Family Radio Service (FRS)

Family Radio Service (FRS)

General Information

NOTE: FRS is an unlicensed, low power (500mW), UHF, general radio service that is designated for use in North America. Operation in your country is subject to local policies.

Radios for the Family Radio Service:

are limited to one-half watt of effective radiated power.
may not have removable antennas, nor can the antenna that came with the radio be replaced or modified with any type of antenna other than the type it was designed to use.
may not connect to external antennas to increase the range of operation.
must be type accepted for use in the FRS.

Frequency Assignments

TalkAbout T6300 Plus FR60,250 280/289 Channel	Frequency MHz	TalkAbout Distance/ DPS Sport 10X Channel	Sport 7/7X Channel
1	462.5625	1	1
2	462.5875	2	2
3	462.6125	3	3
4	462.6375	4	4
5	462.6625	5	5
6	462.6875	6	6
7	462.7125	7	7
8	467.5625	N/A	N/A
9	467.5875	N/A	N/A
10	467.6125	N/A	N/A
11	467.6375	N/A	N/A
12	467.6625	N/A	N/A
13	467.6875	N/A	N/A
14	467.7125	N/A	N/A
N/A	462.5750	A - 8	N/A
N/A	462.6250	B - 9	N/A
N/A	462.6750	C - 10	N/A
N/A	Scan	S - Distance & DPS Only	N/A

"Privacy Code" Cross Reference

This is a cross reference chart to determine compatible privacy codes between manufactures.

Tone	Motorola PL Number	Cobra 250/300	Cherokee 465	Midland 75-510	Motorola Sport	Motorola TalkAbout	RadioShack 106
67.0	XZ	1	1	1		1	1
69.3	WZ		2
69.4							2
71.9	XA	2	3	2		2	3
74.4	WA	3	4	3		3	4
77.0	XB	4	5	4	A	4	5
79.7	WB	5	6	5		5	6
82.5	YZ	6	7	6		6	7
85.4	YA	7	8	7		7	8
88.5	YB	8	9	8	B	8	9
91.5	ZZ	9	10	9		9	10
94.8	ZA	10	11	10		10	11
97.4	ZB	11	12	11	C	11	12
100.0	1Z	12	13	12		12	13
103.5	1A	13	14	13		13	14
107.2	1B	14	15	14	D	14	15
110.9	2Z	15	16	15		15	16
114.8	2A	16	17	16		16	17
118.8	2B	17	18	17	E	17	18
123.0	3Z	18	19	18		18	19
127.3	3A	19	20	19	F	19	20
131.8	3B	20	21	20		20	21
136.5	4Z	21	22	21	G	21	22
141.3	4A	22	23	22		22	23
146.2	4B	23	24	23		23	24
151.4	5Z	24	25	24		24	25
156.7	5A	25	26	25		25	26
159.8			27				27
162.2	5B	26	28	26		26	28
165.5							29
167.9	6Z	27	29	27		27	30
171.3							31
173.8	6A	28	30	28		28	32
177.3							33
179.9	6B	29	31	29		29	34
183.5			32				35
186.2	7Z	30	33	30		30	36
189.9			34				37
192.8	7A	31	35	31		31	38
196.6			36
199.5			37
203.5	M1	32	38	32		32
206.5	8Z		39
210.7	M2	33	40	33		33
218.1	M3	34	41	34		34
225.7	M4	35	42	35		35
229.1	9Z		43
233.6		36	44	36		36
241.8	M6	37	45	37		37
250.3	M7	38	46	38		38
254.1			47

Speaker Microphone Connections

Motorola has at least three different wiring schemes, it depends on the radio. Some use the standard wiring as used by most Ham HT's, such as ICOM. Others use a single, 3/32" TRS connector wired (presumably) the same way as their cellular phones, and using the PTT on the radio itself.

The TALKABOUT 270, 280SLK, 289SLK, FR50, FR60, and SPIRIT GT+ use a single 2.5mm TRS plug:

Connection	Description
TIP	MIC+PTT
RING	SPKR
SLEEVE	GROUND

The TALKABOUT: DPS, DISTANCE, and 250 use a dual plug arrangement (similar to many amateur manufacturers):

Connection	Description
2.5mm TIP	MIC+PTT
3.5mm TIP	SPKR+
3.5mm SLEEVE	SPKR-
2.5mm SLEEVE	GROUND

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