Re: Anyone here into HAM Radio or Scanners ?
Thanks ALOT for the info guys !!!
I went to RS today and looked at the PRO-97.
Seems really nice, I like how it has more buttons, and a keypad.
Looks easier to use.
My main, and really only concern with it, is the gaps in the freq, and its freq range.
25-54MHz, 108-136.9875MHz, 137-174MHz, 216.0025-221.9975MHz, 222-225, 225.025-405.975MHz, 406-512MHz, 806-960 (excluding mobile) and 1240-1300MHz
I want to eventually (might have to get a big antenna) listen to things like the space shuttle launches (6706.5, 6896.0, 7461.0)
Will the PRO-97 pick those up?
Also, I want to be able to listen to HAM stuff also, will it do well for that?
Sounds like the PRO-97 would be a better "scanner" for just setting it up, and letting it scan. Verse the Icom r5, is more for setting it to a perticular freq you want to monitor (even though it will "scan")
~John