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Walkie-talkie license checker

Pick a country. The checker lists every common kind of radio — PMR446, FRS, GMRS, CB, business and ham radio — with whether you can use it freely, need a license, or may not use it there.

Which radios need a license?

Pick a country: every kind of radio is listed with whether you can use it freely, need a license, or may not use it there.

    How the checker works

    Each country decides which radios anyone can use and which need a license. The checker reads our license table: 15 countries and nine kinds of radio, each row taken from the regulator's own rules.

    "Free to use" means you need no license of your own. The radio must still be an approved model, used within its power limit. In Europe that is PMR446 at 0.5 W with a fixed antenna. In the US, FRS radios need no license, and GMRS needs one that covers the user and the family.123

    "Not allowed" usually means the radio was made for another region. A US FRS radio is not legal in the UK, and PMR446 radios have no service in the US.31

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    Keep reading

    Walkie-talkie licenseWhich radios are free to use, which need a license and which are not allowed.
    FRS and GMRS walkie-talkiesTwo US radio services, 22 shared channels, and which one fits your trip.
    Radio type compatibilitySee how two kinds of radio differ and whether they can talk.