dma@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dennis Anderson) (11/27/85)
> me that ANY of these new wide-band scanning/monitoring radios (Yaesu > FRG-9600, Icom R-7000, Regency M5000 or M7000, JIL SX-400, and whatever) > are worth buying now, especially for anything near their list prices. > In addition to the sort of design faults mentioned before, reviews > indicate that performance quality certainly doesn't seem to be good > enough to justify the prices. I would give the technology a few more > years of development before putting my money on it... Has anyone on the net been able to compare the performance of these new radios? I would appreciate any word on the relative [de]merits of the units available. I agree the prices look too high for right now, but if the cellular phone lobby gets its way, these things might be forced off the market. Remember the 10-meter linear amplifer ban. Dennis Anderson wa7iel ...ihnp4!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!dma