[Scanner] Re: Scanner speaker combiners

[Ubbe]

If the isolation between scanners is a requirement,
then you must have an amplifier/buffer circuit for
each scanner and if you cannot build this yourself,
as I assume from your text, then you're looking at
that $100.00 price tag for anything plug&play ready.

The best thing would be to join a scanner or ham club
and ask if someone could build a mixer that would
suit your needs and give him a case of beer or
something for his troubles.

Ubbe.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin O'Rourke <kevin.orourke1@attbi.com>

Is anyone aware of a fairly inexpensive and small device that will take=20
the speaker-level output of multiple (oh, say 6) scanners, etc. and=20
combine them into one speaker-level output?  This device should isolate=20
each source from the other, and would ideally have a front-mounted=20
"volume knob" and a headphone jack that would mute the speaker when in=20
use.  There is a device (the Scan-a-Mix BX1,=20
http://www.bdenterprises.com/products/bx1/ ) that was advertised in the 
9/02 edition of MT, but it has no front-mounted headphone jack, and the 
only volume control is a "mute" switch - it also has a price tag of $129 
plus s&h (a little pricey for my taste).  Again, I'm looking for 
something fairly small, so even the smallest audio mixer board would be 
too large (and expensive).

Thanks in advance,
Kevin