Mine was The 2020 from Radio Shack.......almost 26 years ago.....man, time flies when your having fun.
What was your first scanner model?
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randyf
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pro 2022 with 800 band mod
hypersight
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My first was a PRO-24, 4 channel crystal......way back in '85!
Freebase
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My first scanner was a Realistic Pro-20A 4 crystal scanner bought in 1984. It still works, but it's awful hard to find the crystals I need now!
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Man you talk about a reality check. I remember the first scanner as well as the first girl that let me...... well not the first time to......but the first time to........... ahhh I digress 
It was back in the 70's and it was a 4 channel UHF/VHF Midland crystal controlled scanner. Tried my best, but couldn't find a picture of one. It was actually a very good scanner. Listened to my first vice/narcotics bust on that scanner too. That also was the start of my buy - use - sell - buy the next best thing in scanners too. I can count on one hand the number of days since the 70's that I haven't been with-in earshot of a scanner.
Marty
It was back in the 70's and it was a 4 channel UHF/VHF Midland crystal controlled scanner. Tried my best, but couldn't find a picture of one. It was actually a very good scanner. Listened to my first vice/narcotics bust on that scanner too. That also was the start of my buy - use - sell - buy the next best thing in scanners too. I can count on one hand the number of days since the 70's that I haven't been with-in earshot of a scanner.Marty
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Mine was not even a "scanner" per se, but a tunable Realistic Patrolman-6 from Radio Shack. It was 1973 and it took all of my paper route money to buy it. My life long fascination with monitoring police, fire & air started with that first radio. I use a picture of that exact model for my avatar. Ah.....to be a kid again ;-)
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Regency HX-650 was my 1st and it still is used today for local stuff.not bad for being 24 years old.
http://www.rigpix.com/regency/regency_hx650.htm
http://www.rigpix.com/regency/regency_hx650.htm
My first was a BC60XLT, i got it back in '96 or '97. Still works great to this day (Had to solder the antenna connector many times though)
My first TRUE SCANNER was a four channel Midland VHF Hi crystal controlled hand held. Western Auto put them on sale for $20 by accident. I got the last one. Still have it and it still works.
I guess you can call this "other".
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My very first scanner was a Regency ACT-10-L/H/U, that was crystal controlled. However, my first radio capable of receiving fire and police calls was a Rhapsody multi-band receiver. That radio covered 30-50 MHz, 88-108 MHz, 108-174 MHz, 450-470 MHz, and served me for many years.
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Ron
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Ron
Hey Ron,Thunderbolt said:
Same Regency first scanner for me too. I still have it and I think it still works. That was a lot of years ago.
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I'm not as old as some of you folks, I also haven't been into scanning as long as some others.
So my first scanner was a RS Pro 95.
So my first scanner was a RS Pro 95.
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Thunderbolt said:My very first scanner was a Regency ACT-10-L/H/U, that was crystal controlled. However, my first radio capable of receiving fire and police calls was a Rhapsody multi-band receiver. That radio covered 30-50 MHz, 88-108 MHz, 108-174 MHz, 450-470 MHz, and served me for many years.
73s
Ron
Ron we used those in our patrol cars for years. To this day I think they were the best sounding scanners ever built. Before I retired I saw one sitting on the shelf in the Dicks room that hadn't been used for some time. Boy that brings back memories.....
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