[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5, Parts 80 to End]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR95.655]

[Page 544]

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

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

                    Subpart E--Technical Regulations

Sec. 95.655  Frequency capability.

    (a) No transmitter will be certificated for use in the CB service if
it is equipped with a frequency capability not listed in Sec. 95.625,
and no transmitter will be certificated for use in the GMRS if it is
equipped with a frequency capability not listed in Sec. 95.621, unless
such transmitter is also certificated for use in another radio service
for which the frequency is authorized and for which certification is
also required. (Transmitters with frequency capability for the Amateur
Radio Services, Military Affiliate Radio System and Civil Air Patrol
will not be certificated.)
    (b) All frequency determining circuitry (including crystals) and
programming controls in each CB transmitter and in each GMRS transmitter
must be internal to the transmitter and must not be accessible from the
exterior of the transmitter operating panel or from the exterior of the
transmitter enclosure.
    (c) No add-on device, whether internal or external, the function of
which is to extend the transmitting frequency capability of a CB
transmitter beyond its original capability, shall be manufactured, sold
or attached to any CB station transmitter.

[53 FR 47718, Nov. 25, 1988. Redesignated at 61 FR 28769, June 6, 1996,
and further redesignated at 61 FR 46567, Sept. 4, 1996; 63 FR 36611,
July 7, 1998]

        Additional Certification Requirements for CB Transmitters