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From: dheisler@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Dave Heisler)
Subject: Need help with crystals and crystal scanner.
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:57:08 GMT

Hello, i'm thinking about buying and old 4 channel portable
crystal scanner. what i would like to do is re-xtal it
for the local amateur radio repeaters. (vhf)

So I called radio shack and they have no idea if they can get them
or how long it will take. Then I call a xtal company and they
need to know the following:

Actual frequency : just the straight 14x.xxx right?
holder           : what's this? Did i misunderstand?
tolerance        : is that ppm? what's normal for this sort of
                   thing?
load capacity    : is that like power capacity? what's normal?

Can you help? thanks.
a crystal neophyte
dave
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: schneidj@eecs.wsu.edu  (John B. Schneider)
Subject: FOR SALE SONY AIR-8 SCANNER
Reply-To: schneidj@eecs.wsu.edu
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 04:36:20 GMT

                Sony Air-8 Portable Scanner
                
The Air-8 is a four-band receiver that includes the aviation band (108
- 136.975 MHz), the public band (144 - 174 MHz), and AM and FM. Ten
programmable frequencies (in each band), priority and delay, whip
antenna, manual and automatic squelch, LCD display with back lighting.
Earplug and carrying strap included.  Operates on four AA batteries or
6V DC adapter.  Original box and instruction manual.

  List price       = $269.00 (rather meaningless)
  Price I paid     = $203.00 (more meaningful)
+----------------------------------------------+
| Price I'm asking = $150.00 (most meaningful) |
+----------------------------------------------+

Price includes shipping within the US.

John Schneider
schneidj@eecs.wsu.edu
(509) 332-0696 (H)
(509) 335-4655 (W)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: jmceravo@nyx.cs.du.edu (jim ceravolo)
Subject: 2006
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix (sponsored by U. of Denver Math/CS dept.)
Disclaimer1: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of
Disclaimer2: Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
Disclaimer3: control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:56:19 GMT

   I have some questions about the Pro-2006 from Radio Shack.  Over the
weekend I asked more than one Radio Shack salesman about modifactions
and they all gave me the same response; the "NEW" 2006s can't be modified
to receive cellular frequencies.  I didn't believe them one bit.  Figured
it's just a plan by the Tandy bigshots to make their scanners look innocent
in the recent FCC hype over cellular action.  So to see for myself, I
bought one.  First thing I did was open it up and check for the two glass
diodes behind the number 3 on the keypad.  THEY'RE THERE!  Does this mean
the scanner is definitely modifible?  Has anyone purchased a 2006 in the
last month and successfully restored cellular on it?  The scanner is
awesome compared to the BC200xlt I was using.  But if it can't be modified,
I may not keep it.  If you think a private response is more appropriate in
this situation,  E-Mail me at:  ceravolo@icarus.montclair.edu.  In fact,
I'd prefer private responses.

Thanks,
Jim C.
From: drw@esl.com (Dave Waters)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Back to best radio transmissions
Date: 17 Nov 92 22:27:01 GMT
Followup-To: alt.radio.scanner
Distribution: usa
Organization: ESL Inc.

In article <1e0n2kINN4e5@moe.ksu.ksu.edu>, tipping@phys.ksu.edu (Tracy N.
Tipping) wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Nov13.011605.7235@mixcom.com> kevin.jessup <kevin.jessup@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
> >Any favorite slang used by the police in your area?

I'm sure this occurs elsewhere, but one of the convenience stores (ala
7-Eleven) called Stop'N'Go was frequently referred to on the San Jose PD
radio as the Stop'N'Rob...

                 +-------------------------+
|  | |  |  |     | Dave Waters    WA6AWZ   |
+--+-+--+--+     | drw@esl.com             |
|  |||  |  |     | Compuserve: 73277,311   |
    |            +-------------------------+
    |
From: rbn@Apple.COM (Robert B. Neville)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: 'Scanner ban' bill info needed
Date: 19 Nov 92 02:25:53 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

Oops! I didn't capture any of the 'scanner ban' messages...the text of the
bill/law (?), the newspaper articles, etc. -- and now I need them.

