§ 95.29   Channels available.

   (a) For a base station, fixed station, mobile station, or repeater station
   (a GMRS station that simultaneously retransmits the transmission of another
   GMRS station on a different channel or channels), the licensee of the GMRS
   system must select the transmitting channels or channel pairs (see § 95.7(a)
   of this part) for the stations in the GMRS system from the following 462 MHz
   channels:

   462.5500, 462.5750, 462.6000, 462.6250, 462.6500, 462.6750, 462.7000 and
   462.7250.

   (b) For a mobile station, control station, or fixed station operated in the
   duplex mode, the following 467 MHz channels may be used only to transmit
   communications through a repeater station and for remotely controlling a
   repeater  station.  The  licensee  of  the GMRS system must select the
   transmitting channels or channel pairs (see § 95.7(a) of this part) for the
   stations operated in the duplex mode, from the following 467 MHz channels:

   467.5500, 467.5750, 467.6000, 467.6250, 467.6500, 467.6750, 467.7000 and
   467.7250.

   (c)-(e) [Reserved]

   (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.

   (g) Fixed stations in GMRS systems authorized before March 18, 1968, located
   160 kilometers (100 miles) or more from the geographic center of urbanized
   areas  f  200,000  or more population as defined in the U.S. Census of
   Population, 1960, Vol. 1, Table 23, page 50 that were authorized to transmit
   on channels other than those listed in this section may continue to transmit
   on  their  originally  assigned  channels  provided that they cause no
   interference to the operation of stations in any of the part 90 private land
   mobile radio services.

   [ 53 FR 47715 , Nov. 25, 1988, as amended at  63 FR 68974 , Dec. 14, 1998;  64 FR 53241 , Oct. 1, 1999]

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