Back in the early 1990's I had a Radio Shack/ Realistic Pro-2006 scanner. Living in a military dorm and on a small base, meant lots of cordless and cellular phones, as many people had enough money for some luxury items, and phones were cheaper than large CRT TV' sets and component stereo equipment. Like other's have said, that was an interesting time. My Pro-2006 came in handy right up until about 1998, then I migrated to Rhode and Schwarz test equipment. Now, in 2021 that Pro-2006 still gets use as one great air band receiver. I now use test equipment, radio service monitors for "scanning" now, but wish consumer gear was not restricted, as there are some things to see and listen to in that band.....all the old tricks are new again, and encryption is still a hassle, sometimes expensive, and takes some skill to set up. A lot is still in the clear, to include lots of unmanned aircraft, that have wide open transceivers, software defined equipment, and much of it is for testing propagation or RF signals. Much like WSPR but at higher than Hf freqs. Do miss the late 1980's to mid 1990's and the heyday of the Pro-200X scanners (Bill Cheek mods too) though.