Sec. 95.29  Channels available.

    (a) The licensee of the GMRS system must select the transmitting 
channel or channel pair for the stations in the GMRS system from the 
following lists:
    (1) For a base station, mobile relay station, fixed station or 
mobile station, the following 462 MHz (megahertz) channels;

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

    (2) For a mobile station, control station or fixed station operated 
in the duplex mode, the following 467 MHz channels:

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

    (3) As of December 31, 1993, the 467 MHz channels may be used only 
to transmit communications through a mobile relay station and for 
remotely controlling a mobile relay station. As of December 31, 1993, no 
station in a GMRS system may transmit communications directly (not 
through a mobile relay station) on the 467 MHz channels.
    (b) The FCC will normally assign only one channel or one channel 
pair (one 462 MHz channel and its counterpart 5 MHz spaced 467 MHz 
channel) to a GMRS system comprised of stations intended for operation 
in the simplex mode. A second channel or channel pair will be assigned 
at the request of the applicant.
    (c) The FCC will normally assign only one channel pair to a GMRS 
system comprised of stations intended for operation in the duplex mode. 
A second channel pair will be assigned at the request of the applicant.
    (d) No GMRS system may be assigned more than two channels or channel 
pairs. Stations in certain GMRS systems may, however, also transmit on 
additional frequencies listed in the following paragraphs, in accord 
with the conditions specified.
    (e) Mobile stations in a GMRS system licensed to an individual that 
is not specifically authorized for the 462.675 MHz/467.675 MHz channel 
pair may transmit on that channel pair with the following limitations:

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    (1) The communications must be for the purpose of soliciting or 
rendering assistance to a traveler, or for communicating in an emergency 
pertaining to the immediate safety of life or the immediate protection 
of property; and
    (2) The frequency 467.675 MHz may be used only for the purposes of 
accessing and communicating through a mobile relay station transmitting 
on 462.675 MHz.
    (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 of 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]