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/