Dinosaur scanners?

DeltaMagick · #1 (**permalink**) 12-12-2006, 01:07 AM

Hey there folks. Sterling Heights native here and new to RR and these forums (was referred by a friend of a friend..but anyhow). Was browsing some posts and user profiles and noticed some of the decent scanners used out there. I was curious..am I the only one runnin an old p.o.s. ? I have an RS PRO-79 that I can barely read the buttons on anymore..lol.

gmclam · #2 (**permalink**) 12-12-2006, 01:44 AM

Read everyone's taglines .. I am running a couple of PRO-10s and a couple of PRO-77s in addition to some newer handhelds.

freqs · #3 (**permalink**) 12-12-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaMagick

Hey there folks. Sterling Heights native here and new to RR and these forums (was referred by a friend of a friend..but anyhow). Was browsing some posts and user profiles and noticed some of the decent scanners used out there. I was curious..am I the only one runnin an old p.o.s. ? I have an RS PRO-79 that I can barely read the buttons on anymore..lol.

hey i live in sterling hgts 18 & vandyke yep i got some old crystal sets a pro 60 95 96 a bearcat 350 a in my pick up i drive a commercial garbage truck find radios all the time some old radios the best i found is a zenith transoceantic short wave (1958) model need tubes some short waves from the 30s ive got 3 crystal sets we are still lucky for now shpd is stil on 460.475 but they getting close switching to 800 meg my ex fatherin law work at the dpw and said they ready to start putting the rdios in the cars hey also check out 39.700 alot of use from shpd undercover .

netfire · #4 (**permalink**) 12-13-2006, 05:46 PM

My 1st scanner was a Patrolman Mini A/M-VHF radio. I used it mostly in Davison, MI near Flint when visiting my grandprants in the 1980's. Davison EMS was the only agency I could monitor at the time. I still have it today and works great.

The rest are:

Pro-26
Pro-27
Pro-90
Pro-92
Pro-94
Pro-96
BC-3
HTX-420
BC780XLT

gmclam · #5 (**permalink**) 12-13-2006, 05:54 PM

It seems to me that scanners which are "programmed" (have digital frequency synthesis) are not old enough to be "dinosaurs". Real dinosaurs would have to be a crystal per channel or older.

DeltaMagick · #6 (**permalink**) 12-14-2006, 03:52 PM

Well I consider mine a "dinosaur" because it only goes into the 400 MHz range and isn't trunk tracking or digital like the new stuff.

wesm1957 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-15-2006, 11:04 AM

In the process of moving I found a scanner I forgot I even had. A Bearcat Four-Six. I need to clean it up a little. I put some batteries in it and it still works. The manufacture date inside the battery compartment is stamped November 1978.

Wes

GrayWolfSA58 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-17-2006, 02:21 PM

your not alone

gmclam · #9 (**permalink**) 12-17-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaMagick

Well I consider mine a "dinosaur" because it only goes into the 400 MHz range and isn't trunk tracking or digital like the new stuff.

I'd say that if you can "program" the frequency, rather than install a crystal specifically for that channel, it is more like a "cave man" than it is a "dinosaur".