You could plug it in. Jokes aside I would use it just to listen to local fm radio while acting like a cool display piece.
>>108602390You can:1) Use it as a door stop2) Use it to prop up your monitor3) Sell it at a flea market to an unsuspecting rube
>>108602403it was one cool dollar so not a big loss>>108602402i turned it on and only got static, though desu i have no clue how to work it. It seems to cycle and look for channels automatically, it will stop at static as if its found a channel but it hasnt found anything.Also what the hell is a squelch knob.
I just had the terrible thought that everything I own and cherish will one day end up in the hands of someone that doesn’t even know what to do with it.
>>108602424I mean, it could. it could also be bought by a fellow enthusiast, or some dude who just wants to sell it on ebay.You wont care, youll be dead, and if ya do care so bad in life youll leave instructions on who to give it to in your will
>>108602390You can set it to the frequency of a local amateur radio repeater and listen to HAM boomers complaining about their XYL's cooking.
>>108602414>i turned it on and only got static, though desu i have no clue how to work it.RTFM>It seems to cycle and look for channels automatically, it will stop at static as if its found a channel but it hasnt found anything.No shit, it's a scanner.>Also what the hell is a squelch knob.It sets the sensitivity threshold at which it stops scanning.Anyway, do as >>108602402 or >>108602869 said. You can also listen to your local airport's communications or modify it to record pager signals. You may or may not be able to listen to the police depending on your location. Another fun thing to try is using it to receive signals from a license-free handheld radio (FRS, GMRS or PMR depending on your local laws)
>>108602390144 & 440 ham frs/gmrsNOAA weather radioPolice will be trunked and encrypted so you won't get that
not really, unless you like listening to boomers have the same conversation over and over again
>>108602962146.520446.000
I put CBs in my cars but I never pick anything up so I put PA speakers in them and use the CB for those instead so I can yell at deer to GET OUT OF THE FUCKING ROAD YOU OVERGROWN RAT
Type in the name of your town and "weekly net" into a search engine/LLM to get the frequency, along with the time/day of when the local hams have their meeting.
nothing but dead bands
>>108602390get this instead
>>108602403>Sell it at a flea market to an unsuspecting rube
>>108604846>shitty chink transmitter that will have spurs on the aircraft bandAre you trying to troll him into getting a visit from the FCC?
>>108602390Flip it on ebay for $40. Some crusty old boomer who actually knows how to use it will snatch it up.
>>108602390all depends on where you livego here: https://www.radioreference.com/db/>>108602402no you cannot get FM broadcastyou can only get 30-50mhz108-136mhz138-174mhz380-512mhz
