Regency HX-950. Wondering if anyone is familiar with this model. I picked one up on the bay in working condition. I have scoured the forums and search engines without any success. It seems similar to the HX-2000. Did I strike gold or fools gold? Any help is much appreciated. If I missed this model in the search of the forums accept my apologies.
Regency HX-950
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What did you pay for it? Today's market for analog-only scanners, especially ones with those frequency coverage gaps, no 700/800mhz or higher isn't nearly as big as digital scanners (P25/DMR/NXDN/others). Scanners appeal to a small enough niche market as-is with most buyers solely interested in picking up their local emergency services which for most of the country trends towards P25 or in rarer cases the other voice protocols I mentioned previously
$30 I am a long time user/ emergency service worker.(circa 1987) I am using this for rail and air. I was just curious if this was a small production run. I have found no pictures or literature other than what I have posted. Just curious. Thanks btw.
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Looks like it might have made for Regency by AOR.
So I disassembled it, cleaned everything with Deoxit and did some soldering. It has 55 channels, automatically determines the frequency step. It handles 5,10,12.5 and, 25. No CTCSS/ DCS. No markings on the boards. Not sure who may have manufactured it. I still can find nothing about this model anywhere. It's sensitive but the noise floor is rough however, expected. I approximate it to be 40 years old by looking at similar models. The electronics do lend themselves to the early 80's. It does well on AM and VHF. It appears to be dead on UHF.
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My HX-1000 was bought in 1984 had not been out long if I remember this was out around the same time.
...which was manufactured by Azden.
Thank you .
Now that I have been using it UHF seems to have come around. Not as sensitive as vhf/am but does work…
The scanners from the 80's do not have the range as today's scanners
The HX950 does seem to be quite rare. It looks nearly the same as the HX-2000, but unlike the HX2000, the 950 does not have 800MHz coverage. I'm thinking it may have preceded the HX2000 with a very short production run and then quickly replaced by the HX2000 to add 800MHz.
In the HX Series it was the HX1000 HX1500 and HX2000 with the 1500 and 2000 having more features. The HX1000 also did not have 800.
Are you saying his HX950 does not exist? (I also own an HX650 and an HX750)
No I started in the HX series with the HX1000 and wanted the HX1500 or HX2000 but could not afford the others at that time.
