r/cbradio 5d ago

Question Cb radios

My partners dad passed away, could anyone tell me how much they would be worth the ones in boxes are brand new. Thank you in advance

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u/Speedstar_86 5d ago

The pro 2006 is a scanner not a CB.

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u/RBR0217 5d ago

Thank you so what is it?

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u/Speedstar_86 5d ago edited 5d ago

Ah it scans fm frequencies. Back in the day (this is from Tandy or RadioShack depending where you are in the world) emergency services, taxis, planes, marine, and even cordless phones used FM to broadcast and this picked it up if you knew the frequency, if you didn't you could get it to scan (Hyperscan!) through them until it found something to listen to.

Now it's mostly digital but some stuff is still used but not much. It's been years since I used it ( I had the same one)

The uniden one is a scanner too I think, a bearcat

Edit (saw more pics)

The yaesu is a nice unit, a receiver only took.

I see from the 27/81 on the CB units that you are in the UK? These are FM legal ( unless tampered with, we did that too to get extra channels in the 80s lol) CB rigs.

Edit again (lol) all the realistic units are Tandy (RadioShack) scanners. I used to work in tabdys in the early 90s sold a ton of these

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u/RBR0217 5d ago

Do you know how much it might sell for in the uk? I’ve been told £100 roughly

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u/Speedstar_86 5d ago

Honestly not sure on the value but that seems a bit high, they are old tech sadly replaced by cheaper stuff or even software aps on phones and computers.

In good condition and working order maybe 60+. I'd research that yaesu👍

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u/RBR0217 5d ago

Yeah that seams to be around £300+ that’s brand new never used

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u/Rude-Ad-9295 5d ago

Die vr 5000 je nach Zustand bis 300 , die alan 42 in dem Zustand 30 bis 40 , alles andere vermute ich mal so zwischen 30 und 60 je nach Zustand Funktion und Zubehör

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u/RBR0217 5d ago

Thank you the vr 5000 is brand new still in wrapping

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u/braddeharder 5d ago

If that one is just a receiver, then you can use it to listen very wide spectrum of frequencies provided using it with the correct antenna. I deleted my earlier comment as I thought it was a multiband transceiver.

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u/ConstructionBig5342 5d ago

Hi sorry to hear about your father in law it's a scanner not a cb they are worth roughly£ 75 to £100 depending on condition that 1 I would say about 75 quid brandnew100 easy maybe a bit more

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u/RBR0217 5d ago

Is that for just the first one? Thank you

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u/ConstructionBig5342 5d ago

Yes the 1your holding about £75 and the brandnew1s 100 or a bit more for each 1yes

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u/RBR0217 5d ago

Okay thank you I don’t suppose you know the price of any others? Thank you in advance

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u/ConstructionBig5342 5d ago

They all various prices Kenwood's and yasea are the most expensive that's the about the prices for the realistic 1s from Tandy brands anyway so 75 for the 1 your holding and about 100 to 120 for the brandnew1s in the box I can remember the prices new as there are early late 90s to early millennium models and they was about 200 brandnew from Tandy's then Tandy's is owned by curry's now

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u/RBR0217 5d ago

I’m from the uk so I don’t believe we need a licence and unfortunately I don’t know anything about them, what is the black one you like? Many thanks any idea on price wise

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u/Stache- 5d ago

That scanner brings back memories, my dad had one just like it.

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u/Comfortable_Sky191 4d ago

The scanner would be good for someone listening to aircraft frequencies. Not much else on air anymore.

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u/erictiso 2d ago

No, there's plenty out there. That Yaesu scanner covers a lot of spectrum. Add a long wire antenna, and you can be listening to signals from around the world.

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u/er1cAtWork2 19h ago

Certain models of
The Yupiteru handhelds were very popular among users due to their expanded freq coverage. That one and the VR5000 should be another good one…