Family Radio Service

The Family Radio Service, or FRS, is an unlicensed, simplex only, personal radio service in the US covered by Part 95 of the FCC's regulations.

Low-power (maximum 500 mW) hand-held FRS transceivers are typically used by families, children, and campers to communicate. Shopping malls, theme parks, and special events are all great locations to monitor FRS communications.

GMRS users may also communicate with FRS users, and among each other, on the lower 7 channels in the 462 MHz range, with a maximum of 5 watts ERP on those channels.

Frequencies

Channel Frequency	GMRS
01    	462.5625     	*
02    	462.5875     	*
03    	462.6125     	*
04    	462.6375     	*
05    	462.6625     	*
06    	462.6875     	*
07    	462.7125	*
08    	467.5625
09    	467.5875
10    	467.6125
11    	467.6375
12    	467.6625
13    	467.6875
14    	467.7125

See also

• FCC FRS Page

• FRS frequencies from 47 CFR 97.627