P.S. Though I am indeed based "out of California", BaoFeng Tech is not:
https://baofengtech.com/contact
We are based in: Arlington, South Dakota, 57212 United States of America
BTW, BTech is a great company to work with and they have always gone the extra mile to work out any issues I've had with Chinese radio hardware. And as an ODM for Baofeng designs, they are doing their best to deal with all the licensing issues required by importers in the U.S. Also, they do not sell radios without FCC ID labels, if that's important to you (it is to me as a U.S. citizen and subject to the laws of that country).
IF you are going to spend any money on "Baofeng" radios I strongly recommend to purchase from BTech if possible, regardless of your residency or citizenship.
(Peter)
On 12/6/2018 11:09 AM, Peter wrote:
Wow. Welcome to Amateur Radio, eh Nigel?
Please do note that I only asked if the radio had an FCC label. I didn't state that I expect that it should.
I'm simply in the habit of looking things up on FCCID.io as the first step in sleuthing things out, as that's where most hardware-related information seems to be kept at this point in the hobby/industry. And that's no doing of my own, in spite of me being American and all. You can blame the FCC for that repository if you like.
Carry on...
Peter KM6WXN
On 12/6/2018 10:47 AM, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
Your BTech radios have FCC labels because BTech is a US company, selling products out of California.
The original poster, by virtue of his posted callsigns, was likely not American, and likely not buying radios from American distributors. There is no reason for radio products destined for most of the worlds countries to carry American certification labels.
About time most Americans remembered that they are not the centre of the world.
On 06 December 2018 at 13:26 Peter ptlambert@sbcglobal.net wrote:
I'm not in China either, yet my BTech radios all have FCC ID labels...
Seriously, was just asking about the radio itself, not Dennis. Cheers!
On 12/6/2018 7:59 AM, Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
Why should it? He's not in the USA.
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