Back in the early 80s, 2 of my Pontiac buddies had police scanners, and a 3rd had MIL-Surplus radios (walkies, vehicles, and base) from the Vietnam era.
As for me, i was the tube audio and Ham guy, yet the reason for doing things together was always the cars, parts, and occasional beer gathering.
I too won't get befuddled with tiny soft-button ham-scanner radios, geez. Better be a tabletop with like 3 knobs.
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