On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 05:59:59 -0800, victoria patel wrote:

Can anyone offer a reason why 620-630 MHz. would be blocked on a
VR-500? It clearly is not a cellular range. Thanks.

The FCC won't permit a scanner to be sold in the USA unless it
can reject cellular telephone signals by a 38 dB margin, no matter
to what frequency the radio is tuned.

The VR-500, VR-120, and other radios block frequency ranges
in which they would not be able to attenuate cell signals
sufficiently to meet FCC specs.

The lack of selectivity is a shortcoming in their design.

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