blog:2026-03-23:ised_radio_equipment_list
ISED Radio Equipment List
According to the ISED website:
It is illegal for consumers to import radio devices into Canada that do not bear a label with an Industry Canada certification/registration number.
Here's how to check for that certification/registration number, and make sure it's real.
- Find the tag located underneath the radio or underneath the battery. Here are three examples:
- Look for the number that starts with
IC(underneath theFCC IDnumber). - Use ISED's Radio Equipment Search tool to look up those numbers in the
Certification Numberfield.
At first glance, it looks like all three of these radios are certified by ISED, but that's a bit surprising since the Quansheng UV-K5 radio is one of those VHF/UHF radios that can transmit on its entire bands. Here are the results from ISED's search tool for each:
It's hard to be 100% sure, but it looks like the IC certification/registration number for the UV-5K might be fake, which again, makes sense since this radio can transmit on its entire bands.
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