The amazon links are to the ones which will be banned soon, supposedly patent infringement stuff on the hytera ones.
Get a 5 pack of the baofeng ones for $120.
baofeng:
“On September 30, 2019, it will become illegal to sell or “offer for sale” (advertise) radios like the popular Baofeng UV-5R that can operate in the FRS radio band (462.5625 – 462.7250 MHz) and any other licensed band in a single device. Manufacturers will have to either quit selling them or block out the FRS bands–like they already do for the current cellular bands.”
Preppers may be interested.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E4FO2TW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00E4FO2TW&linkCode=as2&tag=survivalcom-20&linkId=6adaa1e680799799b0465b6b03f9c5ae
We bought 4 of those Baofeng 8 watt models. Put a better antenna on them and you can get out there pretty good. I’m working on my Technician license now. But we got the them for SHTF comms.
Most likely won’t be worried about the FCC under those circumstances.
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