Does anyone make a ...

I'm looking for a mobile radio that acts as a standard CB and that can also be manually programmed with channel frequencies such as 154.365 or 156.310, and doesn't require a computer program and a laptop to achieve this. Does anyone make a radio that can do this?

I have multiple Motorola Maxtrac radios that I'm having to replace since the gov't has mandated that frequencies be changed to narrow band and my Maxtracs are not capable of narrow band.

Since I'm having to replace the radios, I would like to get the most bang for my buck, that's why I'm curious if anyone makes a radio that will do both standard CB and also frequencies like I use. This way I don't have to run multiple radios.

 

That's what I figured. I guess I'll just replace the maxtrac radios and not worry about the CB part.

Do any CB manufacturers make just a CB that will scan for channels like my maxtracs will? In other words program the CB to scan a few different channels and whenever there is activity on those channels it will stop on them. Kind of like a scanner works.

 

I will need to be able to easily program them is the only thing. As agencies make the switch over to narrow band over the next year, I will constanly be needing to update the frequencies. My agency has already made the jump to narrow band and now I'm having to play catch-up. I just checked on radioreference.com and the majority of the freqs that I will need are in the 151 to 159 range.

 

I might have to go with the same type of PM400 radios that the agency uses, but I would like to use something else because I don't really like them too much. If I go with a PM400, I can get the agency radio man to program them and I won't have to buy any software. The software that I currently have for the maxtracs is so old it has to be used on old computers that run on MSDOS.

 

That Uniden 880 looks pretty cool. Anyone know if they are any good?

 

Wow, I like the Cobra 29LX even better. It has SWR calibration on it that the Uniden doesn't.