I wonder how often someone gets busted for using non certified radios for FRS or for using GMRS without a license?
From: Robbie Wright Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good two way radios for tower crew? Not to play the wet blanket, but there are a few issues with those. One, only one Baofeng has any FCC certification, namely the UV-82C. The UV82 does not. Even then, it is only approved for the business itinerant use with FCC Part 90. Those frequencies have to be allocated and assigned to you, you can't just use them. No Baofeng is type certified for FRS or GMRS and technically illegal to use in those bands since the radios aren't type certified. You can use FRS frequencies for business use but you cannot use GMRS for business use, unless someone is personally licensed for GMRS and it is their business. All that said, Baofengs do make a great, cheap radio to use for tower work. If one falls off the tower, it isn't the end of the world and the functionality is reasonable for their price. The right way to do two way radios for tower work is to use your local frequency coordinator to be issued your own freq in the itinerant bands. This becomes your licensed freq and nobody else can (or should) use it. The UV82C would then be a legal radio to use, along with a host of other Motorola or Kenwood radios. Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband 541-902-5101 On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Justin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: They are 5 watts so decent output power. I have talked to guys going to the store a few miles out easily from a tower. Justin Wilson [email protected] --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric On May 11, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: What is the range on these Justin? From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Wilson Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good two way radios for tower crew? http://www.ebay.com/itm/4x-BAOFENG-BF-888S-UHF-400-470MHz-5W-16CH-Ham-Two-Way-Radio-Walkie-Talkie-US-/391378028608?hash=item5b1ff2c840:g:BggAAOSwvUlWslRV BAOFENG. Cheap and work decent. You can get headsets and other accessories. No bluetooth. Justin Wilson [email protected] --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric On May 11, 2016, at 10:19 AM, Tushar Patel <[email protected]> wrote: Hi We have been using two way radios (consumer grade) by Motorola. It is ok to use but we are looking to get somethings better which makes it easy for tower crew to use. No days when we go to some department stores or Apple Store etc. all the employees their have nice head set and small talk button to speak. It would be good to have Bluetooth on them so person on the top can talk with ease. Any suggestions? Tushar
