MURS:

Private, two-way, short-distance voice or datacommunications service for personal or business activities of the general public.

Frequencies:

Licensing:

No licenses are issued for this service. An entity is authorized by rule to operate a MURS transmitter if it:

• is not a foreign government or a representative of a foreign government;
• uses the transmitter in accordance with 47 CFR. 95.1309;
• otherwise operates in accordance with the rules contained in Sections 95.1301-95.1309.

Operating Restrictions:

No longer an Effective Radiated Power (ERP) limit with MURS, and external gain antennas may be utilized.

• MURS stations are prohibited from operating as a repeater station or as a signal booster. This prohibition includes store-and-forward packet operation.
• MURS stations are prohibited from interconnection with the public switched network. Interconnection Defined. Connection through automatic or manual means of multi-use radio stations with the facilities of the public switched telephone network to permit the transmission of messages or signals between points in the wireline or radio network of a public telephone company and persons served by multi-use radio stations. Wireline or radio circuits or links furnished by common carriers, which are used by licensees or other authorized persons for transmitter control (including dial-up transmitter control circuits) or as an integral part of an authorized, private, internal system of communication or as an integral part of dispatch point circuits in a multi-use radio station are not considered to be interconnection for purposes of this subpart.
• The highest point of any MURS antenna must no be more than 18.3 meters (60 feet) above the ground or 6.10 meters (20 feet) above the highest point of the structure on which it is mounted.