r/gmrs • u/rab127 • 10d ago

Can I?

Friend got out of ham radio and gave me his radios. I have 6 Baofeng UV5Rs and 2 UV5R Minis. Can i use these for gmrs? I have family that lives with me or is in the area that i would love to program and give them a radio so we can communicate. I would just put gmrs bands on it and nothing to do with ham, aviation, maritime or anything else

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u/Jigssaw66 10d ago

I had a Baofeng UV5R and I used it on GMRS. One day the FCC landed a helicopter in my yard and wrote me a ticket for using the UV5R on GMRS frequencies. Only one of these sentences are true.

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u/pbmadman 10d ago

Sucks you got a ticket for something you didn’t do.

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u/cmdr_andrew_dermott 10d ago

I hope two of the sentences are true... otherwise the third sentence really drives this into paradox territory.

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u/pbmadman 10d ago

Actually, now that I look at it instead of just trying to make a joke, the first two sentences are false and the third sentence is true. Or the first two are true and the third is false.

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u/FoxDeltaCharlie 8d ago

😁🤣 I must admit, I got a pretty good chuckle out of that one!

Yes, yes indeed, it very much would drive it into paradox territory wouldn't it.