Jim,
My Wife had to pay up front to get a place on the list to get one of the
first ones being delivered next month. I'll let everyone know as soon as I
figure it out. What's neat about the newest scanners is that all you have
to do is put in your zip code and the scanner loads all the stations in your
area. Hear in Michigan, public safety is mostly digital
trunking and a lot of the traffic is encrypted which the scanner can not
receive. But one neat thing that the newer Uniden scanners do is
automatically block the encripted signals so you don't have to hear all that
garbage/noise.
Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Bob, K8LR" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Pocket wideband receivers?
Bob, keep me, us, updated on the new scanner please. How much,
what's its coverage range, how accessible. Thanks, Jim
WAWITHFEKS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob, K8LR" <[log in to unmask]
To: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>,"blind ham radio
operators" <[log in to unmask]
Date sent: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:35:12 -0500
Subject: Re: Pocket wideband receivers?
Hi again Jim,
I mentioned the Yaesu VR5000 but it is not a pocket sized
receiver,and like
the VR500, it overloads far too easily.
My Wife is, for the first time, getting me a receiver for
Christmas. Its
the new Uniden BCD436HP digital phase 2 trunking scanner that
won't be out
until mid January, Unlike the home patrol scanner which is touch
screen
controlled, the bcd436 uses good old physical keys again, and
like the Home
Patrol scanner, it has a built in updatable station data base for
the U S
and Canada!
Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: "Bob, K8LR" <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: Pocket wideband receivers?
Interesting stuff Bob. I guess there haven't been many new
developments in that arena in years. There also was some Icom
wideband receiver that had a video screen in it so people could
see stuff like signals from small cameras mounted on race cars
but I never found out how accessible so receivers were. I kind
of remember that they had an arrow configuration with a button in
the middle, kind of like a smart phone but there was no voice
feedback and no direct keypad entry far as I can recall. Jim
WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob, K8LR" <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 09:19:39 -0500
Subject: Re: Pocket wideband receivers?
Hi Jim,
Both of my wide band radios are about the same age as yours. I
have the
Kenwood THF6A which receives from I think 100khz to at least
500mhz. I also
bought a Yaesu VR5000 on close out and put in the voice board and
it will
copy signals up to I think 2600mhz. I've been going to try one
of the new
USB connected computer controlled software defined radios that
will tune
from DC to daylight, but that hasn't been high on my priority
list.
Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 11:18 PM
Subject: Pocket wideband receivers?
Just wondering if folks here are using any small wide band
receivers such as the Yaesu Vr500? I have had one of those for
probably 15 years and get it out occasionally. It covers from
around 150 KHZ up through 1290 or so MHZ and also covers AM, wide
and narrow band FM, upper and lower SSB and CW which is a joke
because it doesn't have any real filtering in it. Anyway, it
isn't as sensitive as I wish it could have been but it's a pretty
cool pocket sized radio and still works fine after all this time.
Just wondering if there are any newer versions or better ones out
there. When I got the Yaesu, I think it cost around $350, so it
was fairly expensive for a pocket receiver. 73, Jim
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