Is MURS “VHF CB”?
Yes. MURS is the only “VHF Citizens Band” in the United States available for general two-way voice and data communications. MURS is one of five Citizens Band Radio Services. (See 95.401.) The others are the (original) Citizens Band Radio Service at 27 MHz, the Low Power Radio Service (LPRS) at 216-217 MHz, the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS), the Family Radio Service (FRS) at 460 MHz, and the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS). The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) at 460 MHz is sometimes (if incorrectly) 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, but was never “Citizens Band” as such. LPRS, though legally a form of CB, allows only certain limited uses including theft tracking, auditory and health care assistance devices and control stations in automated maritime radio networks. No two-way voice communications are permitted in LPRS.
Yes. MURS is the only “VHF Citizens Band” in the United States available for general two-way voice and data communications. MURS is one of five Citizens Band Radio Services. (See 95.401.) The others are the (original) Citizens Band Radio Service at 27 MHz, the Low Power Radio Service (LPRS) at 216-217 MHz, the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS), the Family Radio Service (FRS) at 460 MHz, and the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS). The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) at 460 MHz is sometimes (if incorrectly) 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, but was never “Citizens Band” as such. LPRS, though legally a form of CB, allows only certain limited uses including theft tracking, auditory and health care assistance devices and control stations in automated maritime radio networks. No two-way voice communications are permitted in LPRS. MICS and WMTS, though also
