Railfan Technology > Radio scanner recommendations?

I’m looking for recommendations for a new radio.

I’ve been using an FT-270 with a long antenna, and it has worked great, but it’s showing its age, the numbers are worn off the buttons, and so forth.

I don’t really need something that scans multiple frequencies at once, as I’m usually just tuned to the local road frequency.

I guess I could just get the latest version of the FT-270. But I’m looking for recommendations.

What do you think?

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Find a HAM shop to put a new keypad into the FT-270. If they do go NXDN you be doing well to get the extra mileage out of the original investment...and accessories.

Only other comment wouldbe something with the EOT/DPU frequencies. FT-60r does that but doesn't have the same audio output as the FT-270. I believe ICOM has a model that has both frequency bands and good audio.

Please do a search on the umpteen posts that I and others have made on this subject. It has been covered many, many times.

The more popular general purpose tri-band scanner seems to the Uniden BC125AT.

Here's one of the more interesting posts with general discussion about radio scanners models, but there's a lot more:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?9,4348893,4351992#msg-4351992



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/17 20:42 by TCnR.

A Baofeng BF-F8HP is a great deal for a cheap radio if scanning isn't needed (it scans at the snail rate of about 3 channels per sec.). It will monitor two channels at once, and its small size makes it an easy radio to carry. Around $60 on Amazon, other model Baofengs go for as little as $25 bucks.