Class B was the old day equivalent of FRS, Class C is the Class D 'alpha' channels.
With regard to Die Hard 2 - No wonder the military didn't have much luck decoding the scrambled signals - the handies are 440Mhz FM, and the base rig they have is tuned to the MGM segment of 2 metres! JOHN MACKEY wrote: > > Class B was something on UHF, and class C was 27 MHz remote control. > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:09:19 AM PST > From: MCH <[email protected] <mailto:mch%40nb.net>> > To: [email protected] > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: OT: Radios and Coms in TV and Movies > > > Wrong. > > > > GMRS is "Class A CB" (FCC designation) while the 27 MHz band is > "Class D > > CB". I don't recall what classes B and C were offhand. FRS didn't exist > > until recently and has never carried an official CB label even > though it > > too is under Part 95. MURS is even more recent. > > > > Both Class A and Class D CB used to require a license. The Class D > > license was dropped around 1980 or so. The Class A frequencies still > > require a license. > > > > MURS is also not a CB band - it is a business band. Although families > > can use those frequencies, so can literally anyone else - for any > reason > > (yes, hams too, although only with FCC TA'ed equipment). It's truly one > > way hams can legally communicate with other services - such as your > > local Public Safety or EMA personnel. > > > > Joe M. > > > > Bracy Poppell wrote: > > > Correction. UHF CB is FRS (Family Radio Server). GMRS (General Mobile > > > Radio Service) requires a license and is not considered CB by the FCC. > > > > > > Also VHF CB is called MURS (Multiple Use Radio Service) and we all > know > > > the tradition HF CB as "CB". > > > > > > Bracy > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>, wd8chl <wd8...@...> wrote: > > >> Gordon 'Yeti' wrote: > > >>> You think? > > >>> > > >>> In Die Hard, the terrorists brough 'CB radios' - which were > > > obviously > > >>> UHF (Does the US still have a UHF CB frequency?) > > >> FWIW-Yes-it's called GMRS. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release Date: 16/01/2009 > 15:09 > >
