Hi Ray,

The Kenwood R-5000 is a general coverage receiver and though you can scan
memories like a scanner, the receiver looks more like a ham radio piece of
equipment.  I just bought a similar receiver, the Yaesu VR-5000 which has
1000 memories and will cover from 100khz to 2.6 gigs.  It also has a
optional voice synthesizer and I bought it when it was on sale last spring.
For scanning though, I use the Radio Shack pro-96 as the police in my area
have gone digital.  The reason that I have both a scanner and a receiver is
that the receiver with its voice synthesizer is easier to manually tune and
then know what frequency you are on.  The trunk tracking digital scanner
can't be beat for copying my local police.
Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
FIGHT TRUTH DECAY!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Slaton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 6:37 AM
Subject: scanners


Hi Folks,
Thanks a lot for your responses regarding scanners.
I just read somewhere that Kenwood once made a scanner with voice output
the r-5000.  Just wondering how long ago this was discontinued and is there
likelyhood you would find the Kenwood r-5000 on ebay?  Thanks.

Ray Slaton