[Asterisk-Users] Re: FRS radios on *

[David Josephson]

Rich Adamson writes

 >>GMRS, FRS and MURS radios may not be interconnected with the PSTN (47
> > CFR 95.141). There has been a lot of talk from lobbyists to clarify this
> > rule, but as it stands you could conceivably connect a *private* network
> > to GMRS or MURS radios (you can't make any plugins or modifications to
> > an FRS radio that isn't type accepted with the radio, so connecting a
> > phone line or * box would be out). The language is vague, see the
> > history at http://www.provide.net/~prsg/

 > Would plugging into the headphone jack with a phone-patch-type device
 > be considered a modification for radios with vox capability?

It seems dumb, but that's the way the rules are written. A patch would 
be "other apparatus" wouldn't it?

Sec. 95.*194* (*FRS* Rule 4) *FRS* units.

(a) You may only use an FCC certified *FRS* unit. (You can identify an
FCC certified *FRS* unit by the label placed on it by the manufacturer.)
(b) You must not make, or have made, any internal modification to an
*FRS* unit. Any internal modification cancels the FCC certification and
voids your authority to operate the unit in the *FRS*.
(c) You may not attach any antenna, power amplifier, or other
apparatus to an *FRS* unit that has not been FCC certified as part of that
*FRS* unit. There are no exceptions to this rule and attaching any such
apparatus to a *FRS* unit cancels the FCC certification and voids
everyone's authority to operate the unit in the *FRS*.
(d) *FRS* units are prohibited from transmitting data in store-and-
forward packet operation mode.

[61 FR 28768, June 6, 1996, as amended at 68 FR 9901, Mar. 3, 2003]