FRS radio

Some people may not be aware that they can use radios right in their own homes. Shortwave radios are not only for commercial or military use; the FRS radio gives families another way of communicating with each other.

Family Radio Service, or the FRS, is the end product of the FCC and the radio industry’s attempts establish an unlicensed personal radio service. The first efforts were the Class E Citizens Band, the Personal Emergency Locator Transmitter services (PELTS) at 220 MHz, the Personal Radio Communications Service (PRCS) at 900 MHz, and the Consumer Radio Service (CRS) at 460 MHz. However, none of these services were approved.The PRSG further narrates: “Tandy Corporation’s Radio Shack division proposed FRS to the FCC in 1994. After heavy opposition from current spectrum users and support by radio manufacturers, the FCC authorized FRS on May 15, 1996. The idea of using interstitial GMRS spectrum for low-power, non-repeater communications predated Radio Shack’s proposal by ten years, despite reports that it was the “brainchild” of Radio Shack executives.”Bennett Kobb proposed such usage in 1984 as a part of rules changes for GMRS proposed to the FCC by the Personal Radio Steering Group. The FCC later acted favorably on the proposal in 1986. What Radio Shack can be fairly credited with is the idea of allocating the interstitial spectrum to a separate Personal Radio Service, and of making operation in the service license-free.”

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