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From: oh2lak@krksun.krk.fi (Erik Finskas)
Subject: Re: Can the ICOM W2A receive CB freqs?
Organization: Radio Club of Kauniainen (OH2NRG)
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:08:16 GMT

Rod Troch (troch@gandalf.Rutgers.EDU) wrote:
: Can the ICOM W2A via a mod receive the CB freqs?  I know that via a mod
: it can receive the 800MHz cellular freqs.

No. All radios have some kinds of filters and W2A has also. I compare W2A
thid time to my 24AT:
Expanded RX mod (PowerOn: # + B + Light) allows to enter freqs from 0.00MHz
to 1310MHz. But this does not mean radio can RX the entered freq. 
I have labbed my radio with a signal generator, and signals can be
heard from 65MHZ and up. When desired freq at ham radios is abt 145 MHz,
radios filter can't be called filter if it allows CB signal to go trough.
Another problem is VCO control voltage. VCO voltage is dependent to frequency
and at freqs below 50MHz it is way out from desider limits. I think
W2A has also a somekind of a indicator when it is not actually receiving the
entered frequency: In 24ET Unlock-situation is impressed with a U-letter
at memory channel screen (right side from freq)

/Erik OH2LAK        

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From: cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: PRO-41 mod
Date: 23 Jan 93 00:25:14 EST
Followup-To: alt.radio.scanner
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

wrigley@u.washington.edu (Bob Ennes) writes:
> 
> I just got a PRO-41 for Christmas and having a good time scanning but I
> would like to know if there is modification to allow me to receive 800Mhz. 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Bob

I have a PRO-41 that I don't use anymore, ( I have a PRO-43, PRO-2006 ) and
found it to be a reliable VHF-UHF scanner.  But it isn't made to accept the
800Mhz range.  The only way you are going to get it to recieve 800Mhz is with a 
'downconverter'.  I would recommend getting a '800Mhz scanner' if you want to
get into 800Mhz scannin'!  The PRO-41 is extremely limited unit, no search
function, only 10 channels.  But it is reliable.  That's my 2 cents.....

Later....

Brad Steinman
University of Toledo Computer Services
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Organization: Senior, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:51:47 -0500 
From: "Brian J. Papa" <bp12+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: BC200XLT symptoms and new BC ?

What are the symptoms of the infamous batt low light problem?  At what
battery voltage should the "Batt" blink?  At what voltage does it happen
with the "defective" ones?  I received mine in March of 1988, so I think
it could very well have the diode problem.  

I have also been having problems with my battery pack.  I had one dead
cell, which I replaced, but the scanner still has trouble starting on
batteries, unless you squeeze on the power/charge input co-axial jack. 
I assume there is a bad connection at the "switch" that connect the
negative terminal of ni-cads to the negative output terminal of the
battery pack when the charge is not plugged in.  (btw, I've been having
this problem for a while, so I think that it is unrelated to the dead
cell)

Finally, what is the story on the new BC portable that was mentioned a
little while ago?  I am very interested in buying one and getting rid of
my BC200xlt.

Any suggestions?   Please e-mail me.
Thanks.

-Brian
From: wvogel@MtHolyoke.edu (keeper of the tone)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: What is a VFO knob?
Date: 23 Jan 1993 19:56:13 -0500
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
NNTP-Posting-Host: slab.mtholyoke.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

VFO stands for  Variable Frequency Oscillator
                ^        ^         ^   
it allows you to vary the frequency of the crystal or other frequency
standard you using in your receiver or transmitter 
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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:35:04 GMT

pclark@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Peter Clark) writes:
: Actually, it's the FCC that bans portable HAM equipment from being used
: upon aircraft, it's a restriction in the liscense.

Is that true for all aircraft? I seem to recall a number of people who
have used ham gear in private craft. Maybe the prohibition only applies
to commercial air carriers.

Bill
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From: mooredb@ucunix.san.uc.edu (David Brian Moore)
Subject: 900 MHZ Snner? Which one?
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 05:14:44 GMT

I'm going to buy a 900mhz scanner in the very near future, I'm
currently looking at units in the $200-250 range, which is best.
I'm looking at the AOR handeld (AR950?), BC-200, or radio shack
2026. Any helf is appreciated!

