Land mobile station (or land mobile radio station) is a mobile

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

in the

land mobile service Land mobile service (short: LMS) is – in line to ITU Radio Regulations – a mobile service between base stations and land mobile stations, or between land mobile stations. In accordance with ''ITU Radio Regulations'' (article 1) variations of ...

that operates within a country or continent.ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.73, definition: ''land mobile station / land mobile radio station'' Each ''station'' is classified by the ''service'' in which it operates permanently or temporarily.

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