Folks,

At a `moving sale' I got a vintage (ca.1977) Regency scanner,
Model ACT-T16K.

From the net I learned it covers: 30-50, 146-174, 440-512Mhz.

Why it doesn't normally cover the bottom of the 2-meter amateur band
starting at 144Mhz is beyond me. However, according to the below
instructions found elsewhere on the net, it can be programed
out-of-band by pressing `9' and 'CL'.

Indeed, I was able to program in 145.49, and 53.05Mhz in the
2 & 6 meter bands.

Does anyone know, or remember anything else about this scanner?
....like how far `out-of-band' can it be programmed to go?

any info, schematics, or mod sources would be appreciated.

It's a cool old scanner with its 16 blinking red diodes.

Apparently cost $350.00 when new in 1977 . . .

Bill



REGENCY ACT-T16K Scanner (16 channels)

to program channels:

1. press PR then press the channel button
2. enter the freq. on the keypad
3. press the same channel button again
4. press SC to scan
5. press MA for manual then press the channel button
of the channel you want to listen to

to program search:

1. press SP
2. enter freq of lower limit on keyboard
3. press ch1 button
4. press ch2 button
5. enter freq of upper limit
6. press ch2 button again
7. press SS to start searching

To enable the weather alert featu

1. program a freq of NOAA in ch16
2. press 2 and the decimal point
3. to stop the weather alert press 2 and CL(clear)

to enable ch1 priority press 1 and the decimal point

to disable the priority feature press 1 and CL

to enable out of band programming press 9 and clear while scanning