I wonder if rat shack will carry this one.  I looked at a scanner there 
some time ago and even the volume was controlled on the screen. yech!!!!

73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Tue, 3 Dec 2013, Bob, K8LR wrote:

> 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
>
>