The Baofeng, Like the Wouxun, is FCC Part 90 certified. It comes preloaded with a number of frequencies. I do not remember if any of them fall in the amateur radio bands.
They are widely sold at hamfests. I have two. At $45-60, they are great “throw away” radios. Programming software generally comes with the unit or can be downloaded. The programming cable is cheap, and the units are easily programmed.
A popular internet site that has a very wide variety of the Chinese radios is:
'73 de JIM N2ZZ
ARRL Vice Director
Roanoke Division
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio™
From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Grant Hopper
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:18 PM
To: JRS
Cc: arrl-odv
Subject: [arrl-odv:20729] Re: Houston, We May Have A Problem - VHF/UHF Chinese Radios Being Sold To General Public
Good catch John!
The ad copy really makes it look like these are ok for the consumer to use anywhere in the range. I suspect we will not be the only radio service that will experience problems. If the FCC does step in, hopefully they will take the time to track down the purchasers.
73,
Grant, KB7WSD
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:31 AM, JRS <jrs@hamradio.us.com> wrote:
See: http://www.meritline.com/mini-walkie-talkie---p-77512.aspx?hq_e=el&hq_m=2430783&hq_l=98&hq_v=a8c0e9d5c8
These radios are advertised in English and are claimed to be shipped from China.
73
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