
Speaker 1: seventeen verified signatures right now, and you can sign this petition.
Speaker 1: On the right hand side. You give your first name,
Speaker 1: your last name, your email. It tells you where your
Speaker 1: location is. You can edit that and then you can
Speaker 1: uncheck this box that says display my name and comment
Speaker 1: on this edition if you want, or you can just
Speaker 1: leave that littrier comments be seen by the world. Title
Speaker 1: of the article is obviously demand FCC to allow all
Speaker 1: network connections to GMRS repeaters and radios network connections. They're
Speaker 1: talking about the internet, an all star type system connect
Speaker 1: repeaters together over the Internet. When I first made this
Speaker 1: video about GMRS repeater linking, I thought everyone was going
Speaker 1: to be totally for it. The FCC should not disallow
Speaker 1: us to do this. We should be totally allowed to
Speaker 1: do whatever we want on GMRS. Surprisingly to me, a
Speaker 1: lot of people were against that. A lot of people
Speaker 1: were like, no, we should not be able to link
Speaker 1: these repeaters together because of actions being taken by groups
Speaker 1: such as North Georgia GMRS group, who is linking multiple
Speaker 1: repeaters together over a large area several state areas. So
Speaker 1: I'm told this is what I've gotten from the comments,
Speaker 1: and I got emails from several of you that I'm
Speaker 1: reading and reviewing, and I'm probably will make a follow
Speaker 1: up video on that later on. But what they're doing
Speaker 1: is they're taking all eight repeater channels from GMRS and
Speaker 1: linking them all together. So essentially we have one GMRS
Speaker 1: repeater channel now that is linked over a huge three
Speaker 1: to four state area several hundred miles. This is in
Speaker 1: North Georgia again, And because a lot of these repeaters
Speaker 1: are on top of mountaintops, are on tall towers, and
Speaker 1: they're far reaching, they have a large footprint, and they're
Speaker 1: taking channel all eight repeater channels and linking them all together,
Speaker 1: which is stupid. This is a stupid way to do it.
Speaker 1: I am all for GMRS repeater linking generally speaking. I've
Speaker 1: said several videos in the past that we should designate
Speaker 1: one or two channels and let those be linked and
Speaker 1: then all the other channels turn them off because there
Speaker 1: is a limited number of frequencies and channels in GMRS,
Speaker 1: so I understand that viewpoint. A lot of you made
Speaker 1: the point that it's like, well, it's so few channels,
Speaker 1: we don't have eight repeater channels if we link them
Speaker 1: all together, and I agree with that. It's a stupid
Speaker 1: idea to link channels together. Everyone should be on Channel
Speaker 1: twenty two or Channel twenty or Channel sixteen or whatever.
Speaker 1: Pick a channel and that's the channel that you link together.
Speaker 1: And since people were apparently uncapable of being reasonable and
Speaker 1: having gentlemen's agreement and handshake deal. Since since everyone wants
Speaker 1: to kind of steamroll this and groups are taking over
Speaker 1: all frequencies, then I kind of have changed my mind
Speaker 1: on this. Maybe we shouldn't allow GMRS repeater link. I
Speaker 1: still think we should have it on one channel, but
Speaker 1: we'll see. Anyway, those comments went a little bit differently.
Speaker 1: But here's a new article that I just found a couple,
Speaker 1: you know, a few days ago whenever it was demand
Speaker 1: FCC to allow all network connections. Okay, and the issue
Speaker 1: here we go. Okay, this is a pretty short article here.
Speaker 1: It's by Brian Paine, petitioned Starter. Okay, the FCCS GMRS
Speaker 1: allows ordinary families and individuals to communicate without the need
Speaker 1: of technical expertise and sophisticated knowledge of radios. While GMRS
Speaker 1: is simple, it is powerful enough to use over a
Speaker 1: wide area with the use of repeaters. Linking GMRS repeaters
Speaker 1: and radios over the Internet and or networks has been
Speaker 1: heavily debated. Yes. Currently, the part ninety five rule states
Speaker 1: the following in two sections ninety five dot one seven
Speaker 1: three three messages which are both conveyed by a wireline
Speaker 1: control link and transmitted by GMRS stations are prohibited wireline
Speaker 1: control and transmitted by gm res so over telephone line
Speaker 1: is how I read that part ninety five dot one
Speaker 1: seven four nine. Operation of GMRS station with a telephone
Speaker 1: connection is prohibited as in ninety five dot three four nine.
Speaker 1: GMRS repruter base and fixed stations, however, may be connected
Speaker 1: to the public switch network and other networks for the
Speaker 1: sole purpose of operation remote control. Pursue it to ninety
Speaker 1: five dot one seven four five. So if you don't
Speaker 1: know what that means, that simply means that you can
Speaker 1: connect your GMRS repruter to the Internet and control it remotely.
Speaker 1: So if it needs a reboot, if someone's keyed down
Speaker 1: on it, if it's timed out, if it's messed up
Speaker 1: somehow and throwing out weird noises on the internet, you
Speaker 1: can get on the internet. You have it connected on
Speaker 1: the internet, get on the app on your phone, which
Speaker 1: there are control apps for that, and you can log
Speaker 1: into it remotely to disable it, turn it off, reboot it, whatever.
