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Re: Getting Started with Ham Amateur (Ham) Radio
« Reply #75 on: June 18, 2021, 01:55:09 am »
100% correct on all counts.  @BassWrangler Any radio with a vfo is not legal on GMRS/FRS period!

That and a removable antenna. They are only legal to use on Ham Bands and Marine Bands.

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Re: Getting Started with Ham Amateur (Ham) Radio
« Reply #76 on: June 18, 2021, 01:59:37 am »
That and a removable antenna. They are only legal to use on Ham Bands and Marine Bands.

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Re: Getting Started with Ham Amateur (Ham) Radio
« Reply #77 on: June 18, 2021, 02:02:32 am »
That and a removable antenna. They are only legal to use on Ham Bands and Marine Bands.

IIRC, GMRS radios can have removable antennas.

EDIT: No, I'm wrong about that. Part 95 (here), section 95.1787 says:

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(4) The antenna must be a non-removable integral part of the GMRS unit.

Seems assanine to me. How would that work for a repeater, for example?
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