Icom IC-R1500 and the world above 1200 Mhz

[jhord]

I've been doing some research on various receivers, and have pretty much narrowed it down to the class of the Icom IC-R1500 for what I mainly want to do - mostly HF(SSB) and AIR/VHF/UHF (120-400 Mhz) monitoring. Not really concerned about the blocked freqs as I have a trunking radios to listen to 800 & 900 Mhz trunking.

Here's my question: What is up there beyond 1200 Mhz that is really worth listening to. If most everything I want to hear is well below 1000 Mhz, then there is no need buying a radio that goes up to 3 Ghz.

I've done local database searches, and all I see in my area are TV station uplinks or downlinks, and from what I've read, the satellite stuff would all be digital & encrypted, as would be most other stuff in the 2-3 Ghz range.

For those of you who have radios that go up to 2 or 3 Ghz - what can/do you listen to? Thoughts/feedback?

Thanks

[carmelof]

I got the Icom-R1500/R2500 hooked up to an Icom-AH7000 discone and performance on both radios on vhf/uhf is excellent.

Regards Lino.

[jhord]

Thanks Lino. I'm planning on using a discone for the VHF/UHF, and long wire for HF monitoring.

Have you found anything worth listening to above 1 Ghz?

[carmelof]

I been in the hobby for over 30 years and never even bothered going up that high to monitor anything.

Regards Lino.