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MFJ Scanners

garys — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:28:22 GMT

I saw these in the new QST and thought I'd pass the info along.

MFJ Enterprises Inc.

Handheld 1,000 channel analog scanner. Trunking, conventional, I didn't notice if it does PL/DPL. My guess is it's made by GRE, but that's just a guess. There is a mention of software being easily available, but no specifics.

$199.99

MFJ Enterprises Inc.

Analog, no 800, no trunking. Looks like a Uniden, but I'm not sure.

$99.99

1977 Sears 61-3639 scanner

RadioBoogie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:13:26 GMT

Oh, "rabid technical community"...

Someone gave me an old Sears 61-3639 programmable 5-band scanner, complete with some punch-cards for the frequencies. However, looked online for a manual, even asked Sears, no luck.

Would any of you perhaps have a manual for this beast? I'd like to at least have the "cypher chart" for the punch cards, if nothing else. It's made for Sears by SBE.

Looks like this:
RadioPics Database - Other Radio Scanners - Sears 613639

I'd sure appreciate it if someone can help out.

Regency - MonitorRadio 1...HELP!!!

ka5lqj — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:46:36 GMT

:( Well,

I went by an old CB friends of mine and we were talking about the Old Days, back in 1962 to 1967. A lot had changed since then. He asked me if I still fiddled with them and I told him, yes, still. then he surprised me by asking me if I wanted some MORE. :lol::D Well, DUHH! So we went back to his crowded shop and he loaded 6 boxes of all sorts of radio's, mostly the old, E.F. Johnson Viking Messenger One's, the "Bush" model, not the "Obama" one, LOL!. There was even an old, Hy-gain Black Box, a double-sideband, reduced-carrier unit that really whups the Llama's azz(WINAMP).

Anyway in the boxes, I found an old Regency MONITORRADIO1. I've GOOGLED until my fingers are sore. Does ANYONE know the particulars on this scanner. I think it's a VHF Fire Dept scanner. The ONLY markings on the back of the set are:225-A00060, which I can only think the scanner was made in 1960. It has an Motorola jack in back for an antenna, the built-in is broken off. There is a terminal strip in back, and a Chinch-Jones 4-pole plug in back, probably for power. The faceplate has a few scratches and only On/Off and Squelch knobs.

ANY information would be of great assistance. I may be contacted via e-mail at: Area_5_Wx_Net(@t)gmail(dot)com

THANKS ahead of time.

Respectfully submitted,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ

Regency D 300 Question

MESDA6 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:26:22 GMT

I just picked up a vintage Regency D 300 prorammable scanner. Does anyone know if the keypad has a backlight like the mobile versions of these Regencys did? I don't want to open it up to change a bubl if there isn't one in there.

A backlight isn't essential for this one, so thought I would ask since someone here probably has one of these still in service.

Thanks
Don