> >> >> >> > In article
> >> >> >> >>> If you feel it's dead, it's because you must be very limited to
> >> >> >> >>> the
> >> >> >> >>> com
> >> >> >> >>> systems still out there.
> >> >> >> >> That could very well be, and satisfaction depends on what you
> >> >> >> >> want
> >> >> >> >> out
> >> >> >> >> of your radio, but I can see no valid reason for buying a new
> >> >> >> >> scanner
> >> >> >> >> today ... especially the ones castrated by FCC fascism. I
> >> >> >> >> managed
> >> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> >> acquire a brand new full coverage MK3 in 2004 thinking I landed
> >> >> >> >> the
> >> >> >> >> prize of a lifetime, but if I could get half of what I paid for
> >> >> >> >> it,
> >> >> >> >> I
> >> >> >> >> sell it tomorrow.
> >> >> >> > LOL, cellphones? Well, that's a boat that's sailed, and never
> >> >> >> > coming
> >> >> >> > back. My 2004 does fine on all the PS and RR stuff I listen to.
> >> >> >> > Cell calls were hilarious, but there was more to listen to than
> >> >> >> > that.
> >> >> >> > BDK
> >> >> >> I found that the novelty of monitoring cellphones wore off rather
> >> >> >> quickly
> >> >> >> anyway.
> >> >> > Some people must live in a very dull town...;)
> >> >> > BDK
> >> >> There is "tons" of stuff to hear on my scanner - here. Admittedly -
> >> >> there
> >> >> are "some" quiet times - and others - you sort of wish they'd shut
> >> >> up -
> >> >> but
> >> >> you don't dare turn it off or the volume down.
> >> >> Cell phones - are boring - to me. I could care less what others are
> >> >> talking
> >> >> about. It's none of my concern or business. I am not listening for
> >> >> "private"
> >> >> information - either. When I "did" have a cell phone capable scanner -
> >> >> I
> >> >> heard lots of ***s - the exchange something to this effect - "Hi -
> >> >> Hi!
> >> >> Whatcha doing? Nothing whatchu doing? Nothing..... What's going on?
> >> >> Nothing,
> >> >> you? Nothing! You going out partying tonight? I am. Yeah - I am
> >> >> too.....
> >> >> And
> >> >> shortly the conversation would end with equal exchanges of same
> >> >> questions/remarks. BORING.............. A waste of cell time and
> >> >> money -
> >> >> in
> >> >> my opinion. I hate when people call me on mine just to ask stupid
> >> >> questions
> >> >> or tell me things I could care less about. Especially - when they
> >> >> could
> >> >> tell
> >> >> me later in person - as if I'm yet interested. The other calls I
> >> >> witnessed
> >> >> were arguments, contractor calls, etc. All ***(to me) - I could live
> >> >> without.
> >> >> Just my 2 cents.
> >> > Everyone has their likes and dislikes. But I do have to wonder what is
> >> > going on with people who say there isn't anything to listen to
> >> > "anymore". My scanner is almost nonstop action 24/7/365. The only
> >> > negative compared to the "old days" is the fact I don't have an insane
> >> > amount of radios, in case a huge disaster happens. A few times over the
> >> > years, I have had a dozen scanners and receivers going all at once,
> >> > keeping track of everything that was happening.
> >> > Now I'm down to three, soon to be four.
> >> > BDK
> >> Yeah, you're right......... I guess my point is, I'm not one to "talk" on
> >> a
> >> phone so - could care less when people are talking - for me to care to
> >> listen. Their chatter is boring. I mean - even cordless phone - old
> >> ladies
> >> exhanging recipies and so on. WHO CARES! The Scanner provides way too
> >> much
> >> to listen to.
> > Seriously, people must have been talking about totally different stuff
> > where you are. There was some amazingly great stuff.
> >> I am involved in many positions here - which is why I don't dare turn my
> >> scanner down. It is "usually" busy - but some days it seems the shit hits
> >> the fan and there is so much going on - it is hard to keep up with it
> >> all. I
> >> monitor 2 other counties aside from my own - as often things there -
> >> unfold
> >> for us here.
> > I lived in Las Vegas when the MGM Grand Hotel burned, and I had every
> > single scanner and tunable PSB radio I had listening to it. My "big"
> > scanner was a Bearcat 210, and as soon as I found a busy freq, I tuned
> > one of my old "Monitoradios" that was sitting in the closet until then
> > to it..I sure wish I had one 200 channel scanner then, it sure would
> > have made it easier.
> > My girlfriend at the time got hooked on scanning that day. Every so
> > often, she asks me if she needs an upgrade, and when it's time, buys it,
> > and a friend of mine programs it for her. The older scanner is moved to
> > her kid's bedroom, she's hooked too.
> > BDK
> That is so cool - your girl friend is hooked! Most women don't go for that
> stuff. I got a BC 210 or two down in my heap pile now....... They were nice
> to have back then. I can't recall having a "Monitoradio" - however - I have
> seen them. I do have a Realistic Tuneable receiver - covering a PSB band or
> two.
> It has a crystal socket or two also - in case you want to make it rock
> bound.
My Ex-GF, sadly. Her dad hated me so much that about the time we were
about to get engaged, we had to break up. He liked the loser that she
ended up marrying, until he cheated on her, and gambled a ton of money
away. Then I wasn't so bad, I guess. She's single now, with a kid in
college and sometimes I think I will go back to Vegas to see what
happens with her. You never know.
You might not be old enough to have been around when the Monitoradios
were really common. I bought about 20 of them at garage sales and
hamfests from about 1968 to 1978. Most were retired after I bought my
Bearcat III, the rest were put into the closet when I bought my 210 for
40 bucks! Some guy lost his ******, and needed money to drive
home. It was 2 weeks old, and I got everything but the mobile bracket.
The monitoradios are long gone now. The heat they threw off was insane,
and with about 12 of them running at once, plus a TV, a couple of
crystal scanners, and the 210, my bedroom got hot as hell within
minutes. We didn't care. We had a few of them on an extension cord to
keep from tripping the breaker.
Nice looking one that was recently sold:
http://www.redwaveradio.com/
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