Is FRS “UHF CB”?
Yes. FRS is the first and only “UHF CB” in the United States. FRS is one of eight Citizens Band Radio Services. The others are the original Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) at 27 MHz, the Low Power Radio Service (LPRS) at 216-217 MHz, the Medical Implants Communications Service (MICS), the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS), the Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS) at 150 MHz, and the Personal Locator Beacon Service at 400 MHz. The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) at 460 MHz is sometimes described as “the old UHF CB.” That description has no legal or historical basis in fact. GMRS is the former Class A of the Citizens Radio Service, never Citizens Band. There were several classes of Citizens Radio Service, only one of which (not GMRS) was eventually named CB. The LPRS, although legally a form of CB, only allows certain limited uses including theft tracking, auditory and health care assistance devices and control stations in automated maritime radio networks. No two-way voice comm
