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November 21, 2025 13 mins
Discover the latest FCC rule changes for CB, GMRS, ham radio, and more! In this video, we break down the updated deletions to FCC Part 95 and Part 97 documents as part of the "Delete! Delete! Delete!" initiative. Learn how these modernizations affect hobby radio and land mobile services. Stay informed with insights from National Communications Magazine: https://natcommag.substack.com/p/hobby-radio-fcc-delete-delete-delete-cb-gmrs-ham-radio-rules?r=22awqa.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
FCC's delete Delete Delete government shutdown. FCC not issuing gmrs
or hand radio licenses right now because of the government
shutdown and their Department of Government efficiency that's taken some
stuff away. A brand new news article is out now.
We're going to read it today once again. This article

(00:23):
comes from Gnatcommag, not commag dot com. They have a
subscription service. I pay about five bucks a month and
I get access to articles like this. So if you
guys enjoy this, check out nottcom Mag and subscribe to
them because they do have a lot of really good information.
I only read a few of the articles. Several of
the articles you might get some really good info out

(00:44):
of that you will never hear about on this channel.
And this article was written by Chuck into Dup. He's
one of the article writers of NatCom Mag, so appreciate
them sharing this info. Hobby Radio. FCC's Delete Delete Delete
comes to cbgmrs and ham radio. Summary of this article
says the FCC has made minor changes to its rules

(01:04):
for citizens, ban ham radio and gmrs, and the land
of mobile radio services for businesses and public safety. These
changes are part of the agency's Delete Delete Delete Deregulatory Initiative,
which aims to modernize, eliminate duplicate rule, eliminate duplicate rules,
and remove outdated regulations. So I know a lot of
people are looking around and saying, Okay, what outdated regulations

(01:27):
do we have. There's some stuff in the ham radio
test that's just kind of there have just been there
a long time, and there's references to CW. Morri's code,
which there's no CW. Morris code that's required for any
of the licensed testing levels anymore. The issue of GMRS
repeater linking has been a hot topic lately. I heard
one person say it best this last week. It's never

(01:49):
technically been allowed to link repeaters together over the Internet
via gmrs. It was just something that just wasn't very regulated,
and apparently it's still not regulated because reading all the
comments from my last couple videos about the subject. There's
still a lot of linked repeater systems in the United
States right now, so I'm not sure exactly how those
are still up. Although with the FCC being shut down

(02:12):
due to the government shut down right now, of course
nobody's really doing much of anything. But we've kind of
been expecting some deregulation of certain things. I know a
lot of people are hoping for deregulation of restrictions around
linking for repeaters in GMRS. Some people are hoping that
some stuff in CB radio gets deregulated and that kind

(02:33):
of thing. So this article serves to say what the
next updates are, and quite frankly, reading through here, there's
not much. They've changed a few things, but there's nothing detrimental.
There's nothing earth shattering. There's no big huge changes that
have come out as of yet, not at the time
of this article, which is about two days old. At
the time of this recording, the FCC last week made

(02:56):
some minor changes to rules not only for citizens band
and HAM radio, but also for GMRS. There are also
some changes made by landmobile radio services that serve businesses
in public safety. So I will link this article below
and you guys can read part of this. But they
do a really good job on this article breaking down
the parts of the FCC document. Part ninety five, of
course is FRS and GMRS and CB radio citizens ban

(03:20):
is another part of part ninety five. Right there, gmrs.
They make a mistype right here. GMRS ninety seven dot
seventeen forty one. All of Part ninety seven is amateur radio,
so this should say ninety five dot seventeen forty one,
but that's okay. It says GMRS, so Part ninety seven
and some Part ninety public safety stuff there as well

(03:40):
two or three sections on Part ninety and it details
each section that was changed and why they changed it
and what their reasoning was behind it. So Part ninety
five the FCC is deleting a significant section ninety five
dot three one three that details finds and penalties that
an agency can lodge against violators of the personal Radio services,

