Yes, as a ham you can USE those radios, however, they cannot be legally imported into the U.S. Period.
The community forums at E-Bay are full of stories of people who have bought them, only to have them confiscated by Customs. And then they're S.O.L. E-Bay keeps pulling the ads, but they pop up again like weeds. George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] china made radios [snip] As Hams we can operate these rigs. However, they are not type accepted for the US and think use in commercial can be a problem even GMRS or MURS. The largest market for these rigs are the mom and pop businesses needing some sort of HT comm. I am not sure what customs would do with these if they knew of the non-type acceptance. Might be a problem, but mine came thru with no problem. Takes about 10 days for coming from far east, think China or Tiwan. 73, ron, n9ee/r
