[Scan-DC] Scanners & Mil Air Band

[al]

>For the RS/GRE PRO96 (and presumably the upcoming PRO-2096, now expected
>to be released sometime next month) Win96 from Don Starr is the clear choice.
>This package has the ability, unlike some others, to do things the other 
>software
>packages can't; for example, using Win96 can enable the PRO96 to receive 
>the UHF milair
>band (225-400 Mhz).

  This excerpt,above, talking about a web sites reorganization,got me 
wondering again.

Why is it Radio Shack,amoung others,refuses to include mil-air band on most 
of its scanners? Does it cost alot to have it?

  For example,I traded a perfectly good Pro-2053 for a Pro-2052 'cause the 
2052 has mil-air & the 2053 does not.When I decided to buy a 2053 I only 
glanced at its spec's.I remember seeing the 225 freq when looking at its 
specs & realised after the purchase it only included some new amateur band 
& ended just a few megs up.
  Another control that seem's to have fallen by the way side is the use of 
manual mode control.Their are a number of AM mode trans in the 140 meg 
range that cannot be heard 'cause the modes cannot be manually changed.It 
took a long time for the scanner makers to speed up scan/search rates & 
then they go & eliminate the very band,225-400,where fast searching was the 
most usefull.
Maybe it's due to "trunking" & the makers thinking past options are no 
longer needed?

  Just does not make alot of sense to me.

  Al
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al dudley ....wash dc , usa
  ald61650 at comcast.net
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