Baofeng UV-5R

Because of this it is used by radio amateurs, outdoorsmen and professional users worldwide, outputting about a 4 watt FM signal.

[7] The UV-5R has attracted the attention of multiple telecommunications regulators due to problems relating primarily to frequency interference and is banned from sale and use in Switzerland, Germany, Poland and South Africa.

The German Federal Network Agency has banned the device because it dampens harmonics too poorly and can therefore disturb other users.

However, the FCC cited the Houston, Texas based importer Amcrest Industries which owns and operates Baofeng radio US for illegally marketing the UV-5R, "capable of operating outside the scope of its equipment authorization", the FCC Citation said, which is outside of its Part 90 authorization granted.

The FCC asserts Amcrest marketed "UV-5R-series FM hand-held radios capable of transmitting on 'restricted frequencies'".