[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5, Parts 80 to End]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
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[CITE: 47CFR95.401]

[Page 529]

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

PART 95--PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

               Subpart D--Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service

Sec. 95.401  (CB Rule 1) What are the Citizens Band Radio Services?

    Source: 48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

                           General Provisions

    The Citizens Band Radio Services are:
    (a) The Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service--a private, two-way, short-
distance voice communications service for personal or business
activities of the general public. The CB Radio Service may also be used
for voice paging.
    (b) The Family Radio Service (FRS)--a private, two-way, very short-
distance voice communications service for facilitating family and group
activities. The rules for this service are contained in subpart B of
this part.
    (c) The Low Power Radio Service (LPRS)--a private, short-distance
communication service providing auditory assistance to persons with
disabilities, persons who require language translation, and persons in
educational settings, health care assistance to the ill, law enforcement
tracking services in cooperation with law enforcement, and point-to-
point network control communications for Automated Marine
Telecommunications System (AMTS) coast stations licensed under part 80
of this chapter. The rules for this service are listed under subpart G
of this part. Two-way voice communications are prohibited.

[61 FR 28769, June 6, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 46566, Sept. 4, 1996]