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From: chan@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Jeff Chan)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: scanner reviews and comments wanted [760XLT articles]
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Date: 17 Oct 88 00:26:45 GMT
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Many thanks to Bob Parnass and the others who answered my query on
CTCSS.  I'm grateful for your comments.

I've just ordered a Bearcat 760XTL scanner from Communication
Electronics in Michigan (1-800-USA-SCAN) for $245.  I hope that
I'm getting first quality at this price.  I hope to post a review,
perhaps in comparison with the AOR AR2002 my boss plans to get
at the end of the year.

[By the way, Uniden's service on an RD-9 radar detector (bar 
 graph display went bad) was courteous *and* prompt.  I had about 
 a three week turnaround from California.  (They fixed the 
 display and tweaked the sensitivity too.)  Also, Surface Mount 
 Devices are popping up all over the place now and are a fact of 
 life.  Better to learn how to work with them than to curse their 
 existance.  They do have very short leads {just about none}, can 
 be of tight quality, and help bring down size and cost.  I first 
 saw them on my Philips-made Magnavox 560 CD player about two
 years ago.  (Actually all the micro- redar detectors use them also.)]

Accordingly, I very interested in the various mods (400 channel,
keyboard overlay, cellular restoration, etc) that can be done on
the 760.  Because of this, I have started a subscription to 
Monitoring Times and I'm looking forward to upcoming issues.
But starting a subscription now obviously won't get me any of
the earlier articles.  Pointers to them or any information on mods
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,

Jeff C.
Internet: chan@ames.arc.nasa.gov
UUCP:     ames!chan

P. S. Bob: I'm not sure why your mailer had problems, ames is
a major uucp and internet node.  Perhaps it is the fact that
I posted from a different account.  I look forward  to your 
net and paper articles.  (I thought I'd seen your name somewhere!)