Talk:General Mobile Radio Service
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[edit] .5 watts or 5 watts?
From the article:
GMRS licensees are also able to use the first 7 FRS frequencies (the "interstitial" frequencies), but at the lower 0.5 watt maximum power output, for a total of 15 channels.
This was 5 watts, but 199.175.219.1 (talk • contribs) has changed it to .5, you did not leave an edit summery, do you have a citation or explanation?
Looking here[1], I see no mention of .5 watts anywhere, but several mentions of 5 watts. I admit though it was a limited read on my part. HighInBC 16:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Sec. 95.29 Channels available.[...]
(f) Except for a GMRS system licensed to a non-individual, a mobile station or a small base station operating in the simplex mode may transmit on the following 462 MHz interstitial channels:
462.5625, 462.5875, 462.6125, 462,6375, 462.6625, 462.6875 and 462.7125.
These channels may be used only under the following conditions:
(1) Only voice type emissions may be transmitted; (2) The station does not transmit one-way pages; and (3) The station transmits with no more than 5 watts ERP.
[edit] PMR446
Perhaps it should be mentioned that GMRS is only legal in the US and Canada, and that Europe has their own version called PMR446. Also, even if you where to forgo the legal issues, GMRS and PMR446 radios cannot communicate with each other as they are on different bands.
