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From: parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: About those equipment surveys ....
Message-ID: <745@ihu1h.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 16:49:01 EST
Article-I.D.: ihu1h.745
Posted: Mon Jan 20 16:49:01 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jan-86 04:22:40 EST
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   In regards to recent	Scanner	Survey	and  Owner's  Report
   articles,  I	 don't receive sample scanners from manufac-
   turers for evaluation.  As a	hobbyist,  the	equipment  I
   review  is  that  which  I've  purchased  or	repaired for
   myself or others, and  had  an  opportunity	to  evaluate
   "hands-on".

   If I	haven't	had  enough  experience	 with  a  particular
   model to make anything more than superficial	remarks, I'm
   timid about writing a review.

   I would enjoy reading articles by owners of

      -	Drake DSR2, ITT	Mackay Marine, or TMC GPR90  general
	coverage receivers,

      -	Regency	MX7000/MX5000 or Z-series scanners,

      -	JIL SX400 scanners,

      -	Bearcat	50XL portable scanners,

      -	other scanner or shortwave receivers,

      -	scanner	antennas.

      -	receiver accessories  (descramblers,  tape  recorder
	interfaces,  broadcast	band rejection filters,	Fox-
	Tango IF filters, etc.)

   How does your equipment perform?  If	 you've	 encountered
   any	equipment  failures, what parts	were defective?	 Was
   it difficult	to repair?  Have you found a way to  "trick"
   it into doing something new?

   Is anyone still actively using those	older, tuneable	pub-
   lic	service	monitor	receivers, like	the Radio Shack	PRO-
   2B, early Regency Monitoradios, or Lafayette	 PF  series?
   I've	 a  shelf  full	 of these vintage radios and collect
   more	every hamfest.

   I hope you enjoy reading this stuff as  much	 as  I	like
   writing it.	Thanks for your	support.

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