I know I got flack on using this radio, but I upgraded to a Wouxom 1000 plus. But coming back to say that the Baofeng is being used to scan my county now. It is excellent on anolog I have a bunch of scanners here and have a hard time hearing Pickens county, closer to Greenville witch is 800 simulcast, but Pickens is simple analog. This radio picks up Pickens analog great. Just saying for people like me who still have analog only cheap way to listen than any of the scanners I have.
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Be carefull what you say, the Sad hams will be here shortly to correct us.
I see a lot of negative posts on this site regarding Baofeng radios. I'm as fed up with low quality foreign garbage as the next person, but could not pass up a UV-82 with a drop in charger for $20. It performs spectacularly in dual vfo mode monitoring county and city fire dispatch on VHF while the SDS is doing other things. I also refuse to take a $600 SDS outside with me while working on the tractors and the pollen is flowing like a river. Never used it to transmit, so I cannot comment on the frequency spray they are purported to have. I would not have paid full price for the radio, but placed in a go bag or as a backup it serves a purpose.
Not type this or that approved, just use it in the right manner. As Kevin said the the FCC is not going through the area looking for non approved radios.
They are great receivers, it is easy to program them not to transmit on public safety or others. As others have confirmed, if you live in a analog area I feel the receive is better than my scanners.
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