And, as you can see, the numbering of the channels seems somewhat illogical and out of sequence with the order of the frequencies, as does the different power requirement for the 467 MHz frequencies. Note that all FRS channels require a radio with NFM – ie, 12.5 kHz bandwidth. Table 1 : FRS Channels and Power Channel Number Let’s first look at the most relevant list of channels for many of us – the FRS channels. Here now is the new improved official list of channels and an explanation of what each channel can be used for. In particular, there will soon no longer be any more dual purpose radios – something we discuss in our article explaining the changes in FCC regulations about FRS and GMRS radios. Unfortunately, things are still far from clear, but they are perhaps slightly less messy than before. This created a confusing mix of frequencies and channel numbers, and we previously explained the implications of this in our earlier article explaining the confusion of frequencies between FRS and GMRS.įinally – 21 years after this all started to become a mess, the FCC has acted to try and clear things up, publishing new rules and frequencies in September 2017, taking effect from late October 2017. In theory, this was illegal, but in practice, it was so widespread that the FCC chose to do nothing. Anyone could buy FRS radios and ‘play’ with them more or less as they wished.īecause the FRS and GMRS frequencies were sometimes the same and sometimes only very slightly different, radio manufacturers started selling dual-purpose radios that could work either as FRS or GMRS radios. It was designed as a low power service for handheld walkie-talkie type radios only, and unlike GMRS there was no licensing requirement. This was sort of ‘GMRS-lite’ and almost literally was squeezed into the ‘gaps’ between GMRS channels. In 1996 the FCC created a new product – the Family Radio Service or FRS for short. In 1987 it evolved to essentially its present form, with business use specifically excluded, with a set of eight channel pairs for repeater operation, and seven single channels for non-repeater ‘simplex’ operation. The General Mobile Radio Service – or GMRS for short – has evolved since its original establishment in quite different form in the 1960s.
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