What is worse is the frs & gmrs. Businesses have stopped buying the $400-$600
2-way portables to use the $59 frs units. This has devistated my 2-way
business. You cann't call the F.C.C. on your customers or the will never buy
from you again. Yet the F.C.C. will not do anything about it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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
