Are GMRS Radios Job Site Radios?
Some advertisers have taken to describing GMRS radios as “job site radios.” They do this to move product and inventory. The end result is that thousands of unlicensed business users are now pirates on the GMRS channels. If you are business looking for portable radios you are NOT eligible to use GMRS frequencies regardless of what your radio shop tells you. Models of GMRS radios that are typically sold to the inexperienced or inattentive consumer for business use are the Motorola TalkAboutDistance Plus and the Kenwood Freetalk. Both of these radios are GMRS portables and CANNOT be operated by business users. You may buy these and then someday find yourself discussing GMRS piracy with a GMRS licensee or the FCC.
