Dear JShorr,

I cannot help you with your question about the Uniden Sportcat as I am
unfamiliar with that radio. If you can post the frequencies it
receives, perhaps then I can answer your question, or others may know
and will help you. Certainly hold onto it for now.

I can make recommendations for books and websites. Buy the 2005 WORLD
RADIO TV HANDBOOK. PASSPORT and WRTH complement each other; there is
some overlap, but little real duplication. PASSPORT is very strong in
equipment reviews; WRTH is strongest in station listings.

(WRTH also has a good website:

http://www.wrth.com

and the January 2005 updates to the B04 schedules published in the book
are on the site available for free download.)

I buy both books every year. As far as I am concerned, both are
essential.

Probably my favorite radio website is: http://www.radiointel.com

I also like this one: http://www.rwonline.com/

There are many others and you will undoubtedly find a lot of sites as
you inquire. Make sure you check out Universal's, AES's, Grove's, and
C. Crane's sites. Also MFJ's site is very interesting. (These company's
sites are primarily for ordering from them, but there is a wealth of
interesting information about the various radios and accessories they
sell.) You can find their URLs by looking them up on Google.)

Do you subscribe to POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS and MONITORING TIMES?
They're not cheap, but they ARE definitely worth every cent they
charge.

You'll surely want to join this Yahoo! group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/7600GR/

Note: you must have a Yahoo! e-mail address but that is free. Then,
with it, you can join any Yahoo! radio group you like. (The most active
one I know is the Grundig Satellit 800 group which has lots of useful
information not all of which is specific to the Grundig. It is at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Satellit800/ )

I wish you the very best of luck with your new radio. I know you will
be extremely pleased. Don't forget, there is a learning curve. This
takes time and there is no substitute for time. That aside, you should
find this radio very easy to use and very satisfying in operation.
I firmly believe that it is the best small portable made.

Best,

Joe