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Short answer: no Nuanced short answer: operate on frs channels or buy a gmrs license and operate on those bands. This is still illegal because your equipment is
by 2four2 3y ago
Short answer: no
Nuanced short answer: operate on frs channels or buy a gmrs license and operate on those bands. This is still illegal because your equipment isn't allowed to operate on these bands but not heavily enforced. Use at your own risk.
- neilv 3y agoIIRC, the transmit power of all versions of the UV-5R are too high for FRS. Besides being noncompliant in ways that people are more likely to consider harmless technicalities, such as the antenna being removable.
- avidiax 3y agoThere are 5W and even 50W GMRS bands. You would need a license in that case, but it's not expensive. The handheld would be non-compliant, but that wouldn't be detectable on-air unless the deviation or power is outside spec for that frequency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mobile_Radio_Service#Frequency_table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mobile_Radio_Service#F...