parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (05/14/85)
Here are the 3 responses I received from Bearcat BC220 scanner owners who tried tricking their radios to search 136-144 MHz. Thanks for experimenting. ======= > From: ihnp4!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!dma (Dennis Anderson) > Bob, > I tried the trick re the BC220 and searching 136-144 mHz. It seemed > to work, but without knowledge of any indentifiable signals in that > band I can't tell for sure. It did pick up images from the higher > frequencies. > > My BC220 was purchased in early 1980. > > I tried the same trick to see if it would cover 50-54 and 108-118, > but it didn't work. Could you please mail me some of the other > frequencies supposedly accesible by this trick? ....... > de WA7IEL > Dennis Anderson @ Boeing Aerospace ========= > >From uw-beaver!fluke!rad Wed May 8 12:39:15 1985 remote from ihnp4 ....... > Bob, the trick to receive 136 to 144 Mhz on my bc220 worked fine. I > was able to hear the Noaa wx sat on 137.5 loud and clear. Thank you. > Now if I could just get rid of the spur on 156.8 (marine channel 16!) > > Regards, > Randy ========= > >From seismo!clements@BBNCD1.ARPA Wed May 8 20:23:36 1985 remote from ihnp4 > From: Bob Clements <ihnp4!seismo!clements@BBNCD1.ARPA> > Subject: Re: Trick the Bearcat BC220 to search 136 - 144 MHz > > I just tried it on mine, serial # 28761, vintage 1979. > It seems to work, though I sure hear a lot of images > in that range. Not sure if anything is real. I'll have to > spend a bit more time to verify that real signals are there. > According to the display, though, it works. > > (K1BC) -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414