boy
there are a lot to choose from
i want 1 that runs on batteries (like Energizer)
UHF channels
CB channels

i am at a loss

Ham is where it's at

can you go hand held ?

I go HAM. But I don't have a radio.

I had an Eton radio (crank and battery) for weather on my boat. A millennial asked me what it was. Made me feel like an old.

thats what i am looking for
thanks

The frequency range for CB Channels are Low Band 26.9650 MHz to 27.4050 MHz. UHF Channels are 470 - 806 MHz. Most radios cant do both. What are you going to be using it for?

at my home during a weather incident
or if communications went down

Yeah, you won�t do CB (27 MHz) and UHF (450 Mhz) in the same radio. I don�t think you�ll do CB efficiently with a handheld either. A quarter wavelength at CB freq is 102�. That sets up the antenna length. UHF antenna length is about 4�, so that works in a handheld. The internal components are also specific to freq, so a perfect UHF receiver simply could not be convinced to receive CB freqs.

Thinking back through my RF career, I remember one piece of test equipment that could do a freq spread of 0 MHz to daylight freqs. It was the IFR FM/AM 2000 S (I think). It was a signal generator/receiver spectrum analyzer. Not a radio as it had no transmitter. It weighed 40#, filled a test bench and cost 40 grand. We had two of them.

You could get one of those, they are portable, and receive any freq you desired but you couldn�t talk back, only receive.

If you just want weather, you can do that with your smartphone.

Eton. I used this one when the Tornado hit Rowlett 500 ft. from our house 3 years ago. It worked great, can get the weather channel and local. Here is the website https://etoncorp.com/ Even has a flashlight on one end. No batteries. Hand crank.

For bad weather go get a good scanner and get to know some local HAMS to get the frequencies, been doing that for almost 30 years. I used to do some storm chasing with s couple Dallas area HAMS.
To actually use to talk to anyone other than CB you will need a license. There are some pretty good hand held HAM units out there.

The Natl Weather Service offers free classes across North Texas each Spring where you can learn a lot and meet similar minded people. Info should be on the NWS Fort Worth office web site.

i like this
if your phone is down though?
i don't really want to transmit, mainly listen

i ordered 1 like this
hand crank
batteries
& solar
i still want UHF

thanks Men

Weather radio is 160 MHz band. Starts at 162.400, ends at 162.550 I think. Transmits on several channels at 25 KHz intervals. This is a very good freq band for wide coverage. You�ll get 25 miles omni easy from each low power site. Odds are you will receive one or more channels crystal clear. It�s extremely annoying to monitor these channels so weather radios are squelched until the alert tone is transmitted and you get to hear the following announcements. Weather radios are cheap.