Hams to the rescue, again!

[Tokin]

Great story with a great ending!
http://www.arrl.org/news/hams-help-find-kids-by-monitoring-frs-radios

 

[DainBramage]

"...Uhrig, meanwhile, pulled out his VHF/UHF handheld with the thought of setting up FRS Channel 1 as an auxiliary frequency, but without the manual at hand, he wasn’t able to execute the channel setup. "

Jus Sayin

 

[Handy Andy]

Well, if the article showed that he could have listened in, then he would also be operating like many of his "cohorts in crime" that use multiple band programmable transceivers that can listen for and monitor (Read scanners) - it would make him look bad.

There's a certain Irony in this thread about this story...

While I'm typing this ...I look off to the right of my screen...

What I see in my screen...eBay has a good sale on similar units.
...SIGH...​

Unreal...