Here is a brief overview.
PART 95—PERSONAL RADIO
SERVICES
§ 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.
§ 95.25 Land station description.
(a) A land station is a unit which
transmits from a specific address as determined
by the licensee.
(1) An exact point as shown on the license;
or
(2) An unspecified point within an operating
area (an area within a circle
centered on a point chosen by the applicant)
as shown on the license, for a
temporary period (one year or less).
(b) The point from which every land
station transmits must be within an
area where radio services are regulated
by the FCC.
(d) A small control station is any control
station which:
(1) Has an antenna no more than 6.1
meters (20 feet) above the ground or
above the building or tree on which it
is mounted (see § 95.51); and
(e) A small base station is any base
station that:
(1) Has an antenna no more than 6.1
meters (20 feet) above the ground or
above the building or tree on which it
is mounted (see § 95.51); and
(2) Transmits with no more than 5
watts ERP.
(f) Each base station and each control
station with an antenna height
greater than 6.1 meters (20 feet) must
be separately identified on Form 605.
See §§ 95.25 (d) and (e) and 95.51 of this
part.
[48 FR 35237, Aug. 3, 1983, as amended at 53
FR 47715, Nov. 25, 1988; 53 FR 51625
§ 95.101 What the license authorizes.
(a) 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. These points are listed in Appendix
A.
(b) The license does not authorize operation
as a common carrier or communication
of messages for pay.
© If the licensee is a corporation
and the license so indicates, it may use
its GMRS system to furnish non-profit
radio communication service to its
parent corporation, to another subsidiary
of the same parent, or to its
own subsidiary. Such use is not subject
to the cooperative use provisions of
§ 95.33.
§ 95.103 Licensee duties.
The licensee is responsible for the
proper operation of the GMRS system at all times.
The licensee is also responsible
for the appointment of a station
operator.
(b) The licensee may limit the use of repeater
to only certain user stations.
§ 95.105 License term.
A license for a GMRS system is usually
issued for a 5-year term.
§ 95.115 Station inspection.
If an authorized FCC representative
requests to inspect any station in a
GMRS system, the licensee or station
operator must make the station available.
If an authorized FCC representative
requests to inspect the GMRS system
records, the licensee must make
them available.
§ 95.119 Station identification.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(e), every GMRS station must transmit
a station identification
§ 95.139
(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.
© 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.
§ 95.129 Station equipment.
Every station in a GMRS system
must use transmitters the FCC has certificated
for use in the GMRS.
All station equipment
in a GMRS system must comply
with the technical rules in part 95.
§ 95.135 Maximum authorized transmitting
power.
(a) No station may transmit with
more than 50 watts output power.
© A small control station at a point
north of Line A or east of Line C must
transmit with no more than 5 watts
ERP.
(d) A fixed station must transmit
with no more than 15 watts output
power.
(e) A small base station must transmit
with no more than 5 watts ERP.
§ 95.171 Station operator duties.
When a GMRS station is transmitting,
it must have a station operator.
The station operator must be at the
control point for that station. The
same person may be the operator for
more than one station at the same
time. The station operator communicates
messages and controls the station.
The station operator must also
cooperate in sharing each channel with
station operators of other stations.
§ 95.179 Individuals who may be station
operators.
(a) An individual GMRS system licensee
may permit immediate family
members to bor her GMRS system. Immediate family
members are the:
(1) Licensee;
(2) Licensee’s spouse;
(3) Licensee’s children, grandchildren,
stepchildren;
(4) Licensee’s parents, grandparents,
stepparents;
(5) Licensee’s brothers, sisters;
(6) Licensee’s aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews; and
(7) Licensee’s in-laws.
(b) Only the following persons may be
permitted to operate under the authority
of a GMRS system licensed to a
non-individual:
(1) If the GMRS system
licensee is:
(2) These persons may only communicate
messages about the licensee’s
business activities. Employees of the
licensee may communicate messages
while acting within the scope of their
employment, and only about the licensee’s
business activities.
© The licensee may permit a telephone
answering service employee to
be a station operator if:
(1) That employee only communicates
messages received for the licensee
to the licensee;
(2) The station equipment at the telephone
answering point is not shared in
any other GMRS system; and
(3) The station at the telephone answering
service point is not interconnected
to the public switched telephone
network.
(d) The station operator of a GMRS
system licensed to an individual may
be a station operator in any other
GMRS system if he/she has permission
from the licensee of the other GMRS
system.
§ 95.181 Permissible communications.
© A station operator for any entity
other than an individual licensed in the
GMRS may communicate two-way
voice messages concerning the licensee’s
business activities (see § 95.179). An
employee for an entity other than an
individual licensed in the GMRS may,
as a station operator, communicate
two-way voice messages while acting
within the scope of his/her employment.
(d) A station operator for any GMRS
licensee may communicate two-way
voice messages concerning:
(1) Emergencies (see § 95.143);
(2) Rendering assistance to a motorist;
and
(3) Civil defense drills, if the responsible
agency requests assistance.
(e) All messages must be in plain language
(without codes or hidden meanings).
They may be in a foreign language,
except for call signs (see
§ 95.119).
(f) A station operator may communicate
tone messages for purposes of
identification or transmitter control in
a control link.
(g) A station operator may communicate
a selective calling tone or tone
operated squelch only in conjunction
with a voice communication. If the
tone is subaudible (300 Hertz or less) it
may be communicated during the entire
voice message. If the tone is audible
(more than 300 Hertz) it may be
communicated for no more than 15 seconds
at a time.
(h) A station operator may communicate
a one-way voice page to a paging
receiver. A selective calling tone or
tone operated squelch may be used in
conjunction with a voice page, as prescribed
in paragraph (g) of this section.
A station operator may not communicate
a tone-only page (tones communicated
in order to find, summon or notify
someone).
§ 95.183 Prohibited communications.
(a) A station operator must not communicate:
(1) Messages for hire, whether the remuneration
received is direct or indirect;
(2) Messages in connection with any
activity which is against Federal,
State, or local law;
(3) False or deceptive messages;
(4) Coded messages or messages with
hidden meanings (‘‘10 codes’’ are permissible);
(5) Intentional interference;
(6) Music, whistling, sound effects or
material to amuse or entertain;
(7) Obscene, profane or indecent
words, language or meaning;
(8) Advertisements or offers for the
sale of goods or services;
(9) Advertisements for a political
candidate or political campaign (messages
about the campaign business may
be communicated);
(10) International distress signals,
such as the word ‘‘Mayday’’ (except
when on a ship, aircraft or other vehicle
in immediate danger to ask for
help);
(11) Programs (live or delayed) intended
for radio or television station
broadcast;
(12) Messages which are both conveyed
by a wireline control link and
transmitted by a GMRS station;
(13) Messages (except emergency messages)
to any station in the Amateur
Radio Service, to any unauthorized
station, or to any foreign station;
(14) Continuous or uninterrupted
transmissions, except for communications
involving the immediate safety of
life or property;
(15) Messages for public address systems.
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