"Legally"? without an amateur radio license or commercial business
license (assuming you have one of the few baofeng models that are part
90 certified) - nowhere.
To use them in the amateur radio bands you'd obviously need an amateur
radio license, that leaves FRS, GMRS, and the MURS bands, all of which
would technically be illegal to use on a baofeng as they aren't part 95
certified. Granted that hasn't stopped thousands of clueless amazon
customers from using them on MURS and FRS frequencies, but it is
technically "illegal" and they have about ten times the output power
that's allowed on the FRS band.
Does that mean anything will happen if you punch in MURS frequencies and
turn the output power down to a watt? Doubtful, I've certainly never
heard of any FCC enforcement over this without quite a bit of written
complaints first, but keep in mind you would technically be outside of
legal operation. Other, more stingy amateur radio operators on the list
(KD9DAL here) might wince at me even mentioning the possibility of you
doing so, and I understand where they're coming from. It's the
equivalent of wireless jaywalking, assuming you keep the output power
down and don't cause any interference there aren't any "victims" and
people do it everyday, but there's the potential to cause interference
to people using the bands legally with type-certified radios
clarification: this is assuming you meant transmitting. If you're just
using it for receive, listen anywhere you please
On 5/17/2016 8:14 AM, Rory Conaway wrote:
I bought a couple of Baofong FM/VHF/UHF radios for a race car. What
frequency range can I program it for that are legal for the weekend?
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