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From: dma@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dennis Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Re:  The new Scanners
Message-ID: <394@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 11:16:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 11:16:04 1985
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> me that ANY of these new wide-band scanning/monitoring radios (Yaesu
> FRG-9600, Icom R-7000, Regency M5000 or M7000, JIL SX-400, and whatever)
> are worth buying now, especially for anything near their list prices.
> In addition to the sort of design faults mentioned before, reviews
> indicate that performance quality certainly doesn't seem to be good
> enough to justify the prices.  I would give the technology a few more
> years of development before putting my money on it...

Has anyone on the net been able to compare the performance of these
new radios?  I would appreciate any word on the relative [de]merits
of the units available.

I agree the prices look too high for right now, but if the cellular phone
lobby gets its way, these things might be forced off the market.  Remember
the 10-meter linear amplifer ban.


					Dennis Anderson wa7iel

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