[Scan-DC] Analog/Digital (cellphones/radios)

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:58:38 -0500 <oldsdoug at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> I've been scanning since just after Montgomery went to VHF high band 
> in the late 1960s... and my buddy before that... the old low-band 
> radios seemed to work better than anything that followed them... 

The handheld radio I own that can hear trains farther away than any
other? A four-channel crystal Montgomery Ward 856 made by Sharp. Possibly
my PRO-2004 has ears as good. I am in Alexandria. I could easily hear
trains on the B&O in Montgomery County with that Sharp. I had a homebrew
power supply for it. I dream of finding a shoebox full of crystals at a
yard sale. 

I owned a better car then too, and lived much better on less money. I am
not better off now than I was xx years ago. The good old days.