AFTERBURNER1

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I LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY CA. I WANT TO BUY A FREQUENCY SCANNER. ANY SUGGESTIONS WHERE I CAN BUY ONE? WHICH BRAND AND MODEL ARE GOOD FOR RC USE??

THANKS

Harley Condra

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I use the ICOM IC-Q7A scanner. It is a small, handheld unit that is actually a FM Transceiver, and also covers the 72 Mhz band that we operate on.
They list for around $125.00 and includes a charger and a set of two AA size 700 Ma Ni Cads.
It will scan the entire 72 Mhz band in 20 Mhz steps from the bottom to the top, stopping on in-use frequencies giving off an audible warning.
ICOM also makes a more expensive version that some of the guys are using. The IC-Q2A is about twice the price, but I don't know what more it can do that the IC-Q7A can't.

I bought mine from a local ham radio outlet in San Diego.

Look up ICOM on the web for more info.


Harley Condra
BVM REP
Team JetCat

AFTERBURNER1

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Thanks Harley!!! I met you at BITW. It was fun watching you put the hammer down on that bobcat of yours.

Doug

blw

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The Icom is pretty good, but other scanners scan the 72 mHz band too. I think you meant that it steps in 20 kHz steps, and not mHz. I have several AOR scanners that allow you to program the step rate down to 5 kHz increments. I think that you may miss some signals with such large steps as in the Icom. 20 kHz is pretty broad. You cover a range faster with bigger steps, but you have a large chance of missing things between the steps.