International
Everything on this page is non-US. Different country, different rulebook: there is no FCC, no GMRS licence and no Part 95 outside the United States. Each country below names its own spectrum regulator, its national amateur society, and the licence-free service that plays the role GMRS plays at home.
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- GMRS is US-only. The nearest equivalent abroad is Australian and New Zealand UHF CB β licence-free, up to 5 W and the only licence-free service anywhere that allows repeaters.
- Europe and the UK use PMR446 β 0.5 W, hand-held, simplex. No repeaters, no base stations, no exceptions.
- Every entry is badged by source. Official regulator, national society, or community reported. Where only a hobbyist source exists we say so rather than dressing it up.
IARU Region 1Europe, Africa, Middle East, Northern Asia
United Kingdom
The UK has the best-documented amateur net calendar outside the US: GB2RS runs every Sunday on HF, 2m and the QO-100 satellite, and RSGB regional news lists dozens of club nets that change week to week.
Germany
Germany's structure matches the UK's, with the Deutschland-Rundspruch news bulletin on 80m each Thursday and the long-running INTERMAR maritime mobile net on 20m. Most primary documentation is German-language.
South Africa
SARL News is broadcast every Sunday in Afrikaans and English on HF and on VHF/UHF repeaters countrywide, with Echolink and AllStar relays β one of the most consistently documented bulletins in IARU Region 1.
IARU Region 2The Americas outside the US
Canada
Canada runs daily HF traffic nets (TPN, ONTARS) and a coast-to-coast IRLP net, and RAC sponsors ARES and the National Traffic System just as the ARRL does south of the border.
Mexico
Mexico authorises FRS-style licence-free use on the 462/467 MHz free-use frequencies, but dual-mode FRS/GMRS radios are not approved. We list Mexico for licence-free reference only β net coverage here is thin and we won't publish schedules we can't cite.
IARU Region 3Asia-Pacific
Australia
Australia is the closest thing to a GMRS analogue anywhere in the world: UHF CB is licence-free under an ACMA class licence, runs up to 5 W, and β uniquely among licence-free services β supports repeaters.
New Zealand
NZ Net runs 365 days a year at 21:00 NZT β 3535 kHz through winter, 7030 kHz through summer β alongside a long list of NZART branch nets. Licence-free UHF PRS mirrors Australia's 80-channel plan under a free General User Radio Licence.
Japan
Japan is as structured as the UK, just documented in Japanese. The anchor entry is the nationwide Saturday D-STAR roll call across linked repeaters; club and branch roll calls are numerous, so we re-check each one against its club's own page rather than aggregator listings.
Licence-free services abroad
Channel plans, power limits and calling conventions β with an honest note wherever only community sourcing exists.
PMR446
Official regulator446.0 β 446.2 MHz UHF
Europe and the UK, plus Malaysia, Singapore, Norway and the UAE
Simplex only β no repeaters
UHF CB / UHF PRS
Official regulator476.4250 β 477.4125 MHz UHF
Australia (ACMA class licence) and New Zealand (RSM GURL 228151)
Repeaters allowed
FRS outside the US
Official regulator462 / 467 MHz UHF
Canada (licence-free, and GMRS is licence-free too) and Mexico (FRS-equivalent authorised)
Simplex only β no repeaters
China PRS409
Community reported409.7500 β 409.9875 MHz UHF
Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau (not Taiwan)
Simplex only β no repeaters
South Korea 448 MHz Personal Radio
Community reported448.7375 β 448.925 and 449.1375 β 449.2625 MHz
South Korea only
Simplex only β no repeaters
Global bodies
The UN agency that allocates radio spectrum worldwide; every national rulebook derives from its regulations.
itu.int
Regional amateur federation: band plans, coordination and member societies.
iaru-r1.org
Regional amateur federation for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
iaru-r2.org
Regional amateur federation covering Asia, Australasia and the Pacific.
iaru-r3.org
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