Yes I did and still do.the 2004 is modded to 400ch with a new overlay .BTW, did you have any scanners that had mods to pick up early cellphone calls?
Oh man! Weekend fun listening to those! Private rendezvous.
I actually had dual-trunking ones.
Do you have decrypting software? I gave up once they went to total digital encryption.
I'm really happy with it, even if I realize there is much better, at least purely in terms of sound quality. Between the sound quality and the overall vibe of it (the user experience), it's perfect, really. I find the whole audio thing interesting and I like opportunities to hear really high end stuff, yet I'm pretty happy listening to my music collection on my somewhat more modest collection of gear. I can appreciate better, I just don't really jones to own that stuff, or to spend the money it costs!
Maybe 10 years ago, I invested in an expensive software radio kit setup. I discovered that aside from some nutty preachers, there really is no content on SW worth hunting for. Now, I know, I was not an expert at it, but I got bored within a few months and got the heck out of it. It had a certain "techy" kind of feel at first, but the utility just wasn't there for me. I'm sure other know where all the good stuff is hiding.
I get that... It's all about what we get used to. Certain convenience features I can't live without, like the auto-return on the turtable I've got and the remote with the TV and disc player too, but it isn't as if every singe one of those things doesn't have that feature. I don't mind getting up though to adjust the volume or change input, though if there is one really nice reason for a remote that most don't think about, it's the fact that it means you're not putting wear on physical switches. When I change the input on the selector knob of my 2270, I have to mess with it a bit to get both of the channels to come in. I realize that I could probably fix it by taking the thing apart a bit and spraying the back of the knobs with contact cleaner, but unhooking/re-hooking up all of the stuff plugged into that thing is a really big PIA the way that I have it all setup and I really try to avoid dealing with that.
Yeah. Some amateur radio geeks can be non-inclusive. Elitists and "anti-outsiders" — like another group we well know.
NHK Radio Japan and Radio Havana Cuba were regular listens for me.
Dang. How did I miss this???I loved listening to propaganda stations like Radio Pyongyang or East German ones.
"Comrade Kim's cabbage farm yielded a record crop for the people this year!" And the crazy revolutionary music!
I recorded many of those. In English, Spanish, Korean, Russian, and German. I use a Spanish one for my recorded message on my phone for junk calls. It's amazing how some callers will wait through the whole numbers thing and leave a message.
My son's Yamaha AVR, which he uses for gaming, has a great FM tuner section. I can pick up a Riverside station 60 miles away with just a wire dipole antenna.
Oh man, that’s awesome.
Oh man, that’s awesome.
Reminds me of when I got an easy to remember phone number and the music opening the message was “Death Mask” by Akira Takasaki.
And so help me, I would get wrong numbers from moms wanting to enroll their kid in a local school.
Really? Crushing Metal riffs don’t give you your first clue that maybe you called the wrong number?
You would think that the caller would know something's up when you hear a synthesized tone, then "Atención, atención, atención!"Oh man, that’s awesome.
Reminds me of when I got an easy to remember phone number and the music opening the message was “Death Mask” by Akira Takasaki.
And so help me, I would get wrong numbers from moms wanting to enroll their kid in a local school.
Really? Crushing Metal riffs don’t give you your first clue that maybe you called the wrong number?
