[PCR-1000] Answers from the "PRO"

[Edward Lentz]

Several other questions that have appeard that I went to the "PRO" to answer
for us.


<<  It works well, but if I'm just going to listen to the local keystone
kops, I've got a cheapie Radio Shack scanner that does a much better job  >>

I have yet to find any Radio Shack scanner at the price point that has
as good of a receiver, particularly in VHF, as does the PCR1000. So if
one cares about things like sensitivity, then it's a point to be made.

<<  AFC in NBFM mode causes the radio to tune downward forever.
Bandscope shows small signals all the way across or doesn't work at all.
Radio is deaf in many VHF/UHF  bands.  >>

AFC is not a function of the PCR1000; rather a function of the software
controlling it. IOW, there is no command that can be sent to the PCR1000
that enables / disables "AFC" in the PCR1000. Probe1K does not support
AFC since it isn't called for when one is truly "scanning". IOW, you
either know what frequency you want to scan or you don't. Otherwsie,
you'd bog down a scanning session by hunting down spurs, splatter,
intermod, etc.