Technically it is not a legal radio period being non FCC type accepted "Export Radio". Now that that is out of the way>> I have two of these radios and they are a talking fool. If you are not a ham operator just stay off of ten meters and you shouldn't run into problems..

bigc
PS
these radios have an awsome audio circuit and actually work best with the stock mic that comes with them, and the echo feature in the SS158edx is sweet.