P.S. I live in a fairly high RF area.

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From: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:00:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Harris CSD, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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In article <1k18pqINNjfd@hp-col.col.hp.com> kenw@col.hp.com (Ken Wyatt) writes:
>Actually, it's up to the captain as to whether operation of scanners
>or two-way radios (cell phones / ham radios) is allowed on -his/her-
>plane or not.  In practice, many airlines have a blanket policy
>which prohibits the use of this equipment on board.

The blanket policy DEFINITELY applies to ANY instrument that broadcasts, such 
a Cellular, transceivers, etc - my neighbor is an AA pilot & says that 
that is a FAA rule.

The use of equipment that is not intended to broadcast, but that does have 
some spurious RF emissions is subject to the pilots discretion.

The WORST place to use a scanner in a plane is over the wing area - apparently 
that is where all the navigational equipment & sensors are.


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From: bbs.sira@gilligan.tsoft.net (Sira Vista)
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Keywords: scanner airport planes
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:52:58 GMT

rcooper@world.std.com (ron w cooper) writes:

> Does anyone have any experience using a scanner in a major airport?  Do
> the security guys give you any trouble ?  Are there any rules (FAA etc)
> that prohibit you from using a scanner on planes ?
> 
> Ron Cooper


ON PLANES?!?!  Don't even use a WalkMan Radio on a plane.   
Why? Birdies or Harmonics, what ever you want to call them, can wreck
havoc on sensitive instruments needed to properly fly the plane.
If a birdie from your scanner mucks up, lessay tower reception or ILS,
you could be worm food. (or perhaps grit for a snowy sidewalk.)

Sira


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From: mbothe@netcom.com (Michael Bothe)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: What is a VFO knob?
Date: 23 Jan 93 18:38:58 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

brett@surfpix.princeton.edu (Brett Borowskiy) writes:

>I've seen it mentioned in a few posts and I'd like to know what
>exactly is a VFO knob.

>I don't think this is in the FAQ....

>Thanks,
>Brett

>-- 
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How about Variable Frequency Oscillator..

--
Mike
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From: pclark@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Peter Clark)
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:53:52 GMT

Actually, it's the FCC that bans portable HAM equipment from being used
upon aircraft, it's a restriction in the liscense.

-- 
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From: kenw@col.hp.com (Ken Wyatt)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: QUESTION ON BEARCAT MR8100 SOFTWARE
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:32:20 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpcsql.col.hp.com


If you send me your address, I'll send out the S/W instructions.

Ken  (kenw@col.hp.com)
From: djc@terapin.com (Don Coco)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: 800 mhz Trunked Radio Signals
Date: 20 Jan 93 18:21:05 PST
Organization: BBS

Well later the same day they put the data channel back on channel 2 in the hunt
group.  So much for being able to listen to the fire department here.  I think
I will keep the vhf freques in the radio anyway just to be sure incase they
turn on the vhf repeaters again.
From: miles@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Miles Abernathy)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Small Color Camera Wanted-Defects OK, Suggestions Requested
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:45:41 GMT
Organization: University of Texas
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X-XXDate: Thu, 21 Jan 93 15:44:11 GMT

I am looking for a very small, lightweight  color TV camera, to send up
suspended from a kite. I know that low-cost high-quality midget b&w
cameras are readily available ($204.50, tel. 800-221-2240, as per January
73 magazine), but am hoping to find a cheap color one.

I don!t mind if it has defects, like a burned spot or two. Don!t need a
camcorder, just a camera.

Does anyone know where to find such a device? Any ideas on how to find
units rejected by the manufacturer due to a bad pixel or two?
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From: laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Date: 27 Jan 93 07:25:34 GMT
Expires: 2/4/93
Distribution: usa
Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak.jpl.nasa.gov

In article <0fNPGlu00YUnRPlBJb@andrew.cmu.edu> "Rudolph R. Zung" <ru+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>Apparently
>this is a for-real problem and not some paranoia on the part of the FAA
>because there has been reports of flight navs going awry because someone
>had switched on an FM radio on the flight; things were restored back to
>normal once they tracked down the passenger and had him/her turn off the FM
>radio.

