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Craig's Citizen Radio and Scanner Page
Shortcuts to topics on this page Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS) FRS frequencies are interleaved with GMRS frequencies. GMRS radios are also authorized to transmit on FRS channels 1 to 7 with no more than 5 watts and using 5 Khz deviation. All FRS channels are simplex, with 3 Khz deviation,500 milliwatts output and fixed antennas only. GMRS has expanded capability in power and external antennas allowed. GMRS uses 467 Mhz frequencies as repeater input channels.
January 2003 update. I wrote the section below two years ago. Immediately I started to receive e-mails from people accusing me of encouraging people to use GMRS without a license. I know, if you read it there is nothing like that in there but ratio "freaks" are like Harley riders, obsessed. Anyway, two years later ALMOST ALL the FRS radios have GRMS in them. I saw one for free in an ad, $9.95 with a $ 9.95 rebate. I TOLD YOU SO. Sold nationwide the Audiovox GMRS-1525 is causing quite a stink in the "pure" GMRS community. This 5 watt (ERP) walkie talkie has 7 of the first FRS/GMRS frequencies and 8 GMSR only frequencies. ( see chart above ) It is easy to buy and easy to use and very easy to forget you are suppose to get an $80.00 GMSR license from the FCC to use it. This really tweaks the "pure" GMRS community. If my experience with the FCC the past 30 years holds true GMRS can kiss off these 8 frequencies as soon to follow from other walkie talkie / FRS manufacturers will be a flood of 1525 like products and the FCC could care less about tracking down thousands of the "illegal" users thus created.
Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS) The hottest, most recent, controversial, addition to "Family / CB" Radio is MURS. Established at the end of 2000 MURS has taken channels from the 151 Mhz VHF business band and given them to "Family Radio". Look for lots of new product from radio manufacturers during 2001. For details on this service and it's progress follow this link. There is an excellent discussion group on MURS at the Popular Wireless Magazine website.
Repeaters for MURS So far repeaters are legal for MURS. Follow this link for a review on the Radio Shack simplex repeater. As Radio Shack has stopped making this unit try the NHRC website for their build it yourself repeator. Link to a good page listing Business Frequencies
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