On Sat, 28 May 2005 02:48:16 -0400, ALEXB wrote:

I've been granted an FCC license for a GMRS radio (ZA category), which I use
in my business, and found on their website that my call sign is... WQCTxxx.
It is a seven character combination or capital letters and digits.

What does it mean and how can I use it? My "radio" is a small handheld
walkie-talkie with 4W max power output. Where is the call number in there?

It is the 4-letter 3-digit sequence assigned to you by the FCC. This is
listed in the box labeled "Call Sign" on the middle left side of the
"Radio Station Authorization" form you got from the FCC in the mail.

Shall I use it when I talk to my counterpart: "Hello, this is WQCTxxx,
please, report to me?" Is it all to it? Like a caller ID only in the air?

95.119 Station identification.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e), every GMRS station must transmit a
station identification:

(1) Following the transmission of communications or a series of
communications; and

(2) Every 15 minutes during a long transmission.

(b) The station identification is the call sign assigned to the GMRS station
or system.

(c) A unit number may be included after the call sign in the
identification.

(d) The station identification must be transmitted in:

(1) Voice in the English language; or

(2) International Morse code telegraphy.

(e) A station need not identify its transmissions if it automatically
retransmits communications from another station which are properly
identified.

Is there a set of rules describing the proper use of it?

Try this URL: http://www.provide.net/~prsg/part95ae.htm

Enjoy the GMRS radio service.

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO