Suggest me a scanner
 

My requirements:
Has to receive Motorola & Yaesu two-way radios
Reception on HF not critical
Long battery life
US$300 range

Thanks in advance.

just about any scanner

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drc
Table Rock Lake
Ar/Mo State Line

"Jim" wrote in message
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My requirements:
Has to receive Motorola & Yaesu two-way radios
Reception on HF not critical
Long battery life
US$300 range

Thanks in advance.

I bought the Uniden BC785D and quite happy with it. Along with TrunkTracker
software this has been a fun scanner so far.

I paid $280something from www.buy.com


"Jim" wrote in message
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My requirements:
Has to receive Motorola & Yaesu two-way radios
Reception on HF not critical
Long battery life
US$300 range

Thanks in advance.

"Jim" wrote in message
om...
My requirements:
Has to receive Motorola & Yaesu two-way radios
Reception on HF not critical
Long battery life
US$300 range

Thanks in advance.

More information needs to be known before anyone can suggest a scanner.

1. What frequency ranges will you be listening to?
2. Will you need to listen to trunked or digital transmissions?
3. How many channels are the minimum?
4. Do you need AM capabilities? (Listening to air band?)

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73! de Andy KC2SSB
http://shorecogs.tripod.com
AIM: shorecogs

Jim, look at the Radio Shack Pro-95 if you don't need digital
capabilities. It's relatively inexpensive, easy to program with
free/shareware software, and works on trunked and non-trunked systems.
If it's not what you want, RS has a good return policy. If you don't
need trunked, RS sells even cheaper scanners.

DRC, Got a list of frequencies for your area? I'll be in Harrison
next week.

Thanks for the responses so far. I do have ICF-2010 for HF and Air
Band coverage. I am mostly interested in the encrypted transmissions.
I guess any normal scanner would pick up FM/AM/SSB modes. I don't
want to just hear hiss or crackles on 440.650 MHz for instance.

I want to listen to things that are not meant to be heard. :-)

"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message ...
More information needs to be known before anyone can suggest a scanner.

1. What frequency ranges will you be listening to?
2. Will you need to listen to trunked or digital transmissions?
3. How many channels are the minimum?
4. Do you need AM capabilities? (Listening to air band?)

AIM: shorecogs
"Jim" wrote in message
om...
Thanks for the responses so far. I do have ICF-2010 for HF and Air
Band coverage. I am mostly interested in the encrypted transmissions.
I guess any normal scanner would pick up FM/AM/SSB modes. I don't
want to just hear hiss or crackles on 440.650 MHz for instance.

I want to listen to things that are not meant to be heard. :-)

Good luck on finding a receiver that will receive encrypted transmission. I
don't believe one exists.

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73! de Andy KC2SSB
http://shorecogs.tripod.com

HE SOUNDS LIKE A FED ON A FISHING EXPEDITION

In article , "Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS
at COMCAST DOT NET says...
Good luck on finding a receiver that will receive encrypted transmission. I
don't believe one exists.

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73! de Andy KC2SSB

Almost all radios will receive encrypted transmissions. They just wont
decrypt them :)

Most scanners do not handle SSB mode. That's generally only available on
communications receivers, HF ham transceivers or higher-priced wide-band
handheld receivers like the Yaesu VR-500 or AOR AR8200. SSB is rarely, if
ever, used on VHF/UHF, so typical VHF/UHF scanners have only AM/FM/WFM
modes, and sometimes they don't even have WFM--for instance, the PRO-95
doesn't have it. If you need trunking capability, I agree that the PRO-95
would be a good choice as long as you don't need FM broadcast or TV audio.

- Doug


"Jim" wrote in message
om...
Thanks for the responses so far. I do have ICF-2010 for HF and Air
Band coverage. I am mostly interested in the encrypted transmissions.
I guess any normal scanner would pick up FM/AM/SSB modes. I don't
want to just hear hiss or crackles on 440.650 MHz for instance.

I want to listen to things that are not meant to be heard. :-)

"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
...
More information needs to be known before anyone can suggest a scanner.

1. What frequency ranges will you be listening to?
2. Will you need to listen to trunked or digital transmissions?
3. How many channels are the minimum?
4. Do you need AM capabilities? (Listening to air band?)

"DougSlug" wrote in message
. net...
SSB is rarely, if
ever, used on VHF/UHF, so typical VHF/UHF scanners have only AM/FM/WFM

I use SSB on 2m (the low 144's) and 70cm (around 430.000), as do a lot of
hams.

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73! de Andy KC2SSB
http://shorecogs.tripod.com
AIM: shorecogs

True enough...however I would still consider that "rare" from the
perspective of someone interested in scanning, and it is true that most
VHF/UHF scanners don't offer SSB. Hams that operate those bands on SSB
generally have a different class of rig altogether. I often monitor the SSB
sub-band on 2m with a communications receiver and an outdoor 2m antenna
mounted above the house, and I've never heard a thing...I consider that
rare. YMMV.


- Doug

"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message
...
"DougSlug" wrote in message
. net...
SSB is rarely, if
ever, used on VHF/UHF, so typical VHF/UHF scanners have only AM/FM/WFM

I use SSB on 2m (the low 144's) and 70cm (around 430.000), as do a lot of
hams.

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73! de Andy KC2SSB

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I was tempted to consider this model. However, it doesn't have total
coverage in frequency range. My other choice would be ICOM R5 due to
its small size and total coverage (less cellular). If I do get R5,
then would I not be able to listen to trunked signals?


You may want to reconsider the PRO-95 if you want to listen to a
trunking system. The US R5 has a good portion of the 800 band blocked
and may keep you from hearing the trunking freqs in your area. If it
does let you hear them, you still will not be able to follow the
conversations.

Most scanners do not handle SSB mode. That's generally only available on
communications receivers,

except mine. On my Ic-R3, it's labeled as a "communications reciever", but it
doesn't do SSB even though it covers the entire shortwave band.

I think that they should have included SSB mode in it.

If everyone starts using trunked, then buying scanner that wouldn't
decode trunked signals would be a bad investment. O

that's another one of the faults of the IC-R3. It doesn't do trunk-tracking.