---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 95.503"
title: "47"
number: "95.503"
heading: "Definitions, FRS."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/95.503"
---

# §95.503. Definitions, FRS.


Family Radio Service (FRS). A short-distance two-way voice communication service, with limited data applications, between low power hand-held radios, for facilitating individual, family, group, recreational and business activities.

FRS unit. A transceiver for use in the FRS.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 41104, Aug. 29, 2017, unless otherwise noted.