Full coverage monitoring receiver.
A very good radio, with a good selection of bandwidths and step sizes. Can be computer-controlled and it has a discriminator output on the AUX connector. Also has a 10.7 MHz IF output on the back.
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Full coverage monitoring receiver.
A very good radio, with a good selection of bandwidths and step sizes. Can be computer-controlled and it has a discriminator output on the AUX connector. Also has a 10.7 MHz IF output on the back. |
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Full coverage handheld.
A fairly good performer, although mine could use a speaker mod to eliminate the audio cutting in and out that can occur. |
| This is a radio facsimilie terminal that produces printed copies of radio fax signals, such as satellite weather maps. |
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Computer controlled receiver.
Unfortunately, it's discontinued. It's a neat design -- a GRE receiver board interfaced to a computer-control board (controlled via a Winbond 8051 microprocessor). Opto had planned to offer a series of add-ons to the receiver, but eventually had trouble getting boards from GRE in the small quantities that sales numbers dictated.
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PCR-1000, computer controlled receiver about the size of a
large paperback book. For data decoding fans like me the built-in
discriminator output is nice.
ICOM bungled the release of the control protocol, but it's been reverse-engineered and is available on the Internet. As with any receiver, it's important to have the right antenna for the frequencies you're interested in. I recently purchased a UT-106 DSP Unit and will install it when I have some time. |
| Full coverage monitoring receiver. Mine doesn't see that much use since I got an R8500. |
Full coverage monitoring receiver. The successor to the
R7100. Solid performance, built-in disciminator output and
10.7 MHz IF output.
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Portable AM/FM/Shortwave receiver. This was purchased from
a thrift store and works fine.
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Portable AM/FM/Shortwave receiver.
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Portable AM/FM/SW receiver.
Very good sound from this receiver. |
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Portable AM/FM/PSB receiver.
Coverage is 525-1605 KHz (AM), 87.5-108 MHz (FM), and 148-174 MHz (PSB). This radio is still in the original box. |
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Desktop shortwave receiver circa 1980 - 1984.
Covers 550 kHz to 30 MHz. |
Early 1970's basic shortwave receiver.
For more information and photographs, click here. |
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Late 1960's vintage GRE-built shortwave receiver.
You can read more about this model here. |
| Early 1970's vintage GRE-built shortwave receiver. |
Five-band shortwave receiver.
For more information and photographs, click here. |
| Small, handheld AM/FM/shortwave receiver. |
Portable AM/FM/shortwave receiver.
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Portable AM/FM/Shortwave receiver.
Support documents can be found on Radio Shack's support web site, here.
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Portable AM/FM/Shortwave receiver.
Support documents, including a manual in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format, can be found on Radio Shack's support web site, here. This radio is identical to the Sangean ATS-909. |
Portable shortwave receiver.
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| Early programmable base/mobile scanner. |
GRE-designed and built handheld TrunkTracking scanner.
I have the first version and the B model
(note the 'B' inside the box in the upper right corner of
the right-hand photo).
I have a little more information about this scanner here. |
GRE-built digital (APCO-25) trunk tracking portable scanner.
I have more information about this scanner here.
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A portable shortwave receiver.
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I know 11 meters isn't everyone's favorite band, but
I thought this radio was interesting enough to pick up.
It's an AM/FM/CB monitor with analog tuning, allowing the
user to hear any potential interstitial transmissions.
It also works well for receiving the audio from cheap wireless microphones.
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I picked up this three-band portable receiver at a local hamfest.
The end of the telescoping antenna is missing, but it doesn't affect
the operation of the radio.
This model originally came out around 1971. |
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Bearcat 100XLT.
VHF/UHF handheld scanner. |
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Bearcat 200XLT.
UHF, VHF, 800 MHz coverage (less cellular) handheld scanner.
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| Older desktop scanner. |
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Bearcat 245XLT.
Full coverage (less cellular) TrunkTracking handheld scanner. Capable of computer control. |
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16-channel base/mobile scanner with 'one touch' weather button. Covers 10 bands
with the following frequency bands:
29 to 54 MHz, 137 to 174 MHz, and 406 to 512 MHz.
I bought this unit at a garage sale. When I plugged it in, instead of channel numbers, the two-digit display showed 'L'. I hit the [WX] button and immediately heard the local NOAA weather radio transmission. Hitting [SCAN] after that caused the scanner to run through all sixteen channels. Apparently there are folks out there who get the 'L' display and are unable to proceed. If the [WX] doesn't work, try programming one of the 16 channels with a known frequency (NOAA weather frequencies are good for this: try 162.400 and 162.550 first). After receiving a good signal, manually step thorugh each channel - you should hear static if the squelch is set correctly.
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| Yupiteru MVT7100 full coverage handheld scanner. |
Vacuum tube shortwave radio, model H500.
I need to get a spare set of tubes for this unit. |
A relatively scarce Cold War device designed to prevent accidental
transmissions that might guide Soviet missiles. You can read more
about it
here.
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| Two antenna, two receiver impedence matcher. |
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Noise reduction via Digital Signal Processing.
Brief documentation is available from Radio Shack's support web site at here. The September 1998 Hints newsletter from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has the following modification:
Louder DSP with the RS 21-543 Box
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Last revised September 8, 2007