Help Identifying This Scanner

[Tahoe1970]

Hi,
I'm not new but I couldn't come up with a better place to post this.
Can anyone identify this scanner?
Someone had posted it for sale on a website but gave left very little info.
This is just my curiosity getting the best of me but I would appreciate any help.
Thanks

 

[KB0VWG]

Its a Baofeng

Its a 2 meter/440 ham transceiver. They are very popular portable units and sell for around 35 to 60 bucks on ebay.
73s
Michael
kb0vwg
wqoi992

 

[Tahoe1970]

Wow...that was quick.
Thanks
Who makes it?

 

[W8RMH]

Wow...that was quick.
Thanks
Who makes it?

It looks like a Baofeng (China).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BaoFeng-UV-...18579?pt=2_Way_Radios_FRS&hash=item485405e833

 

[KB0VWG]

The chinamen lol

They do here is there website. They are not bad radios not easy to program without the software but you cant beat the price.

Home_BAOFENG official website_baofengradio.com

73s
kb0vwg
wqoi992

 

[Tahoe1970]

Thanks

Thanks
Sorry I missed the title bar information the first time I looked at it.
I always keep an eye on Craigslist and it really seems like people are asking way too much for radios most of the time.
Someone was asking $80 for this one.

 

[Tahoe1970]

and it's being sold as a "small police scanner"
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/ele/3916753296.html

 

[fourthhorseman]

Yeah,It will scan,If it will program CT/DPL you could consider it a HT/Scanner.
My Alinco G5 & G7 are loaded with my local CONV channels along with my
work channels.
Most will have a scan function to some degree...the scan speed is usually a
factor - HTs will have a slower speed than dedicated scanners.Which,in my
opinion is more crucial for scanning airbands or if you have 100+ freqs you
monitor locally.Even then many scanners will only scan 80-100 cps..so an
HT scanning 25-50 cps if you have 100 freq's your talking 2 to 4 seconds to
check em all..

 

[K5MPH]

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This radio don't make a good scanner radio,it scans to slow and will pick up alot of interface you buy them new for less than 50 dollars don't waste your money buy a real scanner radio this radio is not an scanner....

 

[Tahoe1970]

thanks for the info

Thanks for the info.
I wasn't planning on buying this one. I was just curious since it was listed as a scanner (receiver) and I didn't recognize it at all.

 

[pjtnascar]

Those cheap HTs scan slowly, but they work very well for monitoring a few channels as a dedicated scanner. For example, I use a tyt handheld to monitor my local police and ems frequencies. It just sits on each one all the time until I need to use it on 220. Of course there is no tx frequency programmed on the public safety frequencies to be safe.

 

[jaspence]

Baofebg etc.

None of the amateur HT's I have seen (I own over 40) are good scanners, and except for those using D-Star or the new Yaesu format have no digital capability. For monitoring a few conventional frequencies within their range, they are ok. Beyond that, they are cheap and mostly difficult to program without (and sometimes with) software. Buy a real scanner or a good used one for real listening.

 

[gewecke]

FYI, the yaesu vx5, vx6r aren't bad when it comes to scanning as long as you are scanning conventional only freqs. Aircraft scanning works pretty well too on these.

73,
n9zas

 

[joetnymedic]

oh you can scan with a UV-5R. That is when it isn't breaking squelch or getting stuck. I own 2. They are ok for radios as you get what you pay for, but I'd buy a real scanner if you want a scanner. Faster scan rate and considerable less headaches