Subj : Re: Icom IC-T8A To : Night Owl From : W8ZZU Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 23:52:00 Re: Re: Icom IC-T8A By: Night Owl to All on Mon Sep 12 2005 07:46 pm > > I have a handheld scanner (Well more of a reciever) that costs $700 new. > > > Wow!! Mine didn't cost that much - and I thought that I spent alot at > $180.00 - might is a little more then a scanner thou! :) Mine goes from 0.1-3000mhz and does AM, NAM, FM, NFM, SNFM, WFM, USB, LSB (Both sidebands with true carrier re-insertion) CW, RTTY. Also has a slot for plug in card modules, A bandscope that does up to 100MHZ at a time, 1000 memories expandable to 4000, computer control, Dual VFO, AFC (Automatic Frequency Control), Steps from 0.00001 to 100MHZ, 11 Character Alpha tagging, Sleep timer. I can't think of anything else right now off the top of my head but it has some more features too! Jason - Whiskey Eight Zulu Zulu Uniform --- þ Synchronet þ Scanner Enthusiasts BBS - scannerbbs.dyndns.org - *CommNet HQ .