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Well I took the Technician test on Saturday and passed. So something this week I expect to receive my license and callsign. They talked me in to sitting for the General test (there was no fee for testing at this location). Missed a few too many on that one. LOL. I'll most likely take it next month since I was pretty close to passing it.

That was fast service! I suggest carrying a small version in your wallet just so it's handy if ever questioned about radio gear...

I didn't say that the absolute rules are contradictory. I said that their two information pages were. And I said I wasn't AR enough to spend time hunting part 95. OK, but still doesn't affect your original claim in post #27 that the bubble pack radios are in violation because they are 25 KHz only. I'm pretty sure that the FCC grant for type acceptance shows 11k3 or 11k0 for FRS freqs and wider for GMS freqs. Not having any bubble packs, I don't have any FCC ID's at my fingertips to go look them up. Perhaps you do. If the radios are properly type accepted (which I suspect they are), there's no way to prove your claim unless they are actually tested with a service monitor. Absent that evidence, I am of the opinion that the bubble pack radios do meet the emission standards for both radio services, otherwise, the FCC would not have allowed sales to continue over many years.

The FCC is contradictory on this. On their info page for FRS all FRS frequencies are narrowband 12.5 KHz.https://www.fcc.gov/general/family-radio-service-frs On their info page for GMRS, all frequencies, including the 7 interstitials are wideband 25 KHz. https://www.fcc.gov/general/general-mobile-radio-service-gmrs I skimmed Part 95, but it is so inconsistent that I could not find clear statements on this. Stuff is buried where you least expect to find it. I gave up looking. Someone far more AR than me might find it. FWIW, I've always set up my gear with the shared channels at 12.5 and the GMRS exclusive channels at 25. It may not be the precise letter of the regulations, but I'm comfortable that it follows the spirit of the regs, and that it will cause the least interference possible in either service. This is also my advice to others and for these same reasons.