Flying to Europe with Private Mobile Radio

1. Are walkie talkies legal in Europe?
2. What is PMRS radio?
3. What is a PMR network?
4. What does PMR mean in radio?
5. Do American walkie talkies work in Europe?
6. Can you use walkie talkies in different countries?
7. Is 433MHz legal in USA?
8. What are DMR frequencies?
9. What are PMR446 frequencies?
10. What are the PMR frequencies?
11. What is mobile radio communication?
12. When was the first handheld radio invented?

Are walkie talkies legal in Europe?

The only way you can legally use a walkie talkie in both North America and Europe is to get an Amateur radio license and use a VHF/UHF. To add to Nancy's point, you can buy similar radios in Europe (size & price). But you can only use those ones in Europe - once you bring them back home they are illegal to use here.

What is PMRS radio?

Professional mobile radio (also known as private mobile radio (PMR) in the UK and land mobile radio (LMR) in North America) are person-to-person two-way radio voice communications systems which use portable, mobile, base station, and dispatch console radios.

What is a PMR network?

Private Mobile Radio (PMR) - sometimes called Professional Mobile Radio - is a mobile system that serves a closed user group and that is normally owned and operated by the same organization as its users. ... PMR networks consist of one or more base stations and a number of mobile terminals.

What does PMR mean in radio?

Private Mobile Radio (PMR) - sometimes called Professional Mobile Radio - was developed for business users who need to keep in contact over relatively short distances with a central base station / dispatcher - a typical example is a taxi company. PMR is also widely used by emergency services.

Do American walkie talkies work in Europe?

A: The short answer is: No, it's not legal to use a U.S.-purchased FRS (Family Radio Service) or GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) in Europe. That's because European nations have allocated their radio frequencies in a way that's different from the United States.

Can you use walkie talkies in different countries?

There is NO SUCH THING as a "combined" European / American walkie-talkie that is legal to use in both places, since such a radio would, by definition, be capable of transmitting on non-legal frequencies as well, and would therefore not be legal in either country.

Is 433MHz legal in USA?

The FCC prohibits the operation of wireless microphones and similar devices (e.g., wireless intercoms, wireless in-ear monitors, wireless audio instrument links, and wireless cueing equipment) in the 700 MHz Band, i.e., 698 - 806 MHz. But the frequency for this UHF-938 wireless system is 433MHz . So it is legal .

What are DMR frequencies?

The DMR standard operates within the existing 12.5 kHz channel spacing used in land mobile frequency bands globally, but achieves two voice channels through two-slot TDMA technology built around a 30 ms structure.

What are PMR446 frequencies?

PMR446 covers band 446.0–446.2 MHz.

What are the PMR frequencies?

What are the PMR 446 frequency bands?

What is mobile radio communication?

Mobile radio or mobiles refer to wireless communications systems and devices which are based on radio frequencies(using commonly UHF or VHF frequencies), and where the path of communications is movable on either end. There are a variety of views about what constitutes mobile equipment.

When was the first handheld radio invented?

Canadian inventor Donald Hings was the first to create a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S in 1937. He called the system a "packset", although it later became known as a "walkie-talkie". In 2001, Hings was formally decorated for the device's significance to the war effort.