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To: BearWash
I still have RS scanners and accessories over 20 years old that work perfectly. I'm sure you're right about the newer stuff, though.

My first scanner there was a Pro-2034 then a Pro-2040, Pro-2045, Pro-76, and my newest the Pro-95 no problems from any of them whatsoever. It's the only place near me I can go get connectors to make up my own BNC cables. They also have a great Discone scanner antenna with a low band on it. I connected it to a TV signal amp 20db then use a TV Signal splitter to run 2-3 scanners off of it. If you don't do that they will bleed back on each other due to internal RF generation.

My other antenna is an inverted fringe outdoor tv antenna mounted with elements up and down rather than flat. Same set up works fine :>}

173 posted on 02/17/2006 5:33:34 PM PST by cva66snipe
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To: cva66snipe
That's good. I didn't mean to impugn the newer scanners. I was referring to a likely loss of quality in the contemporary popular-market electronics. We all know that stuff isn't built to last.

Btw, I just bought a Radio Shack DSP noise reduction system at an estate sale, to use with SSB shortwave reception. Not meant to compete with the high-end dedicated HAM DSPs, but seems to work pretty well and I am happy with it.

I just started using my old Pro-34 again after a long respite. Although they have gone to trunking here, there really isn't much traffic and I don't seem to miss much just scanning those frequencies.

174 posted on 02/17/2006 5:45:22 PM PST by steve86 (@)
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