When a repeater is set up on a GMRS frequency pair is it good operating practice to avoid using either channel of that frequency pair in the regular coverage area of the repeater?
No. That’s the Amateur Radio way of looking at the GMRS. There is a strong likelihood that more than one GMRS repeater shares or crosses over into the coverage area of another. The practice you describe is one Amateurs use in areas served by one repeater on a given frequency. They can do this because they have hundreds of frequencies to use. GMRS has EIGHT repeater pairs and seven low-power Interstitials (FRS 1-7). FRS 1-7 have largely been rendered worthless in urban areas with the proliferation of bubble-pack radios. Simplex is often carried out on the eight GMRS repeater outputs. In GMRS we do things a bit differently. We work at making sure we do not monopolize air time. GMRS is a directed communications service for personal licensees conducting their personal business and not a QSO based service like the Amateur Service. When we keep our transmissions brief and to the point (for the most part) we make it possible for channel sharing to occur. Remember that the FCC expects licensee
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