If you are in the United States, you are potentially using those radios illegally. I don’t want you to get in trouble but ignorance of the law is not an excuse. You may also interfere with another radio system that could result in loss of life. Many farm operators use GMRS radios. Have you considered GMRS for your needs?
The rules are specified in the Code of Federal Regulations but depend on what you are doing (business, personal pleasure, etc.) which is further regulated by radio service and frequency used.
www.ecfr.gov
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My walkie talkies has FCC ID does that mean it’s legal?
What is the complete FCC ID number? You could just post a picture of the whole label.
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Yes.
Ok thanks!Those are FRS radios, which are legal for you to use in the USA without an FCC issued license. Don't go by the info on the Amazon page, it does not jive with the manufacturer specs.
As for them not working together, that is ~usually~ a setting mismatch between the radios.
The owners manual is available here:
Changtaiwei Electronic K-12 Walkie Talkie User Guide
Changtaiwei Electronic K-12 Walkie Talkie User Guide
Go through the settings and confirm that:
All radios are on the same channel.
All radios have the same CTCSS code set, if used
-or-
All radios ahve the same DCS code set, if used
There's not much more to these radios that would keep them from talking together.
The only other possibility is that one or more of them is damaged. That's a real possibility as these are a lower tier Chinese product and quality is not high. They are not repairable.
If you follow the above steps and still can't get them to work, toss them and get some new FRS radios.
I'd skip the less than 10 feet testing. At 100 I'd think they'd work however. I guess you have bum radios is all I can come up with. If they were working then suddenly stopped not much more to do. Had they never worked together that would be different but if they. worked before and just stopped I'd ship em back and get something different.
Ok!
I don't know what a video will help but I guess it couldn't hurt either. I mean they're either talking to each other or not. As I posted above I'd go thru the manual, and double check all the settings. According to the manual, it follows many FRS radios channel convention so a lot of different radios would actually work with them. (assuming the manual is correct). the thing I'm trying to keep you from doing is keying up one radio within several feet of the other one. If you have someone that can help you 25 or so feet away that would possibly be better. (just a guess I've seen all kinds of cheap radio front end overload).
@RadioBoy2025, the radio is legitimate based on the FCC ID characters on the label that you posted a picture of. It comes under the Family Radio Service (FRS) as @mmckenna stated. The applicable rules and regulations are here:
www.ecfr.gov