(04:01):
including CBGMORS, and FRS and also myrrhs. The logic here
is that the United States Code already addresses these sanctions
that the FCC can take against radio operators. In addition,
the forfeiture of equipment used in violating rules is also
addressed in other FCC rule sections. So one thing I've
noticed during this throughout this article really is that what

(04:26):
they've done is basically eliminate a lot of redundant verbage. Okay,
there's not really any big like I said, not anything
earth shattering, not any big changes here. They're just kind
of streamlining some of the verbage inside of the parts
of ninety five, ninety seven, and ninety which is good
because we all know how redundant and word tornado government

(04:50):
documentation can be so kind of a word salad that
doesn't really say much of anything nine three five to one.
This section dealing with station identification is being deleted because
it basically says that operators of stations in the Personal
Radio Services aren't required to transmit any form of station
identification unless the rules governing a specific service requires station ID.

(05:11):
While CB and MERRS don't require this because of call
signs aren't issued, GMRS does, the FCC decided that including
this rule in just GMRS regulations is sufficient. Okay, so
this is one thing that I get asked about quite
a bit on GMRS videos that I make and when
I'm at overland shows I've given presentations on radio services.

(05:33):
A lot of people don't know because nobody reads. You
sign the document when you get your license, or you're
digitally signing your name to it, but you're not reading it,
so you don't know. It's not really a good idea
to sign a document that you haven't read, in my opinion,
but GMRS users are required to ID to throw out
their call sign once every fifteen minutes. I think HAM
radio is ten minutes. I think GMRS is fifteen minutes.

(05:54):
I'm not sure why it's different. It's kind of dumb.
It should be the same across the board. That way,
everybody's on the same page. But regardless, ninety five dot
three five three, the FCC is deleting a section that
tells personal radio service users that they can't transmit false
distress signals. Why. Title forty seven in the United States
Code already says that no one can transmit false calls.
Thus the duplicate rule is deleted here and again, it

(06:17):
seems like they're just deleting a bunch of redundant verbiage
and redundant articles throughout the document. Ninety five dot three
six y three. This deleted rule is said that only
channels and frequency bands designated for each PRS personal radio
services may be used. Anyone transmitting on a frequency that
is not designated for the service violates Title forty seven
in the United States Code. Thus, this is another duplicative

(06:40):
rule being removed. CB Radios ninety five dot nine three
nine ninety five dot nine seven seven the FCC is
taking out a sentence that says you can't attach an
external radio frequency power amplifier to a certified Now, when
I read this, I'm like, they're taking out a sentence
that says you can't attach an external amplifier to a
certified CB transmitter only because it repeats what is said

(07:02):
in earlier sentences with that said, yes, it will still
be illegal to run an amplifier to boost the power
of a CB radio. So when I first read the
first sentence, I'm like, wait a bit, they're taking out
the statement that says you can't use an amplifier on CB.
And they said, well, it's said elsewhere, so it's redundant
once again. Okay, good, Not that I would have a
problem transmitting more power on CB, but you know, I

(07:23):
was wondering what that what that statement was saying ninety
five ninety seven seven. Interestingly, the FCC is deleting a
section the CB rules that allows transmitters to transmit a
tone at the beginning or end of a transmission, like
a Roger beap. I guess these commonly referred Yeah, these
are commonly called Roger beats. While removing Roger beats from
the rules, it notes in section ninety five three seven

(07:44):
seven remains in fact to allow the transmission of audio
audible tones for the purposes of select selective calling to
open up receiver speakers or subaudible tones such as CTCSS
and DCCs on FMCB. So you can use CTSS. When
I was really heavy into CBFM was not legal. It's

(08:04):
possible I ran it once or twice. I'm not gonna say,
but there was nobody out there, so it's nobody to
talk to. So now you can use subaudible tones CTCSS
tones on FMCB. I wonder if we shouldn't do some
experimenting with that. That might be fun. Okay, So the
next this last section of GMRS is not again this
should be ninety five dot seventeen forty one. This section

(08:26):
on GMRS antenna height limits being removed because it's already
addressed in another section, which is ninety five dot three
one seven, as well as its FCC seventeen and FAA
administration rules governing antennas and tower heights. So there you go,
and then they get into part ninety seven before I
talk about Part ninety seven, which is another it's another

