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<blockquote data-quote="Smells Like Sulfur" data-source="post: 5795207" data-attributes="member: 23644"><p>Just FYI, most of the new Baofeng radios won't transmit on FRS, GMRS, MURS or any of the "business" channels, only HAM. You can plug them into software on the computer and "jailbreak" them, but without that little hack, they can only be used legally by licensed ham operators, on HAM frequencies. Of course you're more than welcome to listen to whatever you want. </p><p></p><p>The older models would transmit on FRS and GMRS right out of the box, apparently the FCC wasn't super happy about that because those cheap radios transmit noise over a massive part of the radio spectrum, and can cause interference. They cause enough interference that my RTL SDR picks up the signal on standard FM radio bands. </p><p></p><p>If you get them I would highly recommend a signal stick antenna, they easily double the range over the stock antenna. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://signalstuff.com/product-list/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smells Like Sulfur, post: 5795207, member: 23644"] Just FYI, most of the new Baofeng radios won't transmit on FRS, GMRS, MURS or any of the "business" channels, only HAM. You can plug them into software on the computer and "jailbreak" them, but without that little hack, they can only be used legally by licensed ham operators, on HAM frequencies. Of course you're more than welcome to listen to whatever you want. The older models would transmit on FRS and GMRS right out of the box, apparently the FCC wasn't super happy about that because those cheap radios transmit noise over a massive part of the radio spectrum, and can cause interference. They cause enough interference that my RTL SDR picks up the signal on standard FM radio bands. If you get them I would highly recommend a signal stick antenna, they easily double the range over the stock antenna. [URL unfurl="true"]https://signalstuff.com/product-list/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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