On 03-28-97 Bruce Clark wrote to Guy Distaffen... 
 
 GD> Family Radio Service is using the General Mobile Radio Service 
 GD> splits.  On GMRS you may use the frequencies with a 5-watt 
 
 BC> Then how come my GMRS lisence is for a 50 watt station? 
 BC> On the GMRS freqs you are allowed 50 watts. On the 
 BC> interstitials your only allowed 5 watts. 
 
I was talking about the frequencies that are being shared by 
FRS and GMRS.  GMRS on those frequencies you can only use 
5 watts, but FRS may only use a 1/2 watt. 
 
 GD> effective radiated power limit, but on FRS you may only use 
 GD> 1/2 watt. 
 GD> The first seven frequencies are all in the GMRS at 462 mhz, but 
 GD> the second seven are all new at 467 mhz. 
 
 BC> The second seven, as you call them , have always been there. 
 BC> They are used with repeater operation. At least that's the 
 BC> way my lisence reads and what I've been doing for a number 
 BC> of years. 
 
 BC> The FRS freqs are in between the 462 MHz freqs. 
 
The complete list of GMRS frequencies are: 
 
462.550 
462.5625  Shared by FRS 
462.575 
462.5875  shared by FRS 
462.600 
462.6125  shared by FRS 
462.625
462.6375  shared by FRS 
462.650 
462.6675  shared by FRS 
462.675 
462.6875  shared by FRS 
462.700 
462.7125  shared by FRS 
462.725 
 
Basically the difference is, you need a license to use the 
frequencies at the full power allowed, but you don't need a 
license on the frequencies shared by FRS, as long as you 
keep your power under a 1/2 watt. 
 
No new frequencies were created, they just shared the GMRS 
handheld frequencies to be used at lower power. 
 
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