I think the first programable scanner was the Bearcat bc101.  I had one of 
them.  It was in the 70's.
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From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
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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.
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> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Steve Forst wrote:
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>> 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?
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>> 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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