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"...."
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Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414