matt weber wrote in
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Yupiteru makes great scanners, but you won't find them in North
America. They have refused to make the mods to produce an FCC type
accepted USA version of any product. In my experience, they beat the
living daylights out of RS and Uniden. At least my 9000 does. (I was
living in a country where you didn't have to have blocked off bands,
and unmodifiable receivers). I also own an unblocked ICF-8500 with the
high precision oscillator, also bought when I living in a country
where such a beast is legal to own.

They do indeed have a web site... www.yupiteru.co.jp

but unless you can read Japanese, it isn't very useful


They used to be readily available mail-order from Canada and the UK. I
just don't know if they still are, or how easy it is to import them any
more. I have sold off several Icom's but I won't let go of my Yupi 7100...