[Scan-DC] PRO96 milair sensitivity

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:13:21 -0400

After posting this I remembered something to add to this. As Mike said
because these rigs were not intended to do MILAIR, one scanner might do =
it
better than the next. The next 95 I program might get MILAIR much =
better.
Hard to say.

Take it easy,
Jeff=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] =
[mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Jeff
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 08:04
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] PRO96 milair sensitivity
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> I don't have the beginning of this thread so I hope am not too far off
> topic
> but I thought I would throw my thoughts out.
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> Can't comment on the 96 but I just programmed a 95 for MILAIR using =
some
> freeware for a first time scanner buyer who wanted to do MILAIR but =
did
> not
> heed the advice I gave him (I told him to not look at RS products if =
he
> wanted to work MILAIR).  I programmed in PAX freqs, hooked it up to =
the
> discone, and it sounded like crap, inaudible signals breaking the =
squelch,
> distorted comms, the whole gambit. I live about 2 miles from PAX and =
in
> the
> fall can see the roof of the tower. On all my other rigs these comms =
are
> clear as a bell but since the 95 was not designed for it, it does that
> range
> poorly.
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> I would imagine similar problems would be noticed trying to get the 96 =
to
> do
> this. There were a couple of freqs that were "OK", I think toward the
> lower
> end of the MILIAR band. But I found that it was definitely not worth
> purchasing if one has any thoughts of working MILAIR.
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> And on a side note, my buddy liked the 95 for most other stuff and =
decided
> to keep it. Great, BUT, now he has to go back to his wife to explain =
why
> he
> needs another scanner because the one he bought for MILAIR don't do
> MILAIR.
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> STINKS to be him right now.
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> Take it easy,
> Jeff
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:scan-dc-
> [email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of Mike Agner
> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 07:04
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Scan-DC] PRO96 milair sensitivity
> >
> >    Last nite, John W3JMV wrote:
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > So does the Pro-96
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >   Up to a point, that's true; however, one must keep in mind that =
the RF
> > section(s) (however they're defined in the DSP code) are not tuned =
for
> > this
> > band; so your sensitivity might be terrific, I would buy one, and
> there's
> > a
> > better than even chance that mine might be much worse.  There's no =
QC or
> > guarantee; the 296 has this band defined, so it's likely to be much =
more
> > stable in this regard.
> >
> >    73s  Mike
> >
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