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oups.com...
Hand Held, Preferrably

- don't want to spend over ~150 $$

- don't want to get tangled up in hard to follow instructions
translated directly
from C++ or Japanese

want to be able to hear Marine / Coast Guard / Police traffic in
NYC

& anything else of interest..

Thoughts on all this ?

1. Try news group - rec.radio.scanner - probably lots of advice there

2. Try a hands on demo at Radio Shack URL:
http://www.radioshack.com/search/ind...wCatId=2032052

Lamont