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Re: off topic, question about older receiver
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Anthony Vece <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:56:08 -0400
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I had a BEARCAT 220 which I purchased in the late 70's.

I liked it a lot because it received everything I wanted to.

Anthony 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] off topic, question about older receiver


>I think the first programable scanner was the Bearcat bc101.  I had one of 
>them.  It was in the 70's.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 11:44 AM
> Subject: Re: off topic, question about older receiver
>
>
>> That sounds like a nice radio for the day, as many public services were
>> not trunked then, and were mainly VHF/UHF.  When did the first
>> programmable receivers come on the market?  I konw for scanners it was 
>> the
>> late 70's.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Steve Forst wrote:
>>
>>> Somebody gave me one of these a few years ago that he picked up at a 
>>> flea
>>> market for  less than $5.  It's seen better days, but still plays quite
>>> well.  One of the later Trans-oceani'sc from the '70's.  11 bands 
>>> including
>>> AM, FM, longwave, 1 VHF band that covers  the weather band  and a little
>>> more, and 7 shortwave bands that  go up to somewhere around 22 mhz.
>>>
>>> Has knobs for volume, tone, rf gain, and b.f.o.   Also a switch for
>>> wide/narrow bandwidth.    The fm drifts a little, but what do you want 
>>> for
>>> nothing?
>>>
>>> Don't use it often, but have it set up with power poles on a piece of 
>>> zip
>>> cord to the battery compartment so I could  run off the big  battery in 
>>> case
>>> of  power outage.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>
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