Interesting. The hams are just like I said. I was listening to the ham
radio operators on my scanner tonight. They were complaining about
businesses using family service radios and frequencies. They said that
it's against the law and against fcc rules for businesses to operate on
fr frequencies with family service radios. The hams want to report the
businesses to the FCC for illegally operating their businesses on
family radio service frequencies with family service radios instead of
using business band frequencies and business band radios.

Now everyone, correct me if I'm wrong in this sentence, but I thought
that the FCC rules say that it's perfectly legal for businesses to
ooperate their businesses on family radio service frequencies with
family service radios.

I don't operate or own a business at all. I use mine for family
communications. Just in case any of the hams try and say that I have
an ulterior motive by and from owning my own business.

It's reasons like this plus what I posted in the past few days, how
hams turned me off of ham radio completely..

I was interested in all kinds of radio ever since I was little, There
was even a time when I was looking forwards to getting my ham liscense.
But all of you hams turned me off of ham radio completely.

I'm glad I'm finally getting back into cb now. I'd much rather be a
cb'er than a ham radio operator.

The cb'ers are a much higher class of people than you hams who want to
report people operating legally as operating illegally.

And the people you're wanting to report aren't even operating on any of
your ham bands at all!!!

They're operating on the family radio service frequencies. And
operating legally.

As for being a cb'er and getting back into cb. Yeeeeeehawwwwwww.

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Now everyone, correct me if I'm wrong in this sentence, but I thought
that the FCC rules say that it's perfectly legal for businesses to
ooperate their businesses on family radio service frequencies with
family service radios.

There is no designation as to whom can or can not use FRS, with the
exception that you must be citizen of the USA.
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PART 95_PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

Subpart B_Family Radio Service (FRS)

Sec. 95.191 (FRS Rule 1) Eligibility and responsibility.

Source: 61 FR 28768, June 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

General Provisions


(a) Unless you are a representative of a foreign government, you are
authorized by this rule to operate an FCC certified FRS unit in
accordance with the rules in this subpart. No license will be issued.