[ForSale-Swap] WTB UHF radio

[Sheldon Daitch]

Adding to the discussion, I believe the FRS radios have power
limitations, 0.5 watts, and the antenna is not detachable.

http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/personal/family/



kd4e wrote:

> The FCC generally insists that all gear used for
> specialized services, e.g. commercial or unlicensed
> (such as FRS or CB) be specifically approved for those
> services.
>
> GMRS requires both a license to use and specifically
> approved gear.
>
> Ham Radio is the only service of which I am aware where
> the FCC permits user-modified and/or user-built gear.
> All commercial Ham gear must be FCC approved.
>
> Gear FCC approved for one service generally must be
> FCC approved for use on another service.
>
> The safest legal course of action is to ask the FCC.
>
> doc
>
> > They don't have to be for ham use--just for commercial
> usage.  I'm not sure on the laws myself--I mean, can an
> umodified (other than reprogrammed) UHF whatever from the
> local PD/fire/etc be used on FRS/GMRS, as long as that
> radio originally supported the narrower band FM used on
> FRS?  [FRS and GMRS do not use the same deviation; GMRS
> uses regular 5kHz, while FRS is narrower.]  At any rate,
> I *think* any commercial UHF radio can be used on GMRS
> (assuming one has the license), so any commercial radio
> that covers 430-470 should serve the original poster just
> fine--the original poster did not indicate the desire to
> use FRS anyhow.
> > Shawn Upton, KB1CKT
>
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