<div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jason Bowman</div><div>m: 937-260-2870</div><div>WG8B</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:14 PM Jason Bowman <<a href="mailto:jason.bowman.1971@gmail.com">jason.bowman.1971@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-980A1.pdf" target="_blank">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-980A1.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Note the amateur radio exception, which isn't much of an exception:</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Amateur Radio Exception.<span>
</span>There is one exception to this certification requirement:<span> </span>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.<span> </span>However, many two-way radios that purport to
operate on amateur frequencies also operate on frequencies that extend beyond
the designated amateur frequency bands.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span></span></p>
</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-5387930313011856560gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jason Bowman</div><div>m: 937-260-2870</div><div>WG8B</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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