Government and non-government agencies engaged in public safety activities - as well as private organizations, businesses and other entities - seeking to use LMR (land mobile radio) equipment and systems are required, in most cases, to obtain a radio station license from the Federal Communications Commission.

The FCC will help you through the licensing process, the primary purpose of which is to assure that you are assigned operating frequencies that will not interfere with those already being used in your area of operations.

If you wish to request operating frequencies that correspond to those of radio products from RELM Wireless, check the link at the top of this page and print out that information as an easy reminder.

You can find the basic information you need to begin the process at the FCC website. If you are engaged in public safety activities, you can go directly to:

http://wireless.fcc.gov/publicsafety

Likewise, if you are a business, commercial, or institutional organization, you can go directly to:

http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ind&bus

In either case, you will be shown the regulations and the information you will need to gather before you get started - your desired operating frequencies, wideband/narrowband, antenna type and size, power/wattage, etc. You'll also get information on how to obtain the necessary application forms - either in hard-copy or electronic format - and how to proceed.

The FCC website also offers a list of Frequency Coordinators - private organizations officially certified by the FCC to help you through the process, and who in most cases will handle the actual filing of your application.

With few exceptions, you must apply for an FCC license through a Frequency Coordinator. They are located throughout the country, making it easy for you to find one that is familiar with radio operations in your area.

And if you are interested in saving money by switching from radios of another manufacturer to equipment and systems from RELM Wireless, you'll also find that the FCC will try and make switching your existing radio license to the appropriate frequencies as simple and easy as available spectrum in your area will allow.