§95.194 FRS Rule 4 FRS units | Uniden FRS500 guide

(1)The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory shall be made 45 days prior to commencing operation of the unit. The notification shall state the geographical coordinates of the unit.

(2)After receipt of such notifications, the Commission will allow the Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections. The operator will be required to make reasonable efforts in order to resolve or mitigate any potential interference problem with the Arecibo Observatory. If the Commission determines that an operator has satisfied its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the Observatory from interference, the unit may be allowed

to operate.

§95.193 (FRS Rule 3) Types of communications.

(c)You must not use an FRS unit in connection with any activity which is against federal, state or local law.

(d)You must, at all times and on all channels, give priority to emergency communication messages concerning the immediate safety of life or the immediate protection of property.

(e)No FRS unit may be interconnected to the public switched network.

§95.194 (FRS Rule 4) FRS units.

(a) You may only use an FCC certified FRS

unit. (You can identify an FCC certified FRS

unit by the label placed on it by the

manufacturer.)

(b) You must not make, or have made, any

internal modification to an FRS unit. Any

internal modification cancels the FCC

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(a) You may use an FRS unit to conduct two-way voice communications with another person. You may use the FRS unit to transmit one-way communications only to establish communications with another person, send an emergency message, provide traveler assistance, make a voice page, or to conduct a brief test.

(b) The FRS unit may transmit tones to make contact or to continue communications with a particular FRS unit. If the tone is audible (more than 300 Hertz), it must last no longer than 15 seconds at one time. If the tone is subaudible (300 Hertz or less), it may be transmitted continuously only while you are talking.

certification and voids your authority to

operate the unit in the FRS.

amplifier, or other apparatus to an FRS unit

that has not been FCC certified as part of that

FRS unit. There are no exceptions to this

rule and attaching any such apparatus to a

FRS unit cancels the FCC certification and

voids everyone's authority to operate the unit