I just bought a Bearcat 210XL 18 channel for $10 and
it works great, easy to program and looks new, it all
depends on what you want to list to, do you need
8010 Mhz? How many channels do you need?

By the way the the pro 2006 is still one of the finest
analog scanners made and often sells for more than
it did retail, I own one and love it.

Good luck,

Patrick
W4PHM, WPWK542

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Patrick H. Mason M.S. OHST, EMT-I
"Bruce W.1" wrote in message
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What's a good simple scanner for VHF and UHF?

Let me clarify that. I used to have a Radio Shack Pro 2006 scanner.
Whenever I got around to using it I couldn't figure it out and had to
read the manual again.

I'd like to be able to turn it on and just enter a frequency, period. A
tuning knob for the VFO would be nice too, so I could easily search
around. This feature is more common on a communications receiver, which
is maybe what I need. But I don't see any reason why a scanner couldn't
have a knob too.

It doesn't need to have a gazillion memories, ten would be fine. And it
would be nice if the memories could be labelled (alphabetic). It should
not have an internal lithium battery (for the memory) that dies every
five years, unless it's easily replaced (not soldered on to the circuit
board).

And lastly, it doesn't need to be a new current model. It could be
twenty years old, so long as it has a good solid circuits.

Does anyone have recommendations?

Thanks for your help.