I was faced with this same choice about a month ago and I went with the 545
with the VHF/UHF converter that goes up to 1.99GHz (with cellular
frequencies blocked). I'm happy with my decision since it does well on HF
and it seems to be fairly sensitive above 30MHz. I paired this receiver
with a AOR discone. There really isn't much to listen to around here above
900MHz, but it's nice to have that coverage "just in case". The 545,
however, has the scan speed of a dead turtle, IMHO.

I have an Icom R-20 that goes a little above 3GHz that I use as my main
scanning unit.

"Robert11" wrote in message
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Hello:

Anyone care to compare the pros and cons of the
JRC NRD 545 (several years old by now) vs the new AR 5000 ?

Which would you get ?

Thanks,
Bob