Thread: Looking at getting a Uniden UH615 - any good?

Originally Posted by Feral

3. Baofengs are prohibited. https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2018-go4836

Query on 3. there, it's not the brand I thought that's restricted - it's any two-way radio that's able to be reprogrammed by the user onto any frequencies other than what is approved in the amateur radio spectrum licence. On the other hand, I was under the impression that any receive-only unit (scanner) including those brands remains able to be imported and if you were able to get a two-way in that was restricted to the approved frequencies it would then be OK to import and use for any unlicensed person.

To use an unrestricted transmitting radio you need to hold the full general amateur radio operator's cert of competency - which is different to the usual maritime VHF radio operators cert or the restricted marine radiotelephone operator's cert which allows you to use SSB etc.