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I really don't think the wide transmit range is a problem, the real issue is that the transmitters are dirty, they have unacceptable spurious emissions: https:/

• jjoonathan 8y ago
  Yep, the harmonics are bad, and the start-up transients are pretty spectacular too: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VbB1L4xJ8eSi88WU7 https://photos.app.goo.gl/VbB1L4xJ8eSi88WU7 (30dB power attenuator) I hope and suspect the truth is "this radio cannot be legally used by a ham operator without further cleaning it up because it is so dirty" and that this got morphed into "this radio cannot be legally used by a ham operator because it isn't certified." The whole idea of ham certification is to prove that you can take responsibility for your own radio waves so as to relax the otherwise enormous regulatory burden on people trying to experiment and innovate on their own. If the FCC has actually reversed course on this, they are going against not only a century+ of tradition but the very spirit of the program itself.
  • lima 8y ago
    Switzerland has banned them for that exact reason: https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/en/homepage/equipments-and-installations/non-compliant-equipment/mobile-two-way-radio/baofeng-uv-5r.html https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/en/homepage/equipments-and-...
• Lucky225 8y ago
  This is true, but the REASON the FCC is giving for the ban (since part 97 doesn't require certification, and such problems could in theory be brought back into compliance using bandpass filters and thus still be legal) is they are capable of wide transmit outside amateur.