Was able to buy one cheap, the owner recently moved here and realized we are digital. I told him he could pick up some things, such as station alert , dispatched on analog, shortwave,usb,lsb weather, air, but could care less. Asked what he was going to do with it, replied get rid of it, offered him 250.00 bucks kidding around and he said "all yours". Not bad for the price, use it mostly for 40- 80 meters lsb and have had no problems.
Ic-r20 on sale!
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I feel your pain. I was gonna buy a psr800 until I found out that piece of junk didn't do SSB/CW. Talk about gaps in reception, it was missing 150khz to 25,999 khz too.
The R20 is not supposed to be a police scanner. It is a wide range communications receiver and as such it does a fair job.
I spend a great deal of time in the bush and for my needs it fits the bill. It is getting a bit long in the tooth now.
I would like to pick up another one but when I can get another Kenwood THF6 for just under 300 bucks and it will at least do NFM. I guess Kenwood it is.
The R20 is not supposed to be a police scanner. It is a wide range communications receiver and as such it does a fair job.
I spend a great deal of time in the bush and for my needs it fits the bill. It is getting a bit long in the tooth now.
I would like to pick up another one but when I can get another Kenwood THF6 for just under 300 bucks and it will at least do NFM. I guess Kenwood it is.
Wow, that looks nice. I wonder how much they are going to want for it when its available.
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You can have AOR mod a AOR8200MKIII now, to make it a D.
The 8200 serves a special purpose for me, and personally P25 reception isn't one of them. I have other radios for that. Also, I don't believe it will trunk P25. It would be more for single-channel Rx of P25.
As a wideband, all-mode receiver, it performs very well, and that's its sweet spot.
The 8200 serves a special purpose for me, and personally P25 reception isn't one of them. I have other radios for that. Also, I don't believe it will trunk P25. It would be more for single-channel Rx of P25.
As a wideband, all-mode receiver, it performs very well, and that's its sweet spot.
What on earth made you believe the PSR-800 supported SSB or HF frequencies? It was sold as a SCANNER not a receiver. To my knowledge, no "scanner" has ever supported SSB and very few supported the HF spectrum.
The PSR-800 is hardly perfect but it's hardly a "piece of junk" either. :roll:
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Nick have a look at the AOR AR-1500, I owned one, pretty sure it had SSB & HF
Though that was about 18 years ago
Nick have a look at the AOR AR-1500, I owned one, pretty sure it had SSB & HF Though that was about 18 years ago
Did you bother to look a picture of it?
It says "Wide Range Monitor" on the face. It's not a "scanner" as per the common definition.
PS. I still have the Trident version of that radio. The TR980 and it only has AM/FM/WFM.
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