Another Noob Q

[cranbiz]

My statement still stand. If you have a GMRS handheld, you can transmit on all 22 channels which makes the post I was responding to incorrect.

I didn't specify mobile or handheld.

I also won't comment on the ability of my Jeeps radio.

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[PuddleJumper]

Man, You are so wrong here. GMRS radios can transmit on every channel in the FRS/GMRS frequency spectrum.

Here is the list and the usage rules.
Current FRS/GMRS Channels (effective September 28, 2017)

• Note that the old GMRS channels (the 462 MHz splinter channels and the 462/467 repeater channels) were not required to narrowband.
• FRS channel numbers commonly used by 22 channel radios are shown in the leftmost column.
• Most 22 channel radios of this type which were formerly marketed as GMRS/FRS combination radios (radios that are not capable of repeater operation, do not include the repeater input frequencies, have a maximum power of 2 watts and have a non-detachable antenna) have been reclassified as FRS radios.

New FRS/GMRS Channel Table

FRS Channel	Frequency	FRS Power	FRS Bandwidth	GMRS Power	GMRS Bandwidth	Notes/Usage
01	462.5625	2 W	12.5 kHz	5 W	20 kHz	(1)
02	462.5875	2 W	12.5 kHz	5 W	20 kHz	(1)
03	462.6125	2 W	12.5 kHz	5 W	20 kHz	(1)
04	462.6375	2 W	12.5 kHz	5 W	20 kHz	(1)
05	462.6625	2 W	12.5 kHz	5 W	20 kHz	(1)
06	462.6875	2 W	12.5 kHz	5 W	20 kHz	(1)
07	462.7125	2 W	12.5 kHz	5 W	20 kHz	(1)
08	467.5625	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	(1)
09	467.5875	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	(1)
10	467.6125	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	(1)
11	467.6375	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	(1)
12	467.6625	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	(1)
13	467.6875	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	(1)
14	467.7125	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	0.5 W	12.5 kHz	(1)
15	462.5500	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
16	462.5750	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
17	462.6000	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
18	462.6250	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
19	462.6500	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
20	462.6750	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
21	462.7000	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
22	462.7250	2 W	12.5 kHz	50 W	20 kHz	(1) (2)
	467.5500			50 W	20 kHz	(3)
	467.5750			50 W	20 kHz	(3)
	467.6000			50 W	20 kHz	(3)
	467.6250			50 W	20 kHz	(3)
	467.6500			50 W	20 kHz	(3)
	467.6750			50 W	20 kHz	(3)
	467.7000			50 W	20 kHz	(3)
	467.7250			50 W	20 kHz	(3)

Notes

• (1) Shared FRS and GMRS simplex.
• (2) GMRS repeater output.
• (3) GMRS repeater input only.
• For suggested and unofficial channel usages see the Family Radio Service and General Mobile Radio Service wiki articles.

Channels 1-14 are low power FRS/GMRS shared channels. Both services can operate fully on 1-14 with the only difference is the amount of power legal to use. FRS radios are limited to 2W on 1-7, .5W on 8-14 and 2W on 15-22. GMRS is 5W 1-7, .5W 8-14 and 50W 15-22 AND has the ability to use a repeater on 15-22 and can have a detachable antenna where FRS must have a fixed antenna.

I'm sure your right. but literally everyone one in my group. none of of our midlands will broadcast on 8-14. My retevis can see/hear. but again cannot broadcast. Maybe its a setting. but i haven't found it yet. In fact the Midlands gmrs don't even show those channels. we learned this the hard way when we had some guys on handheld on those channels and realized we couldn't talk to em anymore. I could hear but that was it. As far as i can tell your unit has to rated under .5 watt to use those channels, thats my best guess. cus the only difference between my mobile and handheld is 20w vs 5w of power.