Ah, for FRS CH 8-14 you mean? I can see that since the low power on a UV-5R is 1W and those are limited to 0.5W. But wouldn't that make all GMRS radios illegal? Because every one that I have used allows those channels to be programmed to transmit at higher wattage. All of them depend on the operator using them properly. (Same thing as the legal operation of these particular radios depending on unlicensed users only transmitting on low power even though the radio can transmit on high.)

So is it then only illegal transmit on those particular channels with this radio? All other GMRS frequencies are 5W or 50W which this radio falls within.

So I'm still curious if someone can explain exactly why it would be illegal to use a baofeng on GMRS altogether. Someone said it's because it's not FCC certified and that's not it. What else is it then?