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Realistic TRC-217

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brendamerritt

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Hello, I'm new so of my post is against the forum rules please let me know. I have a set of Realistic TRC-217 Hand held Walkie Talkie/Radios & I have no use for them. How much should I ask for the 2 of them? Any suggestions would be helpful.
Is a license required to operate the TRC-217 ?
 

alcahuete

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Those are from the late 80s. I doubt you would get $5 or $10 for the pair, if anything at all.

No license is required. They operate on the CB band.
 

DaveC1964

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Hello, I'm new so of my post is against the forum rules please let me know. I have a set of Realistic TRC-217 Hand held Walkie Talkie/Radios & I have no use for them. How much should I ask for the 2 of them? Any suggestions would be helpful.
Is a license required to operate the TRC-217 ?
That all depends on condition, if they work on both receive and transmit, if they have original box etc. All of that affects price but they aren't worth a whole lot. They are decent radios from the time. The best advice I have is look them up on ebay and match the price there for the condition yours are in.

CBs no longer need licenses to operate.
 

arudlang

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@brendamerritt I own a couple of those TRC-217 models as well, they have troubles with the knobs for volume and squelch due to age and dust and light corrosion but they are otherwise great units, I have squeezed as much as 6 miles out of them (albeit with a lot of static).

If you have paypal I might be interested in adding a couple more to my collection, feel free to send me a PM or if you decide to list on ebay maybe post a link to your ebay post here and depending on the amount maybe I'll bid or do the buy-it-now if you offer that option.

Like Dave said depending on what accessories and condition and all that, I've seen some that were really beat up and the antennas really loose and partially bend, scratched up, knobs don't really work like I described above needing disassembly and deoxit applied, those ones aren't worth a heck of a lot in that condition. I've paid $20-$25 in the past few months for my two 217s in decent condition, tight straight antennas but minor problems with the knobs, no accessories or box, if that helps.

I don't need two more but a row of four would look nice on my shelf :LOL: I actually have another one somewhere but can't find it lately.
 

ForestRunner98

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They are really good HH!! Mine worked great until it stopped TX. Can’t find anyone who wants to fix it. Guess just buy another.
 
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