If you have any information pertaining to the 'scanner ban', please e-mail it
to rbn@apple.com.

Thanks!

-rbn
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id <m0mqzSj-0000pEC@crash.cts.com>; Sun, 15 Nov 92 21: 57 PST
	id <kf78288@pro-amber.cts.com>; Sun, 15 Nov 92 21: 44 PST
	id <kf85695@pro-berks.cts.com>; Sun, 15 Nov 92 23: 48 EST
From: kenlager@pro-berks.cts.com (Kenneth P. Lager Jr.)
Subject: BC760XLT
Organization: Pro-Berks Inc.-Reading,Pa..The EMS Specialists..BBS..(215)929-4315
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 23:47:16 EST

        Can anyone please E-Mail me mods for this scanner (BC760XLT)

Thanks,

Ken Lager


ProLine:  kenlager@pro-berks
Internet: kenlager@pro-berks.cts.com
UUCP:     crash!pro-berks!kenlager
From: garnet@borland.com (Garnet Chaney)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: ** THE FUTURE OF SCANNING? **
Date: 19 Nov 92 00:47:27 GMT
Organization: Borland International
Originator: garnet@genghis.borland.com

In article <679.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) writes:
>
>Some of the police vehicles around here have cellular phones in them.  
>I picked up a conversation one night which made it obvious that the regular
>channels were expected to be "public" but the cellular call wasn't!

In one such call, the dispatcher was describing to the sargeant a caller
who, when asked for directions to get to the place the caller was calling
about, the caller started asking the dispatcher which hand was his left 
hand. When the dispatcher tried to explain it in terms of which side of
the callers body his heart was on, the caller said he didn't know which
side his heart was on, and asked again which was his left hand..... 
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: albert@sc.hp.com ()
Subject: Re: TV signals in upper 200 mhz ?
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Semiconductor Test Systems
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:15:40 GMT

dheisler@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Dave Heisler) writes:
:      I was playing with my scanner last night and
:      found I could pick up TV channel audio every
:      6 mhz starting from 257.762 to 293 mhz or so.

I have the same problem using a PRO-2005, only mine come in every 4MHz
about 720MHz.

Albert
From: tsa@cellar.org (The Silent Assassin)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Scanners
Date: 24 Nov 92 01:20:19 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

I know the Bearcat 200XLT can be modded to listen in to the cellular (800,
right?).  Can any of the cheaper versions be modded to as well?

Disclaimer: none. /earth is 98% full, please delete anyone you can.
tsa@cellar.org | weeks quote:"  Whenever 'A' attempts by law to impose his
moral standards on 'B', 'A' is most likely a scoundrel"-H.L. Mencken
"Mispelled?  Impossible!  I have an error-correcting modem."
From: gregs@hotcity.COM (Greg Stramback)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Drive Through Window Frequencies/Shopping Ctr Police
Date: 21 Nov 92 13:31:39 PST
Organization: BBS

mc donalds in my area (and just about all others) have both ends of the drive
thru conversations on 35.020 MHz.  The repeater input to this is 154.6, and the
CTCSS tone is somewhere between 103.5 and 107.2 Hz.  (yes, i play with them
quite often).  Jack in the box and Carls Jr. are both in the 457.500 to 457.600
range.  can't find the other part of the frequency here.

what do you mean by maximum range for a scanner?  frequency wise or distance
wise.
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: Kirk.Smith@launchpad.unc.edu (Kirk Smith)
Subject: Re: Finding Mobile Units
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:29:32 GMT

I've got one local cab company that does this (ie: tx on one freq, rx
on another).  Any idea why they don't want the mobiles to hear each
other?  Are the drivers competing against eachother, despite the fact
they're in the same company?  Naw..that wouldn't work, as the dispatch
would relay the pick-up location, and thus all the cabbies would hear
it.  Are they just trying to prevent chit-chat?  Seems like a stupid system
to me.

