Joseph Fenn wrote in
va.net:


Simple enuff. The instructions nor the radioes show anything on them
regarding GMRS or FRS.

Sorry you had to go through all this. Your experiences are very common.
The FCC is to blame for permitting GMRS to share FRS frequencies and allow
type acceptance of these radios. Things should have been left the same,
only allowing production of 14 channel FRS radios. Big business has to
have its way and force these low quality radios on the public, and then
conveniently confuse the customer about licensing requirements and
realistic performance.