On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:48:18 -0700, Vic Canova wrote:


That's what I meant about the qualities of this rather
ordinary radio. I don't know why my BC80 receives cell
signals in the 900 meter range, but it yanks them in
like it was designed to do it...


Perhaps you're hearing cordless phones
in the 902 - 928 MHz range and misidentifying them as cell phones.

I was impressed with the BC80XLT I reviewed in Sept. 2004
Monitoring Times. It is very simple to operate so
it can serve as a good first scanner. The triple up-conversion
circuitry performs much better than older style economy
models employing a 10.8 or 10.7 MHz first IF, so it
is suitable as a second "knock around" scanner or more
advanced users, too.

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