Hi everybody,

I have possibly a very naive question.

I enjoy my SONY ICF-SW7600G shortwave "world" radio which covers from
150kHz-29.999kHz in AM and 76MHz-108MHz in FM. My Radio Shack PRO-97
scanner covers some but, alas, *not* all of the frequencies from
25MHz-1300MHz.

Can I get a handheld scanner which would cover *all* of 150kHz-1300MHz
in AM and FM or, better, even a wider spectrum (again - with nothing
missing)? That would, in effect combine my ICF-SW7600G with an
(improved) PRO-97 into one unit.

I realize that this would include TV stations, and God knows what else.
But I don't like the idea of not having access to all the spectrum and
I would prefer only 1 receiver (even if that means plenty of antennas
depending on what I want to tune in).

Trunking, 1000+ channels and 10+ banks would also be a plus.

A built-in spectum analyzer would be really, really, really cool too!

Any reccomendations?

Thanks,

TN

On 12 Feb 2006 20:32:31 -0800, wrote:

Any reccomendations?

Uniden 330?

AOR receiviers
Icom



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Hi everybody,

I have possibly a very naive question.

I enjoy my SONY ICF-SW7600G shortwave "world" radio which covers from
150kHz-29.999kHz in AM and 76MHz-108MHz in FM. My Radio Shack PRO-97
scanner covers some but, alas, *not* all of the frequencies from
25MHz-1300MHz.

Can I get a handheld scanner which would cover *all* of 150kHz-1300MHz
in AM and FM or, better, even a wider spectrum (again - with nothing
missing)? That would, in effect combine my ICF-SW7600G with an
(improved) PRO-97 into one unit.

I realize that this would include TV stations, and God knows what else.
But I don't like the idea of not having access to all the spectrum and
I would prefer only 1 receiver (even if that means plenty of antennas
depending on what I want to tune in).

Trunking, 1000+ channels and 10+ banks would also be a plus.

A built-in spectum analyzer would be really, really, really cool too!

Any reccomendations?

Thanks,

TN

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:53:36 -0600, "T" wrote:

AOR receiviers
Icom

The OP asked for scanners.

Do you know what AOR is? or Icom? Have you ever heard of the AOR AR3000? or
the Icom scanners?



"Al Klein" wrote in message
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:53:36 -0600, "T" wrote:

AOR receiviers
Icom

The OP asked for scanners.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:01:26 -0600, "T" wrote:

Do you know what AOR is? or Icom? Have you ever heard of the AOR AR3000? or
the Icom scanners?

There's a difference between a wide-band radio that can "scan" a few
channels and a scanner. Without considerable help, neither the AOR nor
the Icom can "scan" a trunked system - one of the things the OP asked
for.

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:06:03 +0000 (UTC), chesucat
wrote:

ICOM R20 is a scanner! A radio receiver is a radio receiver,
no matter how fancy you make it or add on the "features". A
radio receiver can only receive and cannot transmit regardless
of any perceived "modifications"!

That it's a receiver doesn't make it a scanner.

You state "That it's a receiver doesn't make it a scanner". So, my Radio
Shack Pro-2035 Receiver isn't a scanner? It says on the front of it,
"receiver" and it scans!!!


"Al Klein" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:06:03 +0000 (UTC), chesucat
wrote:

ICOM R20 is a scanner! A radio receiver is a radio receiver,
no matter how fancy you make it or add on the "features". A
radio receiver can only receive and cannot transmit regardless
of any perceived "modifications"!

That it's a receiver doesn't make it a scanner.

T wrote:
You state "That it's a receiver doesn't make it a scanner". So, my Radio
Shack Pro-2035 Receiver isn't a scanner? It says on the front of it,
"receiver" and it scans!!!

o All scanners are receivers.
o Not all receivers are scanners.

--
St. John
Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing.
-Walt Kelly

T wrote:
You state "That it's a receiver doesn't make it a scanner". So, my Radio
Shack Pro-2035 Receiver isn't a scanner? It says on the front of it,
"receiver" and it scans!!!

Mr. Klein is perhaps being a wee bit pedantic, but the (good) point he's
making is that generally, a device advertised and sold as a scanner does
a lot better job scanning (more speed, mainly) than a device sold as a
communications receiver. I love my PRO-95 and my IC-R2 and use each
daily, but they're not at all interchangeable. Yes, the IC-R2 can scan,
but it's really pokey compared to the PRO-95. Moreover, I'm not aware
of any communications receiver that can properly monitor a trunked
system--another feature of many radios sold as scanners.

I'm a bit intrigued by that wideband trunking Uniden scanner (330?), but
not intrigued enough to give up my current setup just yet. I've decided
I'm pleased until after whatever rebanding effects settle into my area,
after which I'll seek new hardware. Even though there are several units
for sale right now that can be flash-upgraded, I'd rather just buy
something that works out of the box, particularly when I'm not at all
dissatisfied with what I have now.

Finally, to the OP's original point: you're not going to find good
performance in one unit for everything you want to do. Too many
compromises to be made, mainly in the name of form factor. I am pleased
with the above for scanning and my Grundig YB400PE for shortwave. While
the YB400PE is a fairly well-regarded piece, there are others for sale
that are pretty much universally praised, like the Sony ICF-7600GR. The
YB400PE pleases me, but I would consider myself a "serious casual" SW
listener and not a hardcore DXer or anything.

But, I digress. Bottom line is you need multiple radios for a solid
good experience for everything you want to listen to.
--
Bo Williams -
http://hiwaay.net/~williams/