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does anyone here have a radio scanner? I've wanted one for ages, and I'm thinking of getting one. I got a Maplin electronics promotion thru the door the other day, and it has the uk scanning directory and a PSR216 scanner for 109quid. but for 'only' 250quid, I can get the Yupiteru MVT-7100, which looks much better. what do you reckon? the outcome of this could be: get a cheap scanner - novelty wears off, sell it get a cheap scanner - love it get the Yupiteru MVT-7100 (waste 100 quid) get an expensive one and love it get an expensive one then loose interest and never use it. |
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My scout troop has quite a good one (dunno make/model, it's pretty old though so likely to be discontinued now). When mobile phones were new you could pick up phone conversations on it! It's always good to hear what the police are up to too. On the plus side with a good scanner you can get excellent "field recordings" without ever leaving the house/having to worry about copyright. |
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the guys head exploded |
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how did I know that the first/ only person to reply would be you Ceri??? anyway, I really want the £250 one, but need somehow to convince myself that I can spend 250 on it, and not say music gear. i could listen to the cops on the cheaper one, but the more expensive one can listen to SW broadcasts (number stations I hear you think) and also SSB (single sideband- i.e. long distance broadcast(global)). as for the police, they are changing over to TETRA. TErrestrial Trunk RAdio. which is digital and secure doh. I know tons about all this sort of stuff, its closely related to my work. Ive worked on RF signal generators lots and my company makes Tetra analysers,so I know all the specs etc. So I've got a real interest in this sort of stuff, so should I splash out. Give me reasons to listen to SW and SSB, like number stations:) |
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I was going to say... I haven't seen it, but I want to. |
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Did you seem my question re the Vestax faderboard in the other thread? "I really want the £250 one, but need somehow to convince myself that I can spend 250 on it, and not say music gear." A scanner is music gear! And as it's relating to your work it'd be career development too :) My dad managed to pick up a number station on a "normal" wireless as a kid, but that was just after WW2. |
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They were huge down here about six years ago, never really saw much in them myself... Good film, if seemingly made by a bunch of inept monkeys. Darrel Revok, great villain name :D |
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your new avatar is sweet |
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faderboard=never tried. looks 'interesting'. need to go to london and look at gear, but I hate london and have no mates hmm more research needed I think. my dad reckons I should buy a car instead(and stop using my mums!) but that doesn't inspire me in the slightest. god I hate you maplins, get me onto scanners again. my mate had an ICOM IC-R5, which was sweet, but too small. and now he never uses it, but he is into gimmicks and im not. but even so £250 is a lot of money for me. I'm only an electronic apprentice, so pay is poor. I suppose I could strut around St.Albans at weekends impressing ladies with my scanning skills ;) |
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There's a maplins sale on at the moment, so check again if you've not in the past couple of days. I'll hopefully demo a faderboard middle of next week (a store with one on the way to a job interview), but I've yet to find anyone who has used one! Main factor for me will be the sound quality and how the loading of samples (or more importantly, whole sets of samples) from the smartcard works. |
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and if you do get your own car, be sure to get a: "L79AU" (maplins code) £150 = bargain. |
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nah, hate mp3, would rather fit some decks on the dashboard :D im currently ordering the cheaper scanner (PSR216) and UK scanning directory and a new multimeter cos mine doesnt have a backlight. i saw them all in the maplins sale thingy they put through my door, cos they know I can't resist! |
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