I heard also that cheap FM radios with little shielding and 10.7 MHz IFs 
can interfere with the aircraft radios (not too likely, but still...) and
that this was the cause of the blanket restriction against "radios." It would
be asking too much for overworked and harrassed flight attendants to
discriminate between such dogs and well constructed and shielded receivers.
Still, the lawyers inevitably have to enter into it somewhere. I flew a leg
sitting next to an AA flight engineer who told me that the reason AA prohibits
listening to comms (and doesn't include ATC on the in-plane audio selection)
is because the corporate lawyers are worried some passenger might hear a pilot
make a boo-boo and cause alot of problems. I always thought it was funny that
nothing prevents me from doing the same in my living room (yet). UA does not
share the same paranoia, apparently, as they both provide ATC on the headset
and allow monitoring aboard the aircraft (with the captain's permission). 

-Greg.
From: kbarger@cellar.org (Kyle Barger)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Frequencies wanted--Morton (Del. Co.), PA
Date: 26 Jan 93 03:01:12 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

Could anyone supply frequecies for the Morton Borough Police Dept., in
Delaware County, PA?  _Police Call_ has listings for the fire company, but
no police.

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From: troch@gandalf.Rutgers.EDU (Rod Troch)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Can the ICOM W2A receive CB freqs?
Date: 22 Jan 93 03:37:45 GMT
Organization: Right Coast HQ For Stupid Pub Tricks


Can the ICOM W2A via a mod receive the CB freqs?  I know that via a mod
it can receive the 800MHz cellular freqs.

Thanks,
Rod
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From: upfv@pool.sunyit.edu (Paul Vieira)
Subject: PRO-30 FREQUENCY UPGRADE
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:12:11 GMT

I've been scanning for some time using the Radio Shack PRO-30. I
have found that the only constraint is the limited 16 channel 
database. Is there an inexpensive upgrade (a chip replacement
perhaps?) I can obtain to increase the database to 30 - 40
channels? I'm trying to avoid buying a whole new scanner with
a larger database. Other than that limitation I have found
the PRO-30 a reliable scanner.

Hope this is not a FAQ, appreciate any response and thanx beforehand.
From: chow@plasma.icsl.ucla.edu (Elvin Chou)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: How to listen to miltary satellites around 261 MHz?
Date: 25 Jan 93 07:53:35 GMT
Organization: University of California at Los Angeles, EE Dept.

I reading about some of the stuff people have heard on some of the 
military satellites like fleet com sat (or something like that)
with frequencies around 261 MHz and 249 MHz.  I was wondering what
kind of equipment was used---especially what kind of antennas and 
pre-amps are used.  


Thanks, 
Elvin
chow@plasma.icsl.ucla.edu
From: pitonyak@cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Pitonyak)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Date: 25 Jan 1993 00:14:21 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
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Keywords: scanner airport planes

In article <C1Dsrv.4uE@world.std.com> rcooper@world.std.com (ron w cooper) writes:
>Does anyone have any experience using a scanner in a major airport?  Do
>the security guys give you any trouble ?  Are there any rules (FAA etc)
>that prohibit you from using a scanner on planes ?

Yes, in the Columbus international airport I have brought a
scanner.  They had me turn it on and show it worked.

andy



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From: dhepner@cup.hp.com (Dan Hepner)
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:17:57 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.2]


From: laborde@oak.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Gregory R. LaBorde)

>Still, the lawyers inevitably have to enter into it somewhere. I flew a leg
>sitting next to an AA flight engineer who told me that the reason AA prohibits
>listening to comms (and doesn't include ATC on the in-plane audio selection)
>is because the corporate lawyers are worried some passenger might hear a pilot
>make a boo-boo and cause alot of problems. I always thought it was funny that
>nothing prevents me from doing the same in my living room (yet).

The difference is that when you're in your living room you have no
imaginable grounds to sue AA because you heard something amiss.  If
on the other hand you were on the plane, and claimed that forever more
your sex life was destroyed by the incident, ..., well, you get the
picture.  Maybe if we made it a point to avoid AA and tell them 
that we prefer airlines which make the ATC available, they would 
change.

