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Land Mobile Radio Service (LMRS) - FCC Title 47 Part 90; Private land mobile radio systems are used by companies, local governments, and other organizations for communication. Many businesses and industries throughout the world use it as their primary means of communication, especially from a fixed location to mobile units. These licensed systems often share frequencies with other private users in the United States.

Private Land Mobile Radio Service licensees in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz bands have been mandated by the FCC to move to narrowband only use before January 1, 2013. The narrow band requirement is at 12.5 kHz maximum.

LMRS can be described as the following two components:

  1. The Land mobile radio system
  2. The Land mobile service

LMRS is often referred to as the "business band." It was established in 1927 to permit commercial and public safety uses of two-way radio by commercial entities and non-Federal government agencies. The available frequencies in the US have traditionally been separated into two pools. One is for industrial and business users which we call LMRS, including some special categories such as petroleum, manufacturing and forestry and the other is for public safety including medical, police, fire and others.

Frequency charts

Although the term "business band" refers to several discrete frequencies that are not grouped into a single band, examples of some of the frequencies are grouped by band and listed below. These charts also list other frequencies not specifically part of the "business band" but commonly used by businesses. An individual license is still required under GMRS rules. A few manufacturers added these DOT frequencies to Business radios in the 1990s to have more "channels" and aid in selling radios.

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Low-band frequencies

Name Frequency Notes
27.490 MHz Low power, itinerantTemplate:Efn
27.510 MHz Low power
27.555 MHz Low power
30.840 MHz Low power
33.120 MHz Low power
33.140 MHz Low power
33.400 MHz Low power
35.020 MHz Low power
35.040 MHz Low power, itinerant
42.980 MHz Low power
43.040 MHz Low power

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VHF frequencies

Name Frequency Notes
151.505 MHz Itinerant
151.5125 MHz Itinerant (narrow band)
Red Dot 151.625 MHz Itinerant
151.700 MHz Itinerant
151.760 MHz Itinerant
151.820 MHz Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 11.25 kHz bandwidth
151.880 MHz Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 11.25 kHz bandwidth
151.940 MHz Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 11.25 kHz bandwidth
Purple Dot 151.955 MHz
154.515 MHz
154.540 MHz
Blue Dot 154.570 MHz Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 20 kHz bandwidth
Green Dot 154.600 MHz Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS); 2 watts, 20 kHz bandwidth
158.400 MHz Itinerant
158.4075 MHz Itinerant (narrow band)

UHF and GMRS frequencies

Name Frequency Notes
White Dot 462.575 MHz GMRS
Black Dot 462.625 MHz GMRS
Orange Dot 462.675 MHz GMRS
Brown Dot 464.500 MHz Itinerant
Yellow Dot 464.550 MHz Itinerant
Silver Star 467.850 MHz
Gold Star 467.875 MHz
Red Star 467.900 MHz
Blue Star 467.925 MHz
(Brown dpx) 469.500 MHz Itinerant
(Yellow dpx) 469.550 MHz Itinerant