[Scanner] make your own scanner..

[larry fields]

 I agree with the remote as it would be nice to keep
it out of sight like my ic706mk2,and ic207h..but for
me if I could put it in the trunk would also be
nicer..

  Larry Fields<n6hpx>
--- Bill Smith <brscomm@thecia.net> wrote:
> 3) Remote mount or data port for a remote auxiliary
> head.  The auxiliary 
> head could be a different form factor than the
> original Scanner so it could 
> have an internal Speaker, or the remote mount kit
> could accomplish the same 
> thing.
> 
> 3) Better display legibility, especially in high
> light 
> conditions.  Uniden's lame Orange backlight is way
> behind the times.
> 
> 4) Wide/narrow selectivity to accommodate 25 and
> 12.5 KHz channels 
> spacing.  Murata IF filters are dirt cheap and it
> isn't that big a deal to 
> build a switchable IF chain. I've been toying around
> with it in one of my 
> 760's although the uProc will not support it.
> 
> 5) A little compression to compensate for the audio
> level differences in 
> narrow and wide radio systems.
> 
> 
> The above would add very little to production cost. 
> These others will be 
> more involved
> 
> 6) Smaller step sizes from the synthesizer to
> accommodate the current and 
> possible future changes in channel spacing. Even my
> Yaesu VR-5000 won't do 
> the new VHF freqs like 155.6475 MHz,
> 
> 
> 7) Improved RF performance. Not so much raw
> sensitivity, most Scanners are 
> hot enough.  Better IM rejection, higher 3rd order
> Ip, for fewer desense 
> problems.  This would involve better front ends and
> more expensive 
> semiconductors.
> 
> 8) Multiple and selectable Antenna inputs.  Some of
> the old Regency 
> Scanner's had separate UHF or 800 inputs so it's not
> a new concept.
> 
> Hey, I can dream :-)  If you compare the performance
> of today's Scanners to 
> state of the art top line Radios of 10-15 Years ago,
> the Scanners stand up 
> quite favorably.  I must say that all the whining
> about the 780, or even 
> it's in development successor, not doing every
> digital or trunking format 
> ever conceived is rather amusing.   Remember people,
> it's a consumer 
> product and it's features are driven by financial
> not technical constraints.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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