Simple but does the job.

[IrvingtonVFD43]

Nothing fancy, really. Got a RadioShack Pro 106 with a Larsen NMO 200 whip in the attic. There isn't much for any type of 800mhz out here, mostly VHF Hi, and it does a commanding job.

A Icom IC 7100 take up the corner space of my desk. It's absolutely awesome for receiving. (I don't have my ticket, yet) It's tied to a Alpha Delta sloper up in the attic as well with a couple Palomar Engineers filters to help with the EMI/RFI noise.

 

[CKnobb]

Absolutely nothing wrong with simple and streamlined. In fact, I am still in the process of upgrading my shack after 30 years of accumulation. It's now pretty streamlined, although only because I haven't moved back in the unused equipment that I moved out. I am liking the new extra real estate. That IC-7100 looks like a neat little package! Always been a Kenwood man, here. Good luck in your ticket quest.
Jim

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

There isn't much for any type of 800mhz out here, mostly VHF Hi, and it does a commanding job.

Consider yourself lucky. 700/800 P25 Phase-II with simulcast cells & LE encryption is king in my region

 

[IrvingtonVFD43]

Consider yourself lucky. 700/800 P25 Phase-II with simulcast cells & LE encryption is king in my region

I used to live in Omaha years ago. When Omaha Police & Fire (ORION) went to simulcast P25, it was hell on my Pro 106.

 

[iMONITOR]

How do you like the ICOM IC-7100?

 

[IrvingtonVFD43]

Absolutely nothing wrong with simple and streamlined. In fact, I am still in the process of upgrading my shack after 30 years of accumulation. It's now pretty streamlined, although only because I haven't moved back in the unused equipment that I moved out. I am liking the new extra real estate. That IC-7100 looks like a neat little package! Always been a Kenwood man, here. Good luck in your ticket quest.
Jim

Thanks! The 7100, at least for me is a bit of a learning curve, seems every time I look something up in the manual, there is some feature I missed or didn't know it had.

My journey with this hobby started back in 1992 with a Radio Shack Patrolman Pro 55 10 channel crystal scanner, then grew from there, Pro 2011, 38, 2046. Various antennas, Wandered into 10/11 meters in the mid 90's with a Cobra 148GTL, President HR 2510, Hy Gain super penetrator base antenna. but through various moves, getting married, family, jobs, I had to let go all of it.

I returned in 2004 and purchased a Pro 96, Uniden BC 296D and a Pro 106 and experienced the struggle of simulcast, and acquired the IC7100 from a late friend last year.

 

[IrvingtonVFD43]

How do you like the ICOM IC-7100?

Its a great radio! Does take time to learn the features, but I'd imagine if I had a beam or something a bit more robust, I'd hear a lot more. But I can't complain. The selectivity is good, sensitivity is a well.

 

[ka1njl]

Simple is good if it does what you want it to do and it's also good if it is the start of something bigger. Looks great.