Guess what I found...!

[Shortwavewave]

I was Pawn Shop Hopping today and I came across a Uniden HH979 Marine Radio, it was laying in a pile of wires and odds and ends and stuff, waiting to be thrown away, I asked as sales clerk how much it was and he said "throw some numbers at me" and I said ill give you .....5 BUCKS!!!...........HE TOOK IT

At first i thought it mign be junk, mainly i bought it for the antenna on it.... its a nice
multi-use scanner antenna (by the looks of it)

Well I pluged it into 12volt and sure enough it fired right up and it evens transmitts I tested it with my scanner. Does anyone Know if they are used on land? If not it will be useful when I plan my trip to the Ocean, I live In oklahoma so I will be a big VACATION

Just goes to show that pawn shops arent always bad

 

[ScanDaBands]

Just goes to show that pawn shops arent always bad

I agree with that......I have bought guns at GREAT DEALS from pawn shops................also have found from time to time deals on scanners , all depends if you can "haggle" with them or not and of course you might want to make sure it's a little on the "warm" side.

 

[zz0468]

Does anyone Know if they are used on land? If not it will be useful when I plan my trip to the Ocean, I live In oklahoma so I will be a big VACATION

No. They are not used on land, with exceptions related to the marine industry. And I would hope you have no intention of transmitting with it. There's already a thread on that subject, I hope we don't need to repeat it.

Unless you have a boat, you can't use it on your trip to the ocean, either. Not to transmit.

Just goes to show that pawn shops arent always bad

Thrift stores are great, too. So far, we've gotten a spectrum analyzer, a signal generator, and a number of antique radios from thrift stores. Pawn shops are usually too pricey.