parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (04/05/85)
Here are some excerpts from the local RCMA April newsletter, written by Ed Sirovy (IL-4): Radio Communications Monitoring Association Chicago Chapter Newsletter Regency "Plenty of Regency HX2000 and MX4000 radios were in attendance at our last meeting. Opinion was quite favorable." "Now the MX7000 is out and I borrowed one and a labora- tory to go with it. First the good news, 1/2 uv at 899 MHz before the Cushman quit. IT WORKS! Coverage 25 - 550 MHz and .8 to 1.3 GHz!" "Now the bad news. It IS an extended MX5000. Scan rate is very slow and slower. Images are as expected: 200 - 550, double the xmit frequency and subtract 750 MHz IF and there is your image. 800+, double the xmit frequency and subtract about 750 MHz IF and there is your image!" "Caught DuPage Sheriff and Toll Road at 954 with cellu- lar telco nearby. I sent this info on the MX5000 images (200 - 550) to our technical editor last time and he sez he would defer publishing it till he got further info! That's as useful as Radio Moscow." "This radio is hot. I heard the WCFL studio-transmitter link near 947 MHz. I was about 1 mile south of the transmit path about the same distance from downtown. Signal fluttered on the back of the set whip but the receive sight uses a humongous dish." "Cellular telco came in fine with BOTH sides of the conversation heard. Privacy of Cellular radio-telco is a MYTH. All the news people who ran out and got cellu- lar carphones so as not to let the opposition eavesdrop got took." FCC Microfiche "The long expected format change is here. The FCC merged its broadcast, old format, marine coast, air- craft ground, Chicago regional study (of 5 years ago), microwave, 470 - 512, among others databases into one new file. Left out (thank goodness) was the ham, boat, and aircraft mobile files (900,000 extra entries). Also left out was the AM-BC direction antenna file." "Microwave is especially large as receive sights are covered. Receive and transmit info includes azimuth, elevation and beamwidth. Also, all services, make and model of transmitter and antenna. Those who buy a copy later this year when it becomes available will find it more than double in size and price." [latest word from NTIS is that FCC announce another delay, so the fiche won't be available before May 1985! - Bob]. What About Bearcat "....Uniden which bought out Bearcat from Electra is presently working off its contractual obligations. Electra had ordered parts for X many units and Uniden agreed to buy the manufactured gear. When this is gone, Uniden will be free to bring out what ever equip- ment it wants and it will take over manufacturing." "While Bearcat was frozen, Regency took advantage of this weakness to buy everything it could find in Japan (1000, 2000, 4000, 5000, 7000)." Odds 'n Ends "Arizona may ban use of a 2-way radio while a vehicle is in motion. US-Canada-DOD closing Pine Tree RADAR net.... FCC has proposed weakening cable-TV radiation standards, hope APCO and NABER can stop this before there's another "Hillside"...." -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414