sgladd55
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I Found This Radio Shack Realistic 4 Ch VHF Pocket Scanner Pro-20 At A Garage Sale This Past Summer. I Would Like To Know What Year This Scanner Came Out.
Radio Shack Realistic 4 Ch VHF Pocket Scanner Pro-20
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Re: Radio Shack Realistic 4 Ch VHF Pocket Scanner Pro-20A
My guess would be a very long time ago. I hope you didnt pay much more then a couple bucks for it.
sgladd55 said:
My guess would be a very long time ago. I hope you didnt pay much more then a couple bucks for it.
sgladd55
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Radio Shack Realistic 4 Ch VHF Pocket Scanner Pro-20A
Paid 5 Bucks For The Scanner - Dubbin - And Thanks For The Info - Pro92b
Paid 5 Bucks For The Scanner - Dubbin - And Thanks For The Info - Pro92b
eyes00only
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I'll give you $7.77 for it. :lol:
Jerry
Jerry
johnvassel
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Re: Radio Shack Realistic 4 Ch VHF Pocket Scanner Pro-20A
FWIW, I had one in 83/84. But I cant tell you if it's the first year it came out.
sgladd55 said:
FWIW, I had one in 83/84. But I cant tell you if it's the first year it came out.
Can't help with the year, but RS still has everything about it except the owner's manual on line.
See this link: http://support.radioshack.com/produ...id=20-101&Name=Radio Scanners&Reuse=N
See this link: http://support.radioshack.com/produ...id=20-101&Name=Radio Scanners&Reuse=N
unitcharlie
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i'll give you eight dollars.... love crystal radio gear!
Unitcharlie,
Darn, I wish I still had some of my old crystal controlled scanners. I'd sell them to you. I had four for a while, now the only one I still have is a 4 channel VHF Midland I bought at a Western Auto in Tucson AZ in 1976. They had them (mistakenly) on sale for $19.95. I got the last one. Don't use it often, but as my local FD is 154.400, I do have a crystal for it and use it on rare occasions.
Sold my other crystal scanners in 1991 at a garage sale. Just didn't need them and the (now) ex wanted them out of the house.
Other than that, my oldest scanner is a BC-100 16 ch programmable. Still works though the display is nearly unreadable.
Darn, I wish I still had some of my old crystal controlled scanners. I'd sell them to you. I had four for a while, now the only one I still have is a 4 channel VHF Midland I bought at a Western Auto in Tucson AZ in 1976. They had them (mistakenly) on sale for $19.95. I got the last one. Don't use it often, but as my local FD is 154.400, I do have a crystal for it and use it on rare occasions.
Sold my other crystal scanners in 1991 at a garage sale. Just didn't need them and the (now) ex wanted them out of the house.
Other than that, my oldest scanner is a BC-100 16 ch programmable. Still works though the display is nearly unreadable.
unitcharlie
a Kentucky DB Admin...
i appreciate that... and the ex problem.... i had three of the pro 20's i used as back-up's then (the four police freqs on one, the fire folks on another, state police on the other one).... they received better than the earlier progammables... when the local fire department and a nearby county went trunked i let them get out of my sight. i would love to have one at the house to monitor the hometown folks (all vhf) since there are only four important freqs (ems/county fire/city fire/police) i need at the house....
sgladd55
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Thanks for all the great informational replies! I am not interested in selling it at this time though! Does anyone know where I can purchase the crystals for it?
n3bxv
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There is also an EBAY store selling crystals to order -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;item=5734574640&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;item=5734574640&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V
DaveH
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Interesting site here...scroll down near the bottom, there's a selection of crystals (limited frequencies, but might have something you want)...
Dave
http://home.hvc.rr.com/bpetrow/
Dave
http://home.hvc.rr.com/bpetrow/
firefighterbiddle
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You can go to your local Radio Shack, thats where i bought mine a couple years back. Its a special order, took them about a week or so.
scott
scott
MisterPaul
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:lol: I still have the very first scanner I bought in 1982. The Bearcat 3. Oh that thang was great in its day. I still plug it in and listen to it time to time. * Does anyone have a Kleannex, so i can dry my eyes!!!! 
wa6mvg
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Here is an interesting link for those older RS radios for those that have not see it.Brings old memories back!
Radio Shack Catalogs
Radio Shack Catalogs
Monitor Crystal Service still makes crystals to this day 2/2012
I believe he is the only guy in the US that has the equipment and know how to do it.
Monitor Crystal
I still buy crtstals from him. He's not real speedy though.
-Mark
W5TXR Electronic Labs
Cibolo TX
I think that scanner (Pro-20) was first made in 1979.
There was someone on this forum that had crystals he would sell.
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