The radio has NO type acceptance on ANY radio service in the US. I got one and got porked too. The Seller I got mine from was fined by the FCC for selling non type-accepted equipment..... The guy is a ham and answered "I didn't know they were illegal".. yeah right. Lota of folks, including myself, emailed he needs to stop selling illegal radios. I was stupid and got reamed... BUT: He got slugged with the full $10k fine. dunno if he paid. I forget his Ebay Usename Jason Kaltenbrenner or somesuch name.
At any rate, he does not sell radios anymore.
Good.