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Citizens Band (CB)

Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service is a private two-way voice communication service for use in personal and business activities of the general public. Its communications range is from one to five miles.

Licensing

License documents are neither needed nor issued and there are no age or citizenship requirements. As long as you use only an unmodified FCC certificated CB unit, you are provided authority to operate a CB unit in places where the FCC regulates radio communications.

Operations

You are provided authority to operate a CB unit in places where the FCC regulates radiocommunications, as long as you use only an unmodified FCC certificated CB unit. An FCC certificated unit has an identifying label placed on it by the manufacturer. Read more about restrictions of operations and usage of channels.

Service At A Glance
Citizens Band
Two-way voice communications service for use in personal and business activities. Its communcations range is from 1 to 5 miles.
Also Known As	CB
Service Rules	CFR, 95.401
Part Of	Personal Radio
Related Services
General Mobile Radio Low Power Radio
Included Services
Family Multi-Use Radio Service
Band Plan
Band(s)	26.965-27.405 MHz

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