Hi Adam,

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM Adam Parsons via Users
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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

It is very rare for a legitimately FCC certified 16 channel FRS radio
to allow the user to pick which of the 22 channels are programmed.
Retevis, for example, leaves out the 7 power limited itinerant
frequencies (those assigned to channel 8-14) to program the first 15
channels and then repeats channel 7 in the channel 16 position to
complete the programming.

The first radios that I am aware of that allows the user to fully
customize the position and quantity of assigned frequencies as desired
are the BTECH GMRS-V2 and MURS-V2 sold by Baofeng Tech (the radio
dealer in the USA). Most of their mobile GMRS radios released after
these handheld radios also offer fully customized programming of the
GMRS channels.

Jim KC9HI
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