On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:56:34 +0000 (UTC), Golan Klinger
wrote:

Jack Newhouse wrote:

I looked at the 396XT last night. It is a pretty scanner. I'll read up
on the Icom and AOR today.

Perhaps you, and hopefully others, will find these URLs of use:

BCD396XT
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/BCD396XT

ICR20
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/IC-R20

AR8200
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/AR8200

All three are superb scanners. It's nice to be spoiled for choice.

Is there a site where I can compare all three one against the other?

I'm thinking maybe it will be best just to take my Pro--97 to radil
shack, pay them the $90.00 and let them repair the Pro-97

These new scanners cost more than they house, car, and property are
worth! They still won't pick up cellular for the most part. Plus I
have software that will upload and download to and from my scanner.
These new ones don't seem to have that.

Thanks for helping me to narrow my decision. I've heard a lot about
AOR and ICOM when it come to shortwave receivers. They are top of the
line there also.

Jack Newhouse wrote:

Is there a site where I can compare all three one against the other?

Not that I'm aware of.

--
Golan Klinger
Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.

The Other Guy wrote:

But none of their radios can trunk.

You don't need a trunk tracking scanner to monitor and follow trunked
traffic. Just set the used range of frequencies into a bank and let the
scanner do what it does. While a trunk tracker makes things easier, it
isn't essential.

--
Golan Klinger
Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:04:47 +0000 (UTC), Golan Klinger
wrote:

The Other Guy wrote:

But none of their radios can trunk.

You don't need a trunk tracking scanner to monitor and follow trunked
traffic. Just set the used range of frequencies into a bank and let the
scanner do what it does. While a trunk tracker makes things easier, it
isn't essential.

Do you mean punch in all of the channels one at a time on the same
bank?

Or is there some way to input the entire range of trunked channels
with one or two entries?