[Transmitting from a "fixed station" on 467 main channels.]

The answer to the original question is simply, NO. 

 

Without regard to power or whether it is mobile, handheld, or fixed....it is not acceptable to transmit on the repeater input channels (high side) in GMRS unless you are talking to a repeater.

 

FCC rules state otherwise.

[Transmitting from a "fixed station" on 467 main channels.]

Which brings us back to where we started - fixed stations can transmit in simplex to other fixed stations on 467 main channels with up to 15W of power.

[Transmitting from a "fixed station" on 467 main channels.]

Fixed stations are not used for talking to either one another

 

Staff is listing applicable definitions. channel and power data for reference when members reply in this thread.

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Definitions under section 95.303 >

 

"Fixed station. A station at a fixed location that directly communicates with other fixed stations only."

 

So which one is it?

[Transmitting from a "fixed station" on 467 main channels.]

(...) I am surprised that 15 watts is allowed on 467, since that is about 4 times more power than HT's trying to key a repeater.

 

50W from a mobile station is allowed on 467 when talking to a repeater.

[Transmitting from a "fixed station" on 467 main channels.]

A typical usage scenario would be simplex communication between two houses on non-heavily used channels.

[Transmitting from a "fixed station" on 467 main channels.]

When reading the current rules (https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=1934d854137d118c6e9796bfe9d17edd&mc=true&node=pt47.5.95&rgn=div5#se47.5.95_11763) I see the following in 95.1763:

 

 

 467 MHz main channels. Only mobile, hand-held portable, control and fixed stations may transmit on these 8 channels. Mobile, hand-held portable and control stations may transmit on these channels only when communicating through a repeater station or making brief test transmissions in accordance with §95.319©. The channel center frequencies are: 467.5500, 467.5750, 467.6000, 467.6250, 467.6500, 467.6750, 467.7000, and 467.7250 MHz.

So it looks like "fixed stations" may transmit on those channels without talking to a repeater - am I reading this correctly?

Further in 95.1767:

 

 

(2) The transmitter output power of fixed stations must not exceed 15 Watts.

 

So I can have a fixed station that transmits on 467 main channels without talking to a repeater with up to 15W of power yes?

[BaoFeng UV-82C]

The review for the GMRS-V1 has since then been pulled off of the site and all traces of its existence have disappeared. But I think the cat is out of the bag that there will be a part95 certified uv-82.