[XWARN] Bye, Bye, Baofengs?

[Jason Bowman]

I started to get feedback on this both on email and on Facebook.  I am just
passing along the information.  What you do with it is up to you.  That
being said, I do have some friendly advice.

If you use these radios and stay within the amateur radio band, you should
be safe from an interference perspective.  But, because I know MURS, FRS,
and GMRS, I can tell you there's a confusing set of power, wideband and
narrowband, filtering, etc requirements that are not easy to remember for
other radio services.  It is very easy to produce interference with these
radios in other bands if you don't understand these requirements.  The more
you know.  Also, if you haven't noticed, FCC enforcement resources ain't
what they used to be.  If you're being smart about using these radios, you
should have nothing to fear.


Jason Bowman
m: 937-260-2870
WG8B



On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:14 PM Jason Bowman <jason.bowman.1971 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-980A1.pdf
>
> Note the amateur radio exception, which isn't much of an exception:
>
> Amateur Radio Exception.  There is one exception to this certification
> requirement:  if a device is capable of operating only on frequencies
> that the FCC has allocated for use by Amateur Radio Service licensees, it
> does not require FCC equipment authorization, and an amateur licensee may
> use his or her license to operate such radios.  However, many two-way
> radios that purport to operate on amateur frequencies also operate on
> frequencies that extend beyond the designated amateur frequency bands.  If
> a two-way VHF/UHF radio is capable of operating outside of the amateur
> frequency bands, it cannot be imported, advertised, sold, or operated
> within the United States without an FCC equipment certification.  Even if
> a two-way VHF/UHF radio operates solely within the amateur frequencies, the
> operator is required to have an amateur license to operate the device and
> must otherwise comply with all applicable rules.  The Bureau will take
> very seriously any reports of failures of two-way radio operators to comply
> with all relevant rules and requirements when using devices in the amateur
> bands.
>
> Jason Bowman
> m: 937-260-2870
> WG8B
>
>
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