[fremont_steve]

Wrong kind of battery powered radio - I prefer mine to tune from 144Mhz to 148Mhz ;-) It also helps if you have a decent antenna - a car mount works.

[JRandomFreeper]

I prefer a radio (several radios) that tune from DC to daylight, and can transmit. Did you know the old Drake T-4 can be modified to transmit on the AM broadcast band? 73s ;)

/johnny

[fremont_steve]

Uhm - no but my TR-3 could do AM already ;-)