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Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by harg on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:42AM (#32033422)
Even if used on the unlicensed bands it’s still illegal to transmit in those frequencies without a license as the UV5R doesn’t comply with the restrictions of license free radios. I.e it exceeds the max allowed power and has a detachable antenna.

However, there’s nothing illegal about using the uv5r to receive. And in reality if you only use it on the pmr446 frequencies you’re very unlikely to get busted.

Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by gorgoiler on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:53AM (#32034168)
I am licensed up to 10W but this is still good to know!
Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by aosmith on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:04AM (#32033528)
Nobody cares about the ism band, I doubt anyone has ever been "busted" using under a watt.
Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by eternityforest on Saturday July 09, 2022 @08:45AM (#32034546)
You're probably not going to be busted, but FRS is very much not ISM band