<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I'll be "that guy" and point out that the radios in question can not be legally used in the GMRS/FRS bands, as they are not approved for those services by the FCC.<div><br></div><div>This link describes the requirements pretty clearly, and is from 2013:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/623/using-my-baofeng-uv-5r-to-talk-to-walkie-talkies/625#625">https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/623/using-my-baofeng-uv-5r-to-talk-to-walkie-talkies/625#625</a><br><br><div dir="ltr">Ken</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 20, 2021, at 20:30, Al Jones <al@aljones.us> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>To comply with the FCC (so they can keep selling radios) the newer </span><br><span>Baofeng (et al) are being locked to only the bands with amateur </span><br><span>frequencies. Not only is there not an easy fix, to my knowledge there </span><br><span>is no fix except to find an older Baofeng.</span><br><span></span><br><span>------ Original Message ------</span><br><span>From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006@frontier.com></span><br><span>To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br><span>Sent: Wed 10 20 21 19:23:52</span><br><span>Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-82 issues.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>A good friend just bought 2 ea of the subject radios and finds that both the FRS and GMRS</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>transmit functions are "locked out". He can receive, but not transmit.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Is there an easy way to fix this?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I have not yet investigated this on the web, but thought I might ask here first.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ken W7EKB</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This message was sent to Al Jones at al@aljones.us</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>chirp_users mailing list</span><br><span>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br><span>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users</span><br><span>This message was sent to Ken Hansen at ken@n2vip.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>