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If you can make contact with the repeater users again over the output, ask them for the repeater's tone and location. If it's a private system, they may not give it out. Alternatively, if the repeater sends a callsign, it may already be in the database under that callsign.

That's not what TCB means. TCB Information describes what class of product (following Part 15 scope) the tester is testing; testing procedure is different for differing product classes. The actual type acceptance certification is not granted by the TCB. The FCC grants this. At the very bottom of that page, the only type acceptance granted is for Part 90.

The BF-888S isn't horrific -- there's a mod to fix the audio problem, and it managed to get Part 90 acceptance (though I'm highly suspicious of the exact testing done since it earned a 3K81 bandwidth). You do, however, need to make sure they're staying on frequency. Less than half the units I have seen on the air have maintained < 4ppm error, and some were approaching 20ppm. Harmonics radiation is a problem mostly on the dual-band models, where the third harmonic on VHF lands within an allowable VFO frequency on UHF. I measured 7mW out on UHF while transmitting on VHF. Lowpass filtering makes this less of an issue for the 900 MHz second harmonic while transmitting on UHF. I don't know exactly how bad the BF-888S is with this, as I don't yet have one; I would imagine performance (or lack thereof) is comparable to the UV-5R and UV-82. Do bear in mind that the BF-888S desensitizes rather easily -- it doesn't play nice with other transmitters nearby.