>Effective September 30, 2019, it becomes unlawful in the USA to import, manufacture, sell or offer to sell radio equipment capable of operating under both GMRS and FRS. This will not include amateur and other radio equipment that are not certified under Part 95, such as many handheld radios that are marketed for amateur use but are also able to transmit on FRS and GMRS frequencies.

@sb057 what do you mean this exact ban is already present in europe

it's not banned in europe

you just need a HAM license to transmit with it

it's perfectly legal to sell, buy, own and carry around without a license

if you just use it to listen

>Worldwide, a number of similar personal radio services exist; these share the characteristics of low power, operation in the UHF (or upper VHF) band using FM, and simplified or no end-user licenses. Exact frequency allocations differ, so equipment legal to operate in one country may cause unacceptable interference in another. None of these radios working with frequencies in the FRS frequency band are legal to operate anywhere in Europe.

idk wikipedia might be lying tho

operate being the key word

not own

Don't /int/ bant here ya idiots

tbf baofengs should be considered chink gold instead of chink shit

why is the UV5R so expensive on ali compared to amazon?

New stock vs "I've had this in my warehouse for 8 months and it's moving too slowly" stock?

true

Hey guys

platinum member here

Aliexpress is supposed to give you discounts on your birthday but i can't find any place to input that data on your profile

any ideas?

it knows

you were right

from mobile app worked

weird

any good stuff to purchase?

my tech suggestions are full of chargers, powerbanks and mobile cases

on a listing for a switch mode power supply

Why

Bought 3mm ball magnets on Ali. They seem nice, but don't get 3mm. Too small, they don't behave like 5mm do.

Thanks for the tip Tim

no one gonna answer the baofeng question? guess i gotta do my own research 😡

@onoderaSecurity I think it's the 5RX3

tri band

here's a really wholesome review of the X3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ1H_W-vVDk

where is the best place to buy them anyway? goybest? ali? banggood?

I'd compare ali and amazon

not even kidding on that second part

S9 is also triband, has 8W

seems also to be a recent revision released last year