11 Feb 12 07:35, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:   
      
      
    RW>> JG> Greetings, as it looks like I'll be closer to getting licensed   
    RW>> for   
    RW>> JG> Ham Radio, I was looking at some portable handheld radios.  I   
    RW>> found a   
    RW>> JG> couple of cheap radios that might be good for starting off....   
      
    JG>>> The more I look, the more the BaoFeng Dual Band looks like a better   
    JG>>> choice for me.  I get the feeling it'd be better for connecting   
    JG>>> to the Repeater in Brookhaven, Mississippi....  What do you think?   
      
    RW>> The real question is; are these chinese radios FCC type accepted?   
      
    RW>> If not, they may not be legal to use in the US...   
      
    TW> From what I have heard IF they are directly imported they are   
    TW> Illegal. They do not meet FCC standards and the US distributor must   
    TW> reprogram them to meet the FCC standards.   
      
   That's what I was thinking when I read that he was buying it from, and it   
   would be shipped directly from China...unless it includes an FCC type   
   acceptance validation statement with the radio, I'd steer clear of it.   
      
      
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