You can go to the FCC OET search page at If you find one not listed here please post it on the followup forum discussion! There are many more commercial UHF radios available if you want to check if the radio is compliant with Part 95 certification, enter the FCC-ID on this website: and look for “95A” or “95” under the Rule Parts column. Some sellers on eBay will also offer to do this for you, you will need to coordinate the frequencies and PL tones for the local repeaters with them beforehand. If you do not have the knowledge or hardware to program one of these radios, you will need to find someone that can help you out either in our community, or by visiting one of the commercial radio shops in town to do the programming for you. Kenwood TK-880 available in 25W and 40W varietiesĬommercial radios must be programmed to use on GMRS beforehand. These radios can be easily found on eBay. Commercial radios are also generally more rugged, have very durable power amplifiers, and often comply with military standards for shock and vibration. These are legal to use on the GMRS radio service. Many commercial UHF radios have dual Part 90/95 certification. This is a single part-95 radio that requires programming to set the channels and any repeaters technically a dual band, will also allow use of the MURS radio service on VHF.
Recommend turning COMPANDER to “OFF” when using wide-band (most common) repeaters.īasic version is $64.99, however PL tones are not field programmable. The radios listed below support repeater operation. There are many more GMRS radios on the consumer market than what is shown here, but please note that repeater support on consumer radios is increasingly rare to come by. Commercial radio options can be very easy to use, however, they do require up-front programming which must be sorted out beforehand before being useful.
If you are new to communications radios and their operation, these radios will be a good place to start.
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