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.
This link describes the requirements pretty clearly, and is from 2013:
https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/623/using-my-baofeng-uv-5r-to-talk-to-walkie-talkies/625#625Ken
On Oct 20, 2021, at 20:30, Al Jones <al@aljones.us> wrote:
To comply with the FCC (so they can keep selling radios) the newer Baofeng (et al) are being locked to only the bands with amateur frequencies. Not only is there not an easy fix, to my knowledge there is no fix except to find an older Baofeng.------ Original Message ------From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006@frontier.com>To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.comSent: Wed 10 20 21 19:23:52Subject: [chirp_users] Baofeng UV-82 issues.A good friend just bought 2 ea of the subject radios and finds that both the FRS and GMRS
transmit functions are "locked out". He can receive, but not transmit.
Is there an easy way to fix this?
I have not yet investigated this on the web, but thought I might ask here first.
Ken W7EKB
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