no baofengs are part 95 certified. Even if you had a GMRS license it
would still technically be illegal to use the frequency set with a
baofeng - licensed GMRS usage requires a part 95 certified radio. Like
Robbie said, it would be akin to using DFS on non-certified hardware.
there are a couple baofengs that are part 90 certified (probably the
sticker he was referring to), meaning you can use them on licensed
business land mobile radio service frequencies. You would obviously need
the matching business/commercial license
On 5/17/2016 9:56 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
If you can turn down the power on those things maybe. Assuming, of
course, that they have been type accepted. Some of these radios show
up with FCC stickers and some don't.
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:34 AM Rory Conaway <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I assumed I could use FRS or GMRS.
Rory
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"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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