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|}<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Midland_Extra_Channels"> Midland Extra Channels </span></h2><p>Midland has started marketing "Extra Channels" on several of their radios. These extra channels are simply existing FRS/GMRS frequencies with hard coded tones and low power on the FRS-only channels.|} '''Common PL / CTCSS Tones and Associated Tone Number Code'''  TONE/Hz          TONE/Hz          TONE/Hz  01: 67.0        07: 85.4        13: 103.5  02: 71.9        08: 88.5        14: 107.2  03: 74.4        09: 91.5        15: 110.9  04: 77.0        10: 94.8        16: 114.8  05: 79.7        11: 97.4        17: 118.8  06: 82.5        12: 100          18: 123.0  <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Midland_Extra_Channels"> Midland Extra Channels </span></h2><p>Midland has started marketing "Extra Channels" on several of their radios. These extra channels are simply existing FRS/GMRS frequencies with hard coded tones and low power on the FRS-only channels.Car / Mobile* Midland MXT100 GMRS MicroMobile 2-Way Radio (5-watt)===Ham Radio Transceiver on GMRS===It is forbidden to use an amateur radio transceiver on GMRS frequencies.  Although it is possible to modify many manufacturer amateur radios to operate on GMRS, the amateur operator may lose license privileges by doing so.  It is not illegal to perform the modification.  It is illegal to use the modified transceiver on these frequencies.  It is recommended that you do not perform such modification as to prevent accidental out of band operation.Emergency use: There is a provision in FCC regulation whereas in the event of an emergency such as a life threatening event the use of an amateur radio transceiver out of band is permitted when no other means of communication are available.  In this example, the amateur radio being used to find help on a GMRS frequency when no other frequency yielded a response and no phone service is available, said use is permitted.  There is a list of some [[Ham Radios Easy to Mod for GMRS]].  It would be very unusual that using an amateur radio on GMRS is the only way to receive help in an emergency. ===GMRS Mobile and Base antennas===Base antenna:* Comet CA-F72GF UHF Base Vertical Antenna.  N connector.  440-512 MHz, Tunable.
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