crystal scanner

Not sure if this is the right place to put this but I want to share this in case you're in a situation like me. Do you have an old crystal scanner that doesn't pick up anything anymore? Wanna give this radio a new purpose? This isn't a new concept but it was to me originally when I learned...

Trying to revive an Electra Bearcat III scanner (pretty neat old scanner) but the antenna that screws in down through the top has went missing. Trying to locate one to keep this little project going.

Hello, I have just purchased a very nice Bearcat IV scanner. I have had this model in the past and I loved it. A few years ago I gave the one I used to have to a friend because it stopped working and I was too busy at the time to fix it. Turns out the cord was tired and needed replaced. The...

This vintage crystal scanner was lent to me by a friend. It claims to scan both Low and High-Band VHF in two banks of 8-each. There are individual lockout switches for each of the 8 High-Band and each of the 8 Low-band channels. I believe that it is operating properly, but I don't have enough...

Hi all, I just obtained a Bearcat III electra crystal scanner and it has a humming noise from the speaker. I am looking for some ideas on what this could possibly be. I was thinking a tired cap... We still have a lot of old solid analog systems here on the North East Coast. Nothing beats the old...