Baofeng UV5-R type accepted?

[WPXS472]

I was recently at my old work place and saw cases of Baofeng radios. I asked if you could still buy them and was told that they now are type accepted. I didn't actually see the radios, only the boxes, but I remember them saying UV5-R. Was someone pulling my leg? I don't see how a keypad programmable radio could be type accepted. The tip off was when they said they were type accepted for amateur, commercial, and marine. I know that Baofeng has a couple of models that are type accepted, but the UV5-R?

 

[prcguy]

All the UV-5Rs I've purchased were keypad programmable only within the amateur bands and needed software to program commercial frequencies. I believe this is how they achieved Part 90 type acceptance. Of course I immediately downloaded software and flashed all my radios so they could be keypad programmed everywhere and now I'm probably in violation of some hideous rule.

If you get one new that is keypad programmable outside the amateur bands it would not be Part 90 type accepted.

I was recently at my old work place and saw cases of Baofeng radios. I asked if you could still buy them and was told that they now are type accepted. I didn't actually see the radios, only the boxes, but I remember them saying UV5-R. Was someone pulling my leg? I don't see how a keypad programmable radio could be type accepted. The tip off was when they said they were type accepted for amateur, commercial, and marine. I know that Baofeng has a couple of models that are type accepted, but the UV5-R?

 

[nd5y]

There are several UV-5R type clones with FCC certification now.
FCC ID 2AJGM-UV5R Amateur Radio by PO FUNG ELECTRONIC(HK) INTERNATIOANL GROUP COMPANY
FCC ID 2AGNDF8HP Dual-Band FM Amateur Radio by BTECH (BaoFeng Tech)
FCC ID ZP5BF-5R Two Way Radio by FUJIAN NAN'AN BAOFENG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
FCC ID ZP5BF-5RA Walkie Talkie by FUJIAN NAN'AN BAOFENG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
FCC ID ZP5BF-F9V2 Two Way Radio by FUJIAN NAN'AN BAOFENG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
FCC ID ZVMUV-E5 Two Way Radio by VERO GLOBAL COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD
FCC ID QGDTD-Q8 Two-Way Radio by Tongdaxin Electronics Co., Ltd
FCC ID PODTH-UVF9 Two-way Radio by TYT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
I think there are more that I missed.
Some of these have Part 90 certification.
Some of the newer ones in the past couple years have Part 15 certification for the receiver only (scanning reciever) and are supposed to be amateur radios.
None of them have Part 80 certification for marine use.
The ones with Part 90 certification that I have seen come out of the box in VFO mode fully front panel programmable,capable of transmitting on any frequency from ~136-175 MHz and ~400-521 MHz and capable of wideband FM on any frequency. They most likely received certification by filing fraudulent statements with the FCC.

 

[mmckenna]

Get your hands on one of the radios. Remove the battery and look for the FCC ID number on the back.
When the government gets back to work, run the FCC ID through this page: FCC ID Search

If Part 90 compliance is important, you can do much better than a Baofeng and not have to question legality. Lots of good radios out there on the used market.

 

[AK9R]

Some of these have Part 90 certification.

The emission designators on some of them looked a bit unusual for a Part 90 narrowband radio.

 

[WPXS472]

Thanks for the input. So, it seems that indeed there is such a thing as a type accepted UV5-R. I remember back in the day when Motorola GP68s were being sold here in the US much to Motorola's chagrin. They claimed that they were export radios, not meant for domestic consumption. I have a uhf one, still in the box. It has a type acceptance number on the label. Later ones didn't have it, but I suspect they were identical to the ones that did. I used to know the code for changing from channel mode to VFO mode. An interesting aside about the GP68 was that the software wasn't for programming frequencies.