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Baofeng Baofeng Troubleshooting
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You could have gone all day without calling out the OP's apparent lack of understanding about 2-way radio.
There will be no further derogatory comments about that lack of understanding. Please carry on with providing explanation and education for the OP.
The 420-450 is a federal government allocation, that hams have secondary access to. (There are additional restrictions on 420-430, if within 50 miles of Canada.)
To the OP: GMRS is one option, as is MURS. (MURS is a bit like CB on a different frequency, but there are some legacy licensed users of those frequencies.) Do not try getting Marine radios to talk on, that can end badly.
Also, what are you calling a "knockout" channel? That is not a common term for radios.
And your frequencies aren't even valid channels for this band. Most is like 446.025 doing 25 Khz spacing, but some narrow band ones use 12.5 spacing.
rescuecomm
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He is in the USA, but is trying to program European PMR unlicensed radio frequencies. Perhaps he needs the US equivalent frequencies which are the FRS channels.
KD8DVR
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No Way! A license is definitely required to use any amateur frequency.
What you need is a GMRS license and GMRS radios. Some legal GMRS radios will allow you to program other non-GMRS frequencies in "receive-only" memories. This would be best for your needs/
Incorrect. You're getting amateur radio confused with citizens band (not covered by any Baofeng)
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