Will the TYT TH-9800 (chinese quad band mobile radio) tune to ~42MHz FM?

[mike6789]

Hi all!

I have a few BaoFeng UV-5Rs that I love, they are so awesome!

I want to move to a quad band system, and a non-handheld one. My main interest is in receiving FM transmissions around 42MHz.

It's not in the spec -- TYT TH-9800 Pro 50W 809CH Quad Band Repeater Car Truck Ham Radio Transceiver - Mobile Radio Transceiver Two-Way Radio, Accessories | Radioddity -- but will this radio let me tune in to that frequency range?

If not, what radio should I be looking at?

Thanks!
Mike

 

[mass-man]

Receiving only? Almost all scanners for years have included the 30-50mhz band in their coverage. You could find an older unit very cheap!!!!!

BTW in the fine print you do find that it is good from 26-33mhz and 47-54! So NO it will not tune 42mhz!

 

[mike6789]

can you recommend a used or new (similar price) unit that will tune FM RX to 42MHz?

 

[mass-man]

Uniden BCT15X Very good specs in the 42mhz range..

Uniden BC355N...small, easy to use. You could program every frequency from 41 to 43mhz in favorites and scan them all.

Both of these are currently in production...

 

[mike6789]

u da MAN, mass. ty!!!!!

 

[teufler]

mike 6789,
the yaesu 857 covers 100 kz to 56 mhz plus 76-108, 118-164 and 420-470. This is a mobile. Enjoy the excitement of public safety monitoring, along with weather broadcasts, AM and FM broadcasts, aviation communications, as well as the action on the Ham bands! This should cover what you need. IUt does not copy digital public safety so in many respects, as mass-man says, get a scanner and a dual bamd radio instead of a quad band or more. I had a yaesu 8900, a quad band that is similar to the TYT unit. It was terrible and unsafe at night as the buttons do not light up at night. If you changed radio settings, it required a dome light or a pencil light. The split adapter was an optional cost so I just went with a Kenwood d700. Bigger sceen, buttons lite up and much safer to operate at night.