(08:47):
more of these redundant rules that are being removed. Today's
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thank them for being sponsors of this channel. Ninety seven

(09:32):
dot two seven. The FCC is deleting this section of
rules for amateur radio only because it's already covered in
the United States Code and Communication Act of nineteen thirty
four ninety seven dot two nine. This is a rule
that allowed amateurs to ask FCC to replace their paper
licenses when their license is lost mutilator destroyed. This rule
is no longer needed because the FC. FCC discontinue providing

(09:54):
paper licenses in twenty twenty. You now just download a
pdfile and you can print it out if you want to.
Three one five B two. This rule dictates the external
power amplifiers used to boost the signal of amateur radio
transmitters need to be certified, and that no amplifier capable
of operation on frequencies below one forty four can be
built or modified by non amateur licensee without certification from

(10:16):
the FCC. The FCC is deleting this section of the
rule that exempted amps manufactured before April twenty eight, nineteen
seventy eight, that were issued as a marketing waiver from
the FCC, or amps purchased before that date by him
to use inher station. We're guessing this is speculation from
the author. We're guessing that the FCC is saying that
there are so a few of these amps still around

(10:37):
after almost half a century, and he goes on to say,
we know better hams like to hold onto gear, so
there might actually be some of those around, but there's
no more regulation on them. So there's one less regulation
on amplifiers working below the two meter ban one forty
four megahertz that are basically homebrew amplifiers ninety seven five
two one. Since the advent of online tests for amateur

(10:58):
radio operators expended during the COVID pandemic Demick, the FCC
is no longer requiring the VEC to serve amateurs in
at least the call district where they are established. I
never knew that was a thing. They're saying that the
person giving the exam has to be from your same
call district. I never knew that was a thing. Kind
Of before online testing was a thing, then you would
go to a local club and take the exam there,

(11:19):
So it's only logical that there would be people there
from your own call district. You're not going to drive
several states away just to give an exam and go
home again. But now they're saying this is no longer
a rule, and you know, you can take an online
test from any call district you want to, And as
long as it's a certified testing center like a glarg

(11:40):
or Able orl or Wi Yi or one of these
other ones that are giving online testing, then you don't
need to be to have your examiner from the same
call district as you. Nothing really earth shattering or groundbreaking
or nothing to get worried about it all. And quite frankly,
I don't think we're going to see anything anytime soon
about this this type of thing anyway. But what regulation

(12:03):
do you think they should get rid of? Now? Some
of you come along and say get rid of ham
radio licensing. No, I don't agree with that. Okay, you
should totally have to take a test to get your
hand radio license. Some of the questions could stand to
be updated. I'll give you that, okay. But the reason
you get more privileges in your hand radio license is
because you've taken the time to sit down and study
and learn the material and go and take a test,

(12:24):
unlike gmrs that you just buy, and unlike FRS, MERZ
and CBE radio that anyone can use for free. So
ham rapped. I've made a whole video about ham radio
is not a violation of your freedom of speech because
anyone can sit down and take the test and get
access to those frequencies. And there's plenty of free band
frequencies out there where you don't need to take a
test at all, and you just buy radio and go

(12:44):
to town. Those of us who have taken the time,
and it's opened everybody. Here's the kicker, It's open everybody.
Ham radio is open to everyone. There are certain stipulations
and rules for convicted felons and whatnot, but other than that,
it is open to everyone. So if someone else took
the time an effort to go get their HAM radio license,
and what makes you so special where you shouldn't have

(13:06):
to do the same thing. Ham radio licensing is here
to stay. It has existed prior to the FCC. It
predates the FCC, and if the FCC were to get
abolished tomorrow, we would still have ham radio licensing, probably
through the ITU or one of the other international may
aborl ITU something like that, because guess what, we cooperate

(13:27):
with every other country on the planet in a licensing
format and have for many many years. So, but I
would like to know what you think. What kind of
things should should you think they should delete? Something that's old, outdated,
something that's redundant. Put a comment in the video below
and let me know. Seventy three will catch you next time.
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