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Originally Posted by Milhaus
Can you tune a handheld Aviation radio like the Yaesu FTA-550AA NAV/COM Aviation Radio to the GMRS and/or MURS frequencies?
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Negative.
Air Band Transceivers are AM radios (118 to 137 MHz). MURS and GMRS both operate on FM.
In addition to that MURS operates in the VHF spectrum on 151 & 154 MHz, and GMRS operates in the UHF spectrum on 462 & 467 MHz
It’s worth mentioning that even if it was possible, it may not be legal. For example a marine radio which is VHF would be illegal to operate on land. Similarly it’s illegal to operate MURS or GMRS on a HAM radio because the equipment is not FCC type accepted for that application even though it would be entirely possible to actually do it. The second you PTT, you broke a Federal law. It would however be quite acceptable to program those frequencies for the purpose of monitoring/listening on a HAM radio.
There are various federal restrictions/rules across the board depending on the type of equipment, service, and band.