I havent had much luck on amateur radio forums so ill ask the question
here, Im looking for
a receiver with good sensitivity on 800 - 1000mhz or there abouts, im
using a Icom 706 that
covers 500mhx down to 100khz & need something to fill the gap, right
now im using a pro
2006 scanner but i would like something with manual control of
frequencys.

I'd like to suggest the Bearcat - Unden Line of scanners,
I have an older (1994) BC800XLT that covers
the complete 800 mhz band including
the cellular frequencies. It was made just
before the ban on cell frequencies on scanners . I picked it up
at a flea market for about $30 with the instruction
book. It's a desktop unit. UHF is best with an outdoor antenna in my
area.

Check universal Radio's used list, they always have a few scanners
there .
I would'nt buy a modified scanner, just my opinion.

Charlie

wrote:
I havent had much luck on amateur radio forums so ill ask the question
here, Im looking for
a receiver with good sensitivity on 800 - 1000mhz or there abouts, im
using a Icom 706 that
covers 500mhx down to 100khz & need something to fill the gap, right
now im using a pro
2006 scanner but i would like something with manual control of
frequencys.

For very good quality receivers with manual tuning try an Icom 7100 or
an AOR AR-3000A. Difficult but not impossible to find on the used
market.

There is nothing I'm aware of new that allows manual tuning and
includes full frequency coverage.

John S. wrote:
wrote:

I havent had much luck on amateur radio forums so ill ask the question
here, Im looking for
a receiver with good sensitivity on 800 - 1000mhz or there abouts, im
using a Icom 706 that
covers 500mhx down to 100khz & need something to fill the gap, right
now im using a pro
2006 scanner but i would like something with manual control of
frequencys.


For very good quality receivers with manual tuning try an Icom 7100 or
an AOR AR-3000A. Difficult but not impossible to find on the used
market.

There is nothing I'm aware of new that allows manual tuning and
includes full frequency coverage.


A Yupiteru MVT-7100 goes up to 1.6ghz with manual tuning. You'd need to
buy used or import one from Europe.

If you want something bigger - I've got an Applied Communications (aka
Aiken or Norlin) SR-2150 that was built for the nsa. It's a 70 pound 3U
rack mount radio with a built in plasma screen for the spectrum display.
It covers 20-1200mhz with no gaps. When I get around to it, mine will
probably end up on ebay. The cooling fan moves a lot of air, and it
scares the cats.

Applied Communications SR-2150 Radio.I am afraid to even ask how much
that Radio is worth.
cuhulin

wrote:
Applied Communications SR-2150 Radio.I am afraid to even ask how much
that Radio is worth.
cuhulin



I'm told they originally sold for $80k new.

Here's a picture.

http://users.adelphia.net/~msholden/sr2150a.jpg

They don't show up often on the used market, but the last one I saw sold
for a little over $2500. But it all depends how many folks are looking
at a given time.

"John S." wrote in
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wrote:
I havent had much luck on amateur radio forums so ill ask the question
here, Im looking for
a receiver with good sensitivity on 800 - 1000mhz or there abouts, im
using a Icom 706 that
covers 500mhx down to 100khz & need something to fill the gap, right
now im using a pro
2006 scanner but i would like something with manual control of
frequencys.

For very good quality receivers with manual tuning try an Icom 7100 or
an AOR AR-3000A. Difficult but not impossible to find on the used
market.

There is nothing I'm aware of new that allows manual tuning and
includes full frequency coverage.




I like my IC 7100 too. Switching out different receivers on the same
outdoor antenna, the 7100 receives best of all I own.

For just ham band stuff, My ts-790 tribander does better I think. There is
a mod and a location for an extra connector on the 790 to allow it to
receive 800 mHz.

SC

I have them both. The ICOM sure looks sexier, but they are both nice
radios The AR300A is more portable, though you can run the icom from
12V if you build a cord. [The power connector is an off the shelf
Molex.] The AR3000A has a funny power connector. It ships with a wall
wart and a plain cable going to pigtails, so you can also run it from
12V IF that cable hasn't been lost by the original owner.

The AOR can do some very strange stepping. It only comes in handy on
the old (and maybe still active) "air phones". Basically the AOR can
set the step and an offset. For example, if you wanted to hit 100.1,
101.1, 102.1, etc .you could set a 0.1Mhz offset and a 1Mhz step. I
need to check to see if the Icom can do that.

The Icom 7100 can output 10.7Mhz to a panadapter

If you listen to this recording (win amp required since it is ogg
vorbis)
http://www.lazygranch.com/sound/redf...6/tues_ogg.ogg
the Icom 7100 was the right channel, and the AR3000A was the left
channel. However, it is not a fair contest as the 7100 was on a UHF
blade antenna mounted on the roof of my SUV, while the AR3000A was on a
Diamond RH77C inside the SUV.

Both the 7100 and the AR3000A have a line level output. The AR3000A
needs a funny DIN connector cable that I built but didn't use for the
recording. My recollection is the AR3000A line output was unsquelched,
but I'm not sure. I know the Icom 7100 line output is squelched.

I don't know the current price for the AR3000A, but I got the Icom 7100
for $400 about two months ago. I've seen the Icom 8500 go for around
$700, which is also a good deal as it is newer and a bit higher in
bandwidth, plus fair HF performance.

For mil air, both these radios have reasonably high frequencies first
mixers (around 700Mhz), so they produce few mil air birdies.

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wrote:

I havent had much luck on amateur radio forums so ill ask the
question
here, Im looking for a receiver with good sensitivity on 800 -
1000mhz or there abouts, im using a Icom 706 that covers 500mhx down
to 100khz & need something to fill the gap, right now im using a pro
2006 scanner but i would like something with manual control of
frequencys.

i

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Telamon
Ventura, California

In article .com,
wrote:

I havent had much luck on amateur radio forums so ill ask the
question here, Im looking for a receiver with good sensitivity on
800 - 1000mhz or there abouts, im using a Icom 706 that covers
500mhx down to 100khz & need something to fill the gap, right now im
using a pro 2006 scanner but i would like something with manual
control of frequencys.

Use your news reader to find scanner news groups.

rec.radio.scanner

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Telamon
Ventura, California