With extremely basic handheld radios starting at around ten dollars and a capable dual-bander being yours for somewhere over twice that, most licencees will now own a Baofeng UV5 or similar radio.

For Christmas, [Lior] received a Baofeng UV5R radio. He didn’t have an amateur radio license, so he decided to use it as a police scanner. Since the schematics were available, he cracked it ...

VHF Frequency Connect and Radio Station Antenna Convertion; application for most baofeng, Yaesu, Icon, Alinco, Kenwood, Wouxun & TYT Amateur Radios Package Content - 4 x UHF to SMA Ham Radio ...