Are there business uses of GMRS Interstitial Channels?
The FCC fully expects business use of FRS. This means that families who use this service will also have to share it with commercial users. You might wonder about the wisdom of this decision. In my area, a major national retail chain is already using unlicensed FRS radios on Interstitial 1 for store security. My wife and I have already been the butt of nasty comments from store personnel who hear us using our radios in our neighborhood. I’m a licensed GMRS user! If you are a licensed user of GMRS and/or you use FRS, you have every right to use the radio as much as anyone else. Etiquette is certainly something to think about. It is however, ridiculous that store security personnel are using Family Radio Service channels. Having worked in police communications for 12 years, I think this kind of use puts these guards at great personal risk. If you were chasing a suspect down the street and needed reliable communication would you want to share the channel with a family rolling by on bicycle