-ks

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Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: chinatti@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Stephen Anthony Chinatti)
Subject: Need battery for BC70XLT
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:56:24 GMT

I was wondering if anyone knows of a cheap source for batteries, specifically
the Bearcat BC70XLT- it is a 4xAA NiCad shrinkwrap package w/special 
connector as far as I can tell.  I can remove the connector from the old
pack and put it on the new one if that would save a few bucks.  

	Thanks in advance,
	Steve
-- 
Steve Chinatti, EMTA, EECS student, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
internet:chinatti@phoenix.Princeton.EDU     bitnet:chinatti@pucc.bitnet
From: brian@ganglion.Canada.Sun.Com (Brian Onn - OpCom Staff)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: fast food frequencies
Date: 20 Nov 92 20:21:56 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.


There has been some discussion recently about Fast Food frequencies.

Now, I'm curious... what could one possibly find interesting to listen
to here?  

Most conversations would typically be..

	"I'll have a Monster Burger(tm) and Super-Fries(tm)"

	"Would you like a drink what that order?"

	"No thank you"

	"That'll be $3.75...please drive through"

Is there ever anything more exciting?

Thanks,
	Brian.


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From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
Subject: Re: Radio Shack's Scrambling Cordless Phone
Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 253-1481 
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:47:47 GMT

Hi.. I wonder if possibly you could tell me how frequency
inversion works.  I'm not interested in modifying a scanner, or
anything.  I'd just like to know what the phones do to 'invert'
the frequency.  Thanks.



-- 
Chad Helfenberger
From: PLAWS@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: list of any and all frequencies
Date: 23 Nov 1992 20:55:28 -0600
Organization: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


      I'm not aware of any frequency databases on line.  Not surprising when
you consider how many Mb it would take.  The file for Washington Co. AR is
60k for a population of ~100k.  Ignore some things and extrapolate that to
NY's 10+ million people.  Easier to bop down to Radio Shack and get a
_Police Call_.  Or find a place near you that sells the appropriate edition
of _Scanner Master_.

Peter Laws              |"The '90s are gonna make the '60s|   pcl@engr.uark.edu
n5uwy@ka5bml.ar.usa.noam| look like the '50s"--D. Hopper  |plaws@uafsysb.bitnet
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Saturday, 14 Nov 1992 16:09:03 MST
From: <ASPDL@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: AM on BC200XLT

I remember once someone posted a mod to get a BC200XLT to receive AM.  Does
anyone have this mod and could you E-mail it to me?  I never understood why
anyone would manufacture a scanner which picks up aircraft band W/O being an
AM receiver in the first place.  Also, will this work on a 100XLT?  I have
both...
     Thanks,

     Patrick
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: albert@sc.hp.com ()
Subject: Re: Sears Garage Door Openers
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Semiconductor Systems Center
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:24:06 GMT

AERE7114@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca () writes:
: Why would a person want to listen to a garage door opener?  Do you get a
: signal or burst of transmission every time it's opened or closed?
: Although I still fail to see the reason.
: Check six.
: Paul
: (the Great White North,Take off you hoser!)

One possible reason:  To monitor garage door activity

Another: To capture other people's garage door codes

Another: Because I have never done it before

Another: Just because

Albert
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: ujsp@pool.info.sunyit.edu (Jason Paraskeva)
Subject: list of any and all frequencies
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:29:35 GMT

Does anyone have a list of frequencies for New York state. 
Looking for any kind of frequencies (construction companies,
police, fire, cellular phones, cordless phones, aircraft, 
etc........) I think I made my point. If anyone has such a list
could you please mail the list to "ujsp@sunyit.edu"

                                      Thanx a bunch
                                      Jason 
Xref: sparky alt.radio.scanner:2824 misc.legal:20020
From: cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Easily Modified?
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:35:30 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

> I would guess the FCC would try to make them illegal, but I hope not, as
> it would also outlaw (for technical reasons) downconverters for legal
> bands such as the ham 902 MHz band. On the other hand, this is the FCC
> that banned the production of 28-29.7 MHz amplifies (legal for hams)
> because CB-ers were buying and abusing them (and still are, I might
> add, but law abiding hams cannot buy good 28 MHz amps any more. Sigh.
> Just like gun control. Sigh. Sigh. )

> John Moore NJ7E, 7525 Clearwater Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85253  (602-951-9326)
> john@anasazi.com ncar!noao!asuvax!anasaz!john anasaz!john@asuvax.eas.asu.edu

Well, I know that FCC wasn't successful in eliminating 10m amps from being
produced, as I know a CBer who purchased a NEW one with a company name on it. 
(only know him by his handle)  There is hope!

