We all know the scanners we love, how about the scanners we despised?
My personal demon scanner was the old RadioShack PRO2026. This was a private label of the Uniden BC760XLT with all the cool Uniden stuff removed and the goofy RadioShack stuff put in.
IIRC (my mind tries to block bad memories like this one...) they removed the standard coax power plug and replaced it with a permanently attached DC power cord, with an additional wire for memory retention, made you use a program button, and had no PL deck. The 760 seemed to be more selective (well, at least a LITTLE selective...) and you had a rudimentary PL deck (by today's standards anyway).
My next hall of shame scanner was the Regency MX5000 and MX7000 and the portable versions (HX2000 I think?). While the most sensitive radios I have ever owned, the had a scan rate that was best measured with a calendar. When I bought them right after they were announced the pictures made them look to be in the same case style as the other Regency mobile scanners of the day, and they would fit right in with my radio stack. When they came however they were a third smaller and used a silly compression bracket that was impossible to mount nicely. They also used a unique power connector I haven't seen before (or since for that matter).
My personal demon scanner was the old RadioShack PRO2026. This was a private label of the Uniden BC760XLT with all the cool Uniden stuff removed and the goofy RadioShack stuff put in.
IIRC (my mind tries to block bad memories like this one...) they removed the standard coax power plug and replaced it with a permanently attached DC power cord, with an additional wire for memory retention, made you use a program button, and had no PL deck. The 760 seemed to be more selective (well, at least a LITTLE selective...) and you had a rudimentary PL deck (by today's standards anyway).
My next hall of shame scanner was the Regency MX5000 and MX7000 and the portable versions (HX2000 I think?). While the most sensitive radios I have ever owned, the had a scan rate that was best measured with a calendar. When I bought them right after they were announced the pictures made them look to be in the same case style as the other Regency mobile scanners of the day, and they would fit right in with my radio stack. When they came however they were a third smaller and used a silly compression bracket that was impossible to mount nicely. They also used a unique power connector I haven't seen before (or since for that matter).