Baofeng UV5R will work on all kinds of frequencies, including the police freqs. That doesn’t mean it is legal. And they are NOT type accepted and cannot be legally used on the “dot” channels. What I said stands.
They weren’t even legal to sell, but Amazon has probably sold tens of thousands, as have many other outlets.
Thousands of these things are in use, and the vast majority of them are used illegally. I don’t hear of any FCC round ups of people for using them, and I never heard of Amazon getting busted for selling them. For what it’s worth.
re: “Baofeng UV5R will work on all kinds of frequencies, including the police freqs.”
NOT in our area. All the departments here are on 800 MHz, use P25 digital protocl, *and* most are P25 Phase 2 now as well (which renders the 1st generation 996XT scanners inop as well as the 1st generation of Motorola P25 HTs) ...
re: “They weren’t even legal to sell,”
MOST all of these are certified for Part 95 land mobile use, which includes buiness band, Taxicab, and yes, police and fire. Someone got there *anties in a twist and challenged that status, but MY READ is that they are legal NOTWITHSTANDING some moaners and complainers who complained to the FCC.