Thanks for all the replies.

Jardy, the KG-UV9D sounds good, but as Eddie cited, a good scanner would serve the purpose and looking at the 9D the scanner can be had for less. Stan the sd007vu looks interesting but is a little large for my intended purpose.

Thanks for the input. Looks like I will just find me a cheap little vhf scanner. They tend to scan a lot faster than your standard HT anyway.

Thanks again and 73

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