Motorola Talkabout Cannels

Ch Service Frequency Pwr

1 GMRS/FRS 462.5625 1
2 GMRS/FRS 462.5875 1
3 GMRS/FRS 462.6125 1
4 GMRS/FRS 462.6375 1
5 GMRS/FRS 462.6625 1
6 GMRS/FRS 462.6875 1
7 GMRS/FRS 462.7125 1
8 FRS 467.5625 0.5
9 FRS 467.5875 0.5
10 FRS 467.6125 0.5
11 FRS 467.6375 0.5
12 FRS 467.6625 0.5
13 FRS 467.6875 0.5
14 FRS 467.7125 0.5
15 GMRS 462.5500 1
16 A GMRS 462.5750 1
17 GMRS 462.6000 1
18 B GMRS 462.6250 1
19 GMRS 462.6500 1
20 C GMRS 462.6750 1
21 GMRS 462.7000 1
22 GMRS 462.7250 1

About "Sub Channels"

CTCSS (Continuous Tone Controlled Squelch System) is an advanced sub-coding system that allows
segmentation of a main channel. When you transmit using CTCSS you are transmitting on one of the
main FRS or GMRS channels but you are transmitting an inaudible tone that controls the squelch. To
understand how this works think of squelch as a gate that opens only under certain conditions. When it
is opened your radio allows the signal to be received and you hear the transmission. Normally, squelch
is a gate that is activated by signal strength - the signal must be strong enough or the gate (squelch)
won't open. In CTCSS squelch is controlled by an inaudible sub-tone - without the proper sub tone the
gate (squelch) won't open regardless of signal strength.
An FRS or GMRS radio equipped with CTCSS allows it's squelch to be broken (allows an incoming signal
to be heard) only when it receives a special low frequency tone transmitted by another FRS on the
same subchannel. To use CTCSS sub-channels you would set two FRS radio's, equipped with CTCSS, to
the same channel and same sub-channel. This way both radios would be transmitting the same low
frequency tone when transmitting and looking for the same low frequency tone when receiving.
CTCSS is a useful feature when you only want to hear from a certain radio or group of radios and not
everyone else since your radio?s squelch will only open when it receives the sub-frequency assigned to
the sub-channel you are on. This will stop you from hearing other transmissions on the same channel
and/or same channel with different sub-channel.
It is important to note that CTCSS does not provide you with privacy - all it does is eliminate the
number of signals your radio will allow you to hear! Your transmission can be received/overheard by

any other FRS radios on the same channel. Once your signal is on the air, the signal is fair game to be
received by other FRS radios, GMRS radios or scanners.
Amateur radios operating in the GMRS or FRS frequency range can be configured to use CTCSS "Sub
Channels" by configuring the CTCSS tone frequency.
The following is a list of sub-channel CTCSS frequencies:
Code Freq (Hz)
1 67.0
2 71.9
3 74.4
4 77.0
5 79.7
6 82.5
7 85.4
8 88.5
9 91.5
10 94.8
11 97.4
12 100.0
13 103.5
14 107.2
15 110.9
16 114.8
17 118.8
18 123.0
19 127.3
20 131.8
21 136.5
22 141.3
23 146.2
24 151.4
25 156.7
26 162.2
27 167.9
28 173.8
29 179.9
30 186.2
31 192.8
32 203.5
33 210.7
34 218.1
35 225.7
36 233.6
37 241.8
38 250.3

Channel - Frequency
1 - 26.965 11 - 27.085 21 27.215 31 - 27.315
2 - 26.975 12 - 27.105 22 27.225 32 - 27.325
3 - 26.985 13 - 27.115 23 27.255 33 - 27.335
4 - 27.005 14 - 27.125 24 27.235 34 - 27.345
5 - 27.015 15 - 27.135 25 27.245 35 - 27.355
6 - 27.025 16 - 27.155 26 27.265 36 - 27.365
7 - 27.035 17 - 27.165 27 27.275 37 - 27.375
8 - 27.055 18 - 27.175 28 27.285 38 - 27.385
9 - 27.065 19 - 27.185 29 27.295 39 - 27.395
10 - 27.075 20 - 27.205 30 27.305 40 - 27.405