No, it’s definitely legal, has an FCC sticker and everything. Also, narrowband shouldn’t be a problem, as the Baofeng will do that, too.
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Aug 5, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Not as I understand it.  This has been discussed over and over on the 
> Baofeng list, and at that time it was legal for commercial use.  The 
> only problem now is commercial stuff has gone to narrow fm.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 5 Aug 
> 2013, Harvey Heagy wrote:
> 
>> Interesting.  Then technically speaking, it's probably an illegal radio.
>> Harvey
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 6:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: question concerning the Yaesu FT-60R , dual band hand held , 2m
>> and 440 MHz
>> 
>> 
>>> the baofeng can transmit anywhere it can receive, except the FM broadcast
>>> band. When they were submitted to the FCC for type acceptance they could
>>> only transmit on the ham bands but, what you get now is very far from what
>>> was type accepted.