§  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 §  95.625, and no
   transmitter will be certificated for use in the GMRS if it is equipped
   with a frequency capability not listed in §  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 and Military Affiliate Radio System 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.

   (d) No transmitter will be certificated for use in MURS if it is
   equipped with a frequency capability not listed in §  95.632.

   [ 53 FR 47718 , Nov. 25, 1988. Redesignated at  61 FR 28769 , June 6, 1996,
   and further redesignated at  61 FR 46567 , Sept. 4, 1996 and amended at
    63 FR 36611 , July 7, 1998;  67 FR 63290 , Oct. 11, 2002;  69 FR 32886 ,
   June 14, 2004]

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Additional Certification Requirements for CB Transmitters

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