GMRS Freq.

Here are some Local area GMRS Repeaters that I know of.

Receive	Transmit	PL	Note's	Licence
462.550	467.550	107.2	Cover's Phoenix, Glendale, Peorea, Scottsdale, and most of Mesa. This repeater can also be heard from the Tonopah area and keyed up if you have a moble.
462.550	467.550	82.5	This also is a very good repeater to talk on in the Phoenix area.
462.550	467.550	97.4	This repeater is located some where in the Mesa area
462.550	467.550	Note required	The repeater for this GMRS is said to cover 75 miles plus, and is located in the Duncan area.	WNDM807
462.625	467.625	123.0	The repeater is located in the Safford area and is also said to cover some 100 plus miles.	WNDM807
462.650	467.650	77.0	This repeater is located in Mesa Az and has a very good coverage area, this repeater belongs to Doug (WB7TUJ) has been keyed up from the Tonopah area.	WQDU542
462.650	467.650	179.9	This repeater is located up in the North Scottsdale area and do's have a very good coverage of the Scottsdale area and most of Mesa, and has aslo been keyed up from the Tonopah area.	WQCX893

General Mobile Radio Service

The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a land-moble UHF radio service in the United States available for short- distance two-way communications to facilitate the astivities of an adult individual who possesses a valid GMRS license, as well his or her immediate family members, including a spouse, children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and in-laws (47 CFR 95.179 ). Immediate relatives of the GMRS system licensee are entitled to communicate among themselves for personal or business purposes, but employees of the licensee, who are not family members, may not use this service.

GMRS radios are typicaly handheld portaable devices much like Family Radio Service (FRS) radios, and share some frequencies with FRS. Mobile and base station-style radios, are available as well, but these are normally commercial UHF radios often used in the public service and commercial land moble bands. These are legal for use in this service as long as they are GMRS type-approved. They are more expensive than the walkie talkies typically found in discount eletronics stores, but are higher quality.

Other countries have personal radio services with somewhat similar characteristics, but technical details and operating conditions vary according to national rules. Many European countries use a similar 8 channel system near 446MHz known as PMR446

Licensing

Any individual in the United States who is at least 18 years of age and not a representative of a foreign government may apply for a GMRS license by completing the application form (either on paper or through the FCC's Universal Licensing System) and paying the license fee. No exam is required. Prior to July 31, 1987, the FCC issued GMRS licenses to non-individuals (corporations, partnerships, government entities, etc). These licensees are grandfathered in and may renew their existing licenses, but no new GMRS licenses are being issued to non-individuals, nor may existing non-individual licensees make major modifications to their licenses.

Although the introductory paragraph (as taken from the FCC website) would seem to exclude communications with others that are not part of one's immediate family, the license actually extends privileges of the primary licenee to include communications with the licensee's immediate family members, and authorizes immediate family members to use the licensee's station(s) to conduct the activities of the licensee.

Additionally, the FCC rules for GMRS state: "A GMRS license authorizes a GMRS station to transmit messages to other GMRS stations at any geographical location within or over the territorial limits of any area where radio services are regulated by the FCC". This means that GMRS licensees are also allowed to communicate with other licensees in the wider GMRS community. Futher, the FCC has clarified that GMRS licensees are allowed to communicate with FRS users on those frequences that are shared between the two services. The issue here is that the rules require each GMRS user family to have a license, rather than (as in the case of commercial and public safety land moble license) authorizing a licensee's employees to use the same license.

Service	Ch.	Frequency	Bandwidth	Max ERP	License
FRS	1	462.5625MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	2	462.5875MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	3	462.6125MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	4	462.6375MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	5	462.6625MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	6	462.6875MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	7	462.7125MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	8	467.5625MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	9	467.5875MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	10	467.6125MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	11	467.6375MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	12	467.6625MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	13	467.6875MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
FRS	14	467.7125MHz	12.50kHz	0.5W	None
MURS		151.8200MHz	11.25kHz	2W	None
MURS		151.8800MHz	11.25kHz	2W	None
MURS		151.9400MHz	11.25kHz	2W	None
MURS		154.5700MHz	12.50kHz	2W	None
MURS		154.6000MHz	12.50kHz	2W	None
GMRS		462.5500MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required
GMRS		462.5750MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required
GMRS		462.6000MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required
GMRS		462.6250MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required
GMRS		462.6500MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required
GMRS		462.6750MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required
GMRS		462.7000MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required
GMRS		462.7250MHz	20.00kHz	50W	Required

Check the FCC rules for more information about these non-ham frequencies.

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Last Updated 01/13/2008