I need a VHF radio for real cheap or free with programming

[rescue674aa]

Hey I am a volunteer fire fighter and I need a VHF radio with programming please or if u give it to me for free that would be great. Thanks

 

[C138NC]

Hey I am a volunteer fire fighter and I need a VHF radio with programming please or if u give it to me for free that would be great. Thanks

just to help you out a little bit, i would check the classifieds section first

second, i highly doubt ANYONE would pass up a radio for free

last, alot of members have equipment they dont really use or just have laying around are posted in the classifieds but some are cheap and some are not.

 

[DaveNF2G]

If you need a radio, then your agency should offer an official way for you to get one. There are far too many unauthorized portables in volunteer firefighter hands as it is.

 

[ptfd13]

If you need a radio, then your agency should offer an official way for you to get one. There are far too many unauthorized portables in volunteer firefighter hands as it is.

This is not exactly true. Some small volunteer departments may only have enough money to outfit their trucks with a radio for each seat and those radios will stay on the truck. Some may be able to afford pagers but where I used to live the smaller departments would require their members to find and buy their own radio or just go with a cheap scanner with little to no reimbursment. So say what you like but where you live could be completely different from other areas.

 

[sfd119]

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Puxing 777 would work great and they are cheap.

 

[exkalibur]

I wouldn't use a Puxing on anything remotely close to Public Safety.

You can pick up an HT750 pretty cheap these days.

 

[darg]

Since when is there any firefighter traffic on HAM radio frequencies?!

 

[sfd119]

He said cheap, VHF radio.

Furthermore, Puxing 777 plus models are legit for use in the public bands. They are FCC certified:
FCC ID: UBYQZPUXING02

 

[kc2rgw]

The Wouxun KG-UVD1P is about $105 and would work too Radioshop888 KG-UVD1P VX-8R VX-3R VX-7R VX-170 KG-699E KG-669 KG-689 PX-777 PX-888 FT-897 FT-857 VX-177 VXA-300 KG-679 VEV-3288S V-1000 TG-UV FT-817ND FT-60R FT-897 FT-857 VX-7R VX-7RB VX-6R VX-3R FT-1802M FT-8800R VX-170 FT-8900R FT-2800M FT-7800R P is a vendor I've used many times and own one of those now. Quite happy with it.

 

[rdale]

Last year he had a radio for his system:

http://forums.radioreference.com/vi...144271-listening-norfolk-web.html#post1074318

And just prior, he sold a Motorola radio so he could afford a $600 speeding ticket.

 

[sfd119]

Interesting. Well this is starting to get weird.