WSGC746

I think that's what I was looking for.

They're still being produced and sold, by more than Midland. Cobra makes/sells.

So, I found this post on mygmrs from 2023. It says that the hybrid FRS/GMRS radios are now FRS radios (that seems to indicate that the ones I mentioned are FRS radios, despite advertising blunders). Does that mean that an unlicensed person who used their Midland T70 yesterday as FRS, but got their GMRS license today, isn't required to ID if they're using that radio?

I'm not trying to be nitpicky, but are you saying that this isn't a legal radio? https://www.grainger.com/product/MIDLAND-Handheld-Two-Way-Radio-X-Talker-49VZ80?opr=HPRVP

I think I'm a bit confused. Midland T70s and T77s, for example, are "FRS/GMRS" radios, according to the advertising. Neither can be programmed to transmit on a GMRS repeater (as far as I can tell), but can be programmed with tones to receive GMRS repeater traffic. All of their transmissions are simplex. If a person doesn't have a GMRS license they can transmit on these radios because they're FRS. If, the next day, a person acquires a GMRS license, and transmits on the same channels they transmitted on the day before, they have to, now, identify with their call sign? I'm really trying to figure this out.

Thanks for that. So, essentially, someone who is okay with using the lower power and lack of repeater function of FRS somewhat causes themselves extra work by getting a GMRS license, is that right?

A couple of questions about this topic: 1) If all participants are under the same license because they're family is it sufficient that only one of them IDs at the end of the transmissions, or every 15 minutes, or do the all have to ID (with the same license number)? 2) Since GMRS/FRS share many of the same frequencies is IDing required if licensees are on the FRS frequencies with the power levels appropriate to those frequencies?