BBrad Steinman
University of Toledo Computer Services
cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu
From: hgpeach@ms.uky.edu (Harold Peach)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: ** THE FUTURE OF SCANNING? **
Date: 16 Nov 92 21:22:45 GMT
    <1992Nov12.063606.1159@selway.umt.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

I believe the radio monitoring manufacturers can cope with changes in
communications mode (e.g. FM to Phase) or a move from analog to
digital protocols.  The biggest two problems may be, whether a Phase
modulated digital scanner can be marketed within most people's price
range.  The other problem is the digital protocol -- there are many
and the FCC may not specify a "standard."  To date, I believe each
manufacturer uses their own so that customers have to stay with their
brand.  If this continues 3rd party manufacturers will not be able to
design such receivers.

Encryption is another matter.  You can encrypt any radio signal and I
do not believe we will be able to or should be able to monitor these
signals.  While digital transmissions make encryption easier the two
do not necessarily go together.
-- 
Harold G. Peach, Jr.       ><>       N4FLZ       _%       hgpeach@s.ms.uky.edu
From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: To tattle, or not to tattle
Date: 16 Nov 92 22:10:37 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA

smustopo@nyx.cs.du.edu (sofjan mustopoh) writes:
: 
:     About crack doesn't harm you nor your baby.
:  here is some advice. 
:     Go buy some crack make your wife pregnant and feed
:  with the crack. then tell us what happen
:     or better yet feed your self with the crack abd tell 
:  us what happen. 

Lousy advice. I would not "make" my wife pregnant. I am not willing
to force her to do anything against her will.  

There are many who use crack with no problems whatsoever. If you have
problems with that drug, or any other, then you should avoid it.

However, just because you have this weakness does not mean that others
will also. 

Just because you believe something to be true - does not make it so.
For more on this - try reading alt.folklore.urban. For more on the
effects of drug, the actual effects - not WOD propoganda, try reading
alt.drugs for a few months. You do not have to agree with what is 
posted, or even make any postings. All you need to do is keep an open
mind about what you read. From the tone of your posting, I expect that
is too much to ask.

Bill
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: lloyd@leland.Stanford.EDU (William Koenig Lloyd)
Subject: Re: To tattle, or not to tattle
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 22:47:42 GMT

In article <gregs.20vv@hotcity.COM> gregs@hotcity.COM (Greg Stramback) writes:
>you're only talking about coke and crack though.  what about, speed, lsd,
>heroine, crystal meth, ecstacy (sp?), hash, pot, uppers, downers, ludes....

Please don't bring this up again.  It resulted in the biggest wave of
worthless posts I've ever seen.  I really don't give a damn what anyone would
and wouldn't report when listening to their scanner.  Everyone has their
own guidelines on this thing, and I don't want to read how 100 peoples'
differ in one situation or another.

Thanks.

Bill
From: gregs@hotcity.COM (Greg Stramback)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: To tattle, or not to tattle
Date: 21 Nov 92 13:18:02 PST
Organization: BBS

you're only talking about coke and crack though.  what about, speed, lsd,
heroine, crystal meth, ecstacy (sp?), hash, pot, uppers, downers, ludes....
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: parnass@cbnewse.cb.att.com (Bob Parnass, AJ9S)
Subject: Re: 'Secure' Cordless Phones? (Repost)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:36:05 GMT
Summary: use an AM signal generator and SSB rcvr to decode speech inversion

In article <1992Nov21.051911.19149@ssc.com>,
markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier) writes about decoding speech
interted scrambling:
 
> If you feed the spectrum inverted audio into the input of your
> VLF to HF converter, like the one Heathkit sold, you end up with
> a couple of SSB signals, (Or an AM signal with inverted sidebands,
> depending on how well your mixer is balanced).  Then the SSB receiver 
> works just fine.

