An inexpensive, off-brand radio such as a Luiton or Baofeng used primarily for listening to Suffolk County fire frequencies by someone too frugal to purchase a Motorola or a proper scanner. Chinese joints should never be used for transmitting, only receiving due to their low transmit power and tendency to bleed across multiple frequencies.
"Hey man, where's that Chinese joint?"
by AWeb740 September 5, 2022