My take on this is that if there are 22 channels to choose from, then it's not unreasonable for the owner/user/programmer to want to choose which of the 22 available channels to allocate to the 16 channels in the radio...hence being able to program it does have some benefit.
Adam On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 at 17:46, Ken Hansen via Users < [email protected]> wrote: > Tom was correcting Nigel's statement that there were only 16 FRS channels, > there are in fact 22, and 8 additional GMRS-only frequencies. > > He wasn't implying anything. > > Chart: > https://www.cert-la.com/downloads/radio/FRS-GMRS-Frequency-Chart.pdf > > Ken, N2VIP > > > On Jun 26, 2025, at 11:25, John Wuest via Users < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > What is your implication? > > It's not a FRS radio because it has only 16 channels? > > > > FCC IDENTIFIER: 2A3OOH777H > > Name of Grantee: Shenzhen Ysair Technology Co., LTD > > Equipment Class: Part 95 Family Radio Face Held Transmitter > > Notes: Two Way Radio > > Grant Notes FCC Rule Parts Frequency > > Range (MHZ) Output > > Watts Frequency > > Tolerance Emission > > Designator > > 95B 462.55 - 462.725 1.5417 2.5 PM 11K0F3E > > > > > > > >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM Tom ND5Y via Users < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> There are 22 FRS channels and they are shared with GMRS. > >> > >> Tom ND5Y > >> > >>> On Thursday, June 26th, 2025 at 07:42, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF via > Users > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> As the radio is only 16 channel, and there are only 16 FRS channels > >> allocated by the FCC, there's nothing to program. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > >> To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > >> To report this email as off-topic, please email > >> [email protected] > >> List archives: > >> > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
