Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!DuFlon.wbst@Xerox.ARPA From: DuFlon.wbst@Xerox.ARPA Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Scanner Info Needed Message-ID: <11586@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 12:24:52 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11586 Posted: Mon Jul 15 12:24:52 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 21:13:32 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 30 I am in the market for a >30 MHz scanner/receiver, and have the following questions and comments: The Yaesu FRG-9600 seems like a nice unit. It's general coverage from 60 to 905 MHz, CAT computer and video interface options, and logical user interface are features I would like to see, especially for a reasonable price ($459 mail order). Recient messages about ICOM and Yaesu FRG-8800 battery backed-up RAM containing REQUIRED operating parameters have me worried. Does anyone have first-hand knowledge if this is the case with the FRG-9600? Planned obsolescence (or required maintenance, if the company will be willing to do it into the distant future) is not a desirable feature in a receiver. BTW, the Kenwood R-2000 does not have this problem. Is there any reason that a good quality, 25 element UHF/VHF/FM television antenna on a rotor wouldn't be as good or better than a "scanner" antenna? The frequency coverage is about the same, it is directional, and the antenna feed is low loss 75 ohm coax. I am aware that impedance matching would be necessary if the scanner input is not 75 ohms. Finally, thanks to Bob Parnass for his recient review of scanner features, specifications, and their operation. It was most helpful to those of us trying to figure out what's out there, and what features are important. Ray DuFlon DuFlon.wbst@Xerox.ARPA