[harg]

Even if used on the unlicensed bands it’s still illegal to transmit in those frequencies without a license as the UV5R doesn’t comply with the restrictions of license free radios. I.e it exceeds the max allowed power and has a detachable antenna.

However, there’s nothing illegal about using the uv5r to receive. And in reality if you only use it on the pmr446 frequencies you’re very unlikely to get busted.

[gorgoiler]

I am licensed up to 10W but this is still good to know!

[aosmith]

Nobody cares about the ism band, I doubt anyone has ever been "busted" using under a watt.

[eternityforest]

You're probably not going to be busted, but FRS is very much not ISM band