[net.ham-radio] Regency 7000 scanner?

gnome@oliveb.UUCP (10/12/83)

Does anyone know about the Regency ?7000 scanner?
I've heard that it scans from 24mhz to 1.2Ghz...

Also, where can one be found at a discount??
(Mail order or whatever...)


Gary Traveis

Olivetti ATC, Cupertino, CA
oliveb!olivee!oliven!gnome (N:gnome)

parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (10/13/83)

       You're talking about the	MX7000 Regency scanner,	list  price
       about $600.

       I spoke with Regency yesterday (10-12-83), and was told that
       this  model would be shipped to dealers during the summer of
       1984.  I	think the dealers have been given an earlier  date,
       so it's ambiguous at this point.

       Discount	scanner	dealers	include:

	  o+ Gaxaly  Electronics,  Box  1202,   Akron,	OH   44309,
	    (216)376-2402

	  o+ Communications Electronics,	818 Phoenix, Box 1002,	Ann
	    Arbor, Michigan 48106, (800)973-8888

	  o+ Scanner World, USA,	10 New Scotland	 Ave.,	Albany,	 NY
	    12208, (518)436-9606


       Unfortunately, the specifications sheet for the MX7000  does
       not specify continuous frequency	coverage.

       Its limited 20 channel capacity may prove  insufficient	for
       programming  in	all  the  frequencies  in  a  large 800	MHz
       trunked system, or cellular  mobile  telephone  frequencies.
       An editorial on the MX7000 appears in the October 1983 issue
       of the Radio Communications  Monitoring	Association  (RCMA)
       Newsletter.

       Several years back, Bearcat introduced an 800  MHz  scanner,
       but  it	was  removed  from  the	 market	 due  to  technical
       problems.


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