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The FCC's rewrite of its rules for the Part 95 Personal Radio Services takes effect today, September 28, 2017.<br>
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Major changes include removing the 155-mile distance limit on CB contacts (which had virtually never been observed anytime the band was open in the past 50 years); addition of new Family Radio Service (FRS) channels (shared with GMRS, the General Mobile Radio Service); GMRS power restrictions on the channels newly shared with FRS, and allowing GMRS licensees to send text messages in addition to voice transmissions. (See July CQ, p. 26, for a more comprehensive look at the changes in various personal radio services.)<br>
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Click here to visit the CQ Newsroom <br>
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The Federal Register announcement is at:<br>
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/29/2017-17395/personal-radio-service-reform <br>
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The complete text of the new Part 95 Report & Order is at:<br>
 https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-344617A1.pdf  <br>
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<p dir="ltr">George Mann</p>
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