No the radio as an IC-V8 is NOT type accepted.
The same basic radio is known as an S4GS in its commercial version.
Dan AI8O

VHFRadioBuff wrote in message
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I read somewhere that the IC-V8 is type accepted for use out of band. Does
anyone know if this is true? Does the FCC have a database of type accepted
radios?
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