Or pipe the scrambled audio into the EXTERNAL MODULATION INPUT
jack of an AM signal generator.  Tune the signal generator
to convenient frequency, say 4 MHz.  Now tune around 4 MHz
on an SSB receiver.
-- 
==============================================================================
Bob Parnass, AJ9S  -  AT&T Bell Labs  -  parnass@ihlpm.att.com - (708)979-5414
From: horak@convex.com (David Horak)
Subject: Re: PRO-2006 SCANNER FORF
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:18:42 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In <1992Nov17.101015.42@uoft02.utoledo.edu> cscon0151@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:

>> The company to call is MaryMac located in Kady, TX. We ordered a
>> 2006 and it was about $239 delivered. This price includes shipping
>> and you don't have to pay taxes. It is an excellent way to get
>> Radio Shack equipment. Their number is 1-800-231-3680.

>You must know somebody there to get a deal like that.  I just called them and
>asked their price on the 2006.  It was $325 delivered.

It is still a deal at $325.  Are the units used or "re-marketed"?
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Date: Tuesday, 17 Nov 1992 19:10:43 EST
From: <AERE7114@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Sears Garage Door Openers
Distribution: usa
 <1992Nov15.011735.11026@w8hd.org>

Why would a person want to listen to a garage door opener?  Do you get a
signal or burst of transmission every time it's opened or closed?
Although I still fail to see the reason.
Check six.
Paul
(the Great White North,Take off you hoser!)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
From: WALLY@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: TV signals in upper 200 mhz ?
Organization: University of Keentookey
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:41:15 GMT

In article <BxxvI5.M31@scd.hp.com>
albert@sc.hp.com () writes:
 
>dheisler@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Dave Heisler) writes:
>:      I was playing with my scanner last night and
>:      found I could pick up TV channel audio every
>:      6 mhz starting from 257.762 to 293 mhz or so.
>
>I have the same problem using a PRO-2005, only mine come in every 4MHz
>about 720MHz.
>
>Albert
 
 
 
Has anyone ever heard of harmonics or images?
 
Perhaps the TV audio is double, triple, etc, the frequency you were
tuned to..
From: lee@tosspot.sv.com (Lee Reynolds)
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Cellular/Cordless phone privacy.
Date: 16 Nov 92 14:23:01 GMT
Organization: Ludus Associates, Incorporated.

> Let's amend that to say "don't mind or care if you're overhead."
> I generally don't *WANT* people to listen in on my conversations
> but if I absolutely don't want them to be heard I use the traditional
> landline.
> 

Rusty, a friend of mine used to do something (she won't even say what she 
did for a living) for the NSA.  She says she doesn't even say anything 
over landline anymore.

                                Lee
From: wells@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Wells)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:16:11 GMT
Subject: Re: PRO-2006 SCANNER FORF
Organization: Zanzor of the CLOUDS
Newsgroups: alt.radio.scanner

In alt.radio.scanner, james.cromarty@nitelog.com (James Cromarty) writes:

>  > price).  There is a RS discounter on Prodigy that sells them for $336.
>  >                                                                      .
>  > Oh well....                                                          .

The local shack offers a no-problem return polocy on their stuff.  Guess I'll
just have to take it back.

> .JW> Mind sharing who and what the details are?                             .
> 
> The company to call is MaryMac located in Kady, TX. We ordered a
> 2006 and it was about $239 delivered. This price includes shipping
> and you don't have to pay taxes. It is an excellent way to get
> Radio Shack equipment. Their number is 1-800-231-3680.

Thank YOU!, James,

    I just called and they will be sending it out UPS and I should
be getting it in a week.  By the way.... that is $329 (typo), but a 
good deal none the less.                               ^^^

			Thanks again,  John in da Fort 
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