Can I use this radio to listen to ham operators?
2082291
I have not tried to listen to ham operators. I am using it as a portable radio to listen to regular airwaves and some shortwave station.
153385
Yes you can as long as the radio station (a blank one) is in position. Great sound.
808758
Yes, that's what I use it for. You need to program in the FRS/GMRS frequencies but it works great.
977921
Yes, as long as your radio has the right connector. If you have any baofeng uv-5r variant you're set.
30855
" Listen to AM or FM radio stations while monitoring two HAM frequency channels! Two independent Amateur Band Receivers will allow you to listen to your favorite AM or FM broadcast station and monitor two different amateur bands ("Band A" and "Band B") at the same time." http://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=03484E782FF9B7DFA27AEE086A68F530
499932
Yes on the ham bands. It broadcasts in the FRS bands, but to use it those frequencies would be illegal because it is FCC accepted for commercial use not recreational use.
409951
You would need to get a programming cable and then also only run your radio on GMR S or the FMR channel . It will be better to use a preprogram radio using bought at a sporting goods company this when I use for ham radio
875919
The model referenced is the VHF/UHF model. This model would be a good choice. I am assuming you are aware that an amateur radio license is required to transmit with this radio in the ham bands.
409954
If you do not have a ham radio license there is a large $ fine for transmitting on those frequencies. Hope Amazon realizes they must sell to HAMs only.
712328
Yep, as the others have said, that's what I use mine for too. Works very well. Only drawback is it's hard to get any reception for the radio feature.
2258292
No, you can not. Despite their claims, you can not listen to the stations of your choice. The stations must provide the proper MP3 format, and many have other formats, if any. This item sits here on my desk, unused and unusable for the purpose I was lead to believe it would fulfill.
934333
Yes you can. It has an AM/FM Radio. I haven't listened to the radio, but if it works as well as the player, it should be fine for casual listening
2241799
NO, keep in mind this radio operates on amateur bands that require a ham radio license, so typically commercial use is frowned upon. If you use them on FRS frequencies you'd be ok, but you can get a set of walkie talkies from Home Depot that work on FRS and do the same job.
1631693
The unit is physically able to transmit on those frequencies, although it could take some time to figure out how. It is not type accepted for that use. The unit is designed to be used by licensed radio amateurs and other use would technically be illegal. My suggestion would be to buy a radio designed for the use it will be put to. There are a lot of reasonably priced marine vhf radios available on sites like like EBay.
2032966
I don't think you can. There are two dials, one for stations and one for volume. I have a new dixie chopper lawn mower and I can't here the radio. A piece of junk
1709604
Yes. You need either a GMRS license for the 462-467 frequencies, or a Ham (amateur radio) license for any of the other frequencies in the 70cm (420-450 MHz) band.
938874
No, you cannot. However, you can do so using the assigned number button on the radio unit.