A pair of walkie talkie FRS radios from Motorola.
FRS 2 way radio is a new walkie talkie system authorized for use in the United States since 1996 for Land Mobile use. The initials FRS stand for Family Radio Service, which uses narrow-band FM transmissions in the UHF band.
These two-way walkie talkie radios are not plagued by the interference and noisy audio that spoiled the early HF CB band (27 MHz) walkie talkies or previous low power handheld radios, baby monitors and other license-free radio devices that use the 49 MHz VHF band.
The FRS was originally proposed by Tandy/Radio Shack in 1994, the Family Radio Service has proved itself to be a viable license-free alternative to the older 27 MHz CB walkie talkies. Many small businesses are known to use FRS two-way radios instead of more expensive Business Band radio transceivers, which have to be licensed by the FCC.
The FRS 2 way radio system has 12 fixed channels with frequencies at 462 MHz and 467 MHz UHF FM.
Family Radio Service Channel 1 is at 462.5625 MHz is often referred to as 5625, which is the second part of its actual radio frequency. It has been recommended to be used as an unofficial national Calling and Distress Channel. That means you should only use it in case of an emergency, or to make contact with someone else. But once that contact has been established, both you and the other person are expected to switch across to another FRS channel to continue your conversation. (That courtesy keeps FRS Channel 1 free for other people to use.)
FRS Channels 1 through 7 are also shared with GMRS radios (General Mobile Radio Service), which are more powerful and which may use more efficient external antennas. However GMRS radio transceivers require an $85 license from the FCC to operate.
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