Speaker 1: So that's what that's talking about there. He goes on
Speaker 1: to say. In the past, many networks have received FCC
Speaker 1: correspondents saying that the FCC doesn't consider linking gym RS
Speaker 1: repruiters via the Internet against the rules, thus leaving it
Speaker 1: in a gray area. Many networks have received FCC correspondents
Speaker 1: that FCC doesn't consider linked gm res reviews the Internet
Speaker 1: against the rules. I'd like to see proof of that,
Speaker 1: because everything I've read on the Internet has clearly stated
Speaker 1: that it is against the rules. So I wonder where
Speaker 1: he's getting this information from. He doesn't asterisk this information,
Speaker 1: he doesn't reference anything else, but he goes on to say,
Speaker 1: which opened the door for thousands of connecting networks for
Speaker 1: family communication. Okay, if you're connecting over a very large
Speaker 1: area network and linking all channels together, you're not doing
Speaker 1: it for your family. You're doing it because, quite frankly,
Speaker 1: you're a bully. Okay, if it's being done like what
Speaker 1: I'm told North Georgia GMRS is being done, Okay, they've
Speaker 1: basically taken over all repeater channels and are not allowing
Speaker 1: families to use them because there's conversations going on all
Speaker 1: day long, and since all eight repeater channels are all
Speaker 1: linked together, no one else can use it. So that's
Speaker 1: not for your family. Okay, that might be your intent,
Speaker 1: but that's not how it's being used. However, in recent times,
Speaker 1: the FCC has clarified that GMRS repuater stations cannot be
Speaker 1: linked over the Internet. Okay, once again, he's saying, he
Speaker 1: received many networks have received correspondence from the FCC stating
Speaker 1: that they don't care if linkedn gm RS reputers being
Speaker 1: Internet is against the rules. They don't consider linking Internet
Speaker 1: against the rules. I would like to see one of
Speaker 1: these correspondence letters. I've not seen anything like this. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying it doesn't exist. I'm saying I have not
Speaker 1: seen this. So I'd like to see one of these,
Speaker 1: and in bold down here, he says. In this petition,
Speaker 1: we as citizens demand Part ninety five dot one seven
Speaker 1: two two, Section eight and Part ninety five Dot seventeen
Speaker 1: forty nine be removed from the GMRS Part ninety five
Speaker 1: rules and as a section within Part ninety five rules
Speaker 1: to clearly permanently allow GMRS repeaters and radio stations to
Speaker 1: be linked over the Internet and other networks. With your support,
Speaker 1: we can bring this important issue to the FCC. Please
Speaker 1: sign our petition urge the FCC to clearly allow network
Speaker 1: connections to GMRS repeaters and radio stations and you can
Speaker 1: sign right there. I don't agree with a couple of
Speaker 1: the things that he said here. First of all, I
Speaker 1: think GMRS repeaters can be very good for families. But
Speaker 1: when you link together over a long distance, where's your
Speaker 1: family and why is it important to connect with your Say, well,
Speaker 1: my family's the next state over, okay, Well, my family's
Speaker 1: like fifteen minutes down the road. So why do I
Speaker 1: need to connect my repeater or a repeater or talk
Speaker 1: on a that's connected to another state, you know, somewhere
Speaker 1: one hundred miles away. So I have trouble finding the
Speaker 1: justification saying we're connecting repeaters together over the internet for
Speaker 1: purposes of family communication. I have trouble wrapping my head
Speaker 1: around that is he doing that? Is he actually doing that? Maybe?
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe that's what he's doing, Okay, but I don't know.
Speaker 1: I have trouble justifying that in my head. But I
Speaker 1: would like to know. More than anything, I'd like to
Speaker 1: know what you guys think. I'll put a link to
Speaker 1: this article in the description if you want to go
Speaker 1: out and signing. As a general rule, I think the
Speaker 1: FCC should have less power and less say and I
Speaker 1: think the citizens should say, should have more of a
Speaker 1: say over what rules we do and don't follow. Okay,
Speaker 1: there needs to be rules, but I think the citizens,
Speaker 1: I think there should be a citizens voted upon thing. Well,
Speaker 1: this article doesn't really have a date on it. I
Speaker 1: found it about a week ago, maybe four or five
Speaker 1: days ago. Okay. The first comment in the comments is
Speaker 1: from eight months ago, so this article has been up
Speaker 1: for a while. I'm guessing even though the article itself
Speaker 1: doesn't have it has one hundred and twelve comments. You
Speaker 1: can see right there and you can go down in
Speaker 1: the comment section read through all these, and the first
Speaker 1: one was eight months ago. Actually, I'm sorry, that's the
Speaker 1: most popular featured comments. This one looks like it's twelve
Speaker 1: months ago. This might be a really old article. Two
Speaker 1: months ago is the latest one. Okay. Some people are
Speaker 1: responding with videos. But it's only got thirty seven hundred
Speaker 1: people to sign the petition, so I wonder how popular
Speaker 1: it actually is. I want to know what you guys think.
Speaker 1: Are you four or against repeater linking? Do you think
Speaker 1: you would sign this petition the way it's stated? Again,
Speaker 1: I am not against GMRS repeaterlinking. I think it should
Speaker 1: be regulated to one or two channels. I don't agree
Speaker 1: with the way this article is written, so I'm not
Speaker 1: going to sign this petition, but I want to know
Speaker 1: what you think. Put a comment in the video below
Speaker 1: and if you have any further information. A few of
Speaker 1: you have emailed me about large networks including North Georgia GMRS.
Speaker 1: If you have any other information about those large systems,
Speaker 1: send me an email CAC five HWB at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. Seventy three
Speaker 1: and thanks for watching