I listen on UA also, although sometimes it isn't available, and often
you have to put in a special request which they take great pains to
explain may not be granted. One of the more interesting things was on 
a red eye SFO->JFK, and the pilot was trying to get a straight shot, 
ignoring the normal travel lanes, from somewhere over Iowa all the way 
to upstate NY, eventually succeeding.

Another was LaGuardia to Denver.  Listening, came the curious news (to me)
that we were going to stop in Milwaukee.  Being on an unplanned flight
(entering the airport, two minutes later getting on a plane about to
leave using a ticket for a different flight to Denver) I was willing to 
believe that UA had a flight which stopped in Milwaukee, but then came the 
further news that since LaGuardia was wet, and the 737 full, it was unable 
to take off with a full fuel load, and had to stop to refuel.  The 
announcement to the passengers was terse "we're going to stop in 
Milwaukee for a few minutes", with no explanation.

Dan Hepner
From: kenw@col.hp.com (Ken Wyatt)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
Date: 25 Jan 1993 17:42:18 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpcsql.col.hp.com


Actually, it's up to the captain as to whether operation of scanners
or two-way radios (cell phones / ham radios) is allowed on -his/her-
plane or not.  In practice, many airlines have a blanket policy
which prohibits the use of this equipment on board.

The reason some airport security folks like to see you turn it on,
is to provide some comfort that it's not packed with explosive.
Otherwise, I've never experienced any problems getting through.
Just be cool, turn it on, unsquelch it momentarily; just as if
you do this all the time...

If you'd like to monitor the aircraft comms, many planes have the
means to plug in the comm channel to one of the audio channels,
upon request.
From: jpotts@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (John Potts)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Any opinions on AR3000{A}?
Date: 25 Jan 93 14:56:37 GMT
Organization: HP Stanford Park - Palo Alto, CA

I have had an AOR 3000A scanner now for almost a year and like the radio
very much.  It has excellent sensitivity and is very immune to intermod.
I purchased the radio mostly for the ability to control it with a 
computer and find that is works quite well.  While my scanner had no 
defects, you should be warned that AOR scanners have a reputation for 
poor quality.



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From: johnw@bluemoon.use.com (John L. Wilkerson Jr.)
Subject: Re: Mods for BC855XLT
Keywords: BC855XLT
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 09:51:00 EST

rfweber@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert F. Weber) writes:

> I try to read this group once a week but have never seen an response to
> several requests for modification information for the BC855XLT to increase
> the number of channels (50 to 100?) and to scan the cellular freqs.  Did
> I miss it or hasn't anyone responded?????

 
    I alos want the mods.   I got directions, but the ASCII diagram was a 
bit (actually a lot) confusing, and the directions were a bit cryptic.
 
So to all.... IF you know the mods.... send 'em, via email addresses AND 
post those bad boys!
 
But please.... Do an accurate diagram on the jumpers, and how to solder 
them.
 


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From: nick@bean.apana.org.au (Nick Gibbs)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Distribution: world
Subject: Pro-34 800Mhz Modifications??
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 12:34:16 +1000

In an article of <Friday January 08 1993 04:23>, Alex Fagundes wrote:

 AF>   I was wondering if it was possible to modify a Realistic Pro-34 scanner
 AF> to get the whole 800 Mhz range??  And if so, how? I think that in some
 AF> scanners all you need to do is to remove a diode, am I right?? thanks for
 AF> the help...

The PRO-34 scanner sold in the US can be modified to 'unlock' the cellular range. Simply clip D11 to restore the missing frequency range. You can find D11 on the CPU/Logic board.

Nick


From: Ron.Sujkowski@altern8.mi.org (Ron Sujkowski)
Sender: FredMail@altern8.mi.org
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Sale: Uniden 210XLT Scanner
Date: 26 Jan 93  07:44:52 EST

Interested in the scanner. $100 including shipping.
Although I have the money I need to know:
Is it in PERFECT working order? Manuals? Antenna(s)?
How old is it?
Ron Sujkowski
3184 Yorkshire Drive
Bay City MI 48706
Ph:(517) 686-5157

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