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Re:UV-K5 Is the Most Hackable Handheld Ham Radio Yet by 2four2 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:44PM (#39854086)
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.
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Re:UV-K5 Is the Most Hackable Handheld Ham Radio Yet by neilv on Thursday March 28, 2024 @01:23PM (#39854692)
IIRC, 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.

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Re:UV-K5 Is the Most Hackable Handheld Ham Radio Yet by avidiax on Thursday March 28, 2024 @02:08PM (#39855307)
There 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#F...

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