Bio’s?
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Clay Irving
I don’t even remember all the transceivers and radios I have bought!
On May 28, 2020, at 11:16, Don via groups.io <stb55@...> wrote:
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Hi Doug,
In 1989 I bought the AR 900 handheld and in 1984 I bought the AR2001. I never liked the "sloppy" squelch action of them. So I never bought another AOR product after that.
I did build an external keypad with real switch type buttons for the AR2001. Made using that radio much easier.
The Comm Sq guys where I was stationed were
amazed that I had a HH rx (the AR900) that could hear their
TACAN identing and carrier growling at 1gHz. They wanted to buy
it and I told them to get a gvmt contract to buy a few as
essential test/repair equipment. LoL
Another terrific NDB day in Nebraska! Don More Live & Recorded Radio Fun and a Whole Lot More! Don KPC6NDB Gothenburg, NE N40.9 W100.1 2600ft DN90ww BC1206CM Bearcat DX1000 FRG-100B FunCube Dongle Pro+ ICF2010 Perseusx3 WR-G303e WR-G31DDCx7 SDRplay RSP2pro R70 R71A w/250Hz R75x2 w/250Hz R7000 G5-SSB PL-360 PRN1000x2 SDR-IQ SPR-4 SSR-1 w/NDB mod SR-AF & LPF DSP599zx MFJ-784B HD-1418 AF-1 MSB-1 PA0RDT-MWx4 1@18ft 1@24ft DXE-ARAV3-1Px4 RYOAA McKay Dymek DA-100 AAx3 Z1501F Russian MW 109 Vintage ADF/RDF 2525 Lifetime logs +66k logs submitted On 27-May-20 22:32, Doug J wrote:
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harvey morse
I had several of the BC-101’s back in the day in my vehicle. I had to add a second alternator just to keep the car’s battery up and running!
K1DJG
From: <main@Uniden.groups.io> on behalf of "Doug J via groups.io" <vk2xlj@...>
Hello Wayne,
You should take some pics of some of your older scanners and put them in the files section of the groups web page.
My first scanner was an AOR2001, which I sold to a mate to upgrade to the AOR2002, which I still have for its wide coverage. Since the AOR2002, I have had uniden scanners and my latest one is the UBCD536-PT, which I am very pleased with.
Regards,
From: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> on behalf of Wayne Smith <n6lhv@...>
Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2020 7:28 AM To: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Uniden] Bio’s?
Friends,
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Hello Wayne,
You should take some pics of some of your older scanners and put them in the files section of the groups web page.
My first scanner was an AOR2001, which I sold to a mate to upgrade to the AOR2002, which I still have for its wide coverage. Since the AOR2002, I have had uniden scanners and my latest one is the UBCD536-PT, which I am very pleased with.
Regards,
Doug VK2XLJ
From: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> on behalf of Wayne Smith <n6lhv@...>
Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2020 7:28 AM To: main@Uniden.groups.io <main@Uniden.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Uniden] Bio’s? Friends,
Since we are doing bios, here's mine. In 1970, at the age of 9, I bought my first receiver. It was a portable radio with AM/FM/VHF-Lo/VHF-Hi and no squelch (argh!). I had to upgrade in the next couple of years to a Radio Shack "Patrolman" tunable because it had UHF-T band (for LA City Fire and eventually LA Police). At one time, I had more than a dozen crystal scanners. I wrote my first article for the RCMA Journal in 1978; it was a program (in BASIC and in Fortran) that generated the specific details on how to program the BC-101 for the proper 12.5kHz steps in the 162-174 band. I was eventually on the RCMA Board of Directors and ran the annual survey for a few years. I'm an active member of the Southern California Monitoring Association now. I've helped coordinate radio work for three parades, including the Tournament of Roses and Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade. My favorite listening has always federal and military communications (yes, I know, that's mostly in the past). At one time I had VOX cassette tape recordings of three presidents (Nixon, Ford, and Carter)on non-secure calls; two of them on Echo/Foxtrot (UHF, air) and the other on Yankee/Zulu (VHF, limo). Since the early 2000s, many of the business listings, especially for trunked business systems for Southern California, on RadioReference originated from me. I'm a regular at local air shows. The most transformative radios I ever had were the BC-210 and the BC-100. The most useful radio I've ever owned still is the AOR-3000A. I've had well over 40 scanners/receivers and have about half of them still in working condition. On the amateur radio side, most of my present focus is on the AREDN Mesh network at 2.4GHz and above. Best, Wayne Smith, Ph.D. N6LHV
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Friends,
Since we are doing bios, here's mine. In 1970, at the age of 9, I bought my first receiver. It was a portable radio with AM/FM/VHF-Lo/VHF-Hi and no squelch (argh!). I had to upgrade in the next couple of years to a Radio Shack "Patrolman" tunable because it had UHF-T band (for LA City Fire and eventually LA Police). At one time, I had more than a dozen crystal scanners. I wrote my first article for the RCMA Journal in 1978; it was a program (in BASIC and in Fortran) that generated the specific details on how to program the BC-101 for the proper 12.5kHz steps in the 162-174 band. I was eventually on the RCMA Board of Directors and ran the annual survey for a few years. I'm an active member of the Southern California Monitoring Association now. I've helped coordinate radio work for three parades, including the Tournament of Roses and Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade. My favorite listening has always federal and military communications (yes, I know, that's mostly in the past). At one time I had VOX cassette tape recordings of three presidents (Nixon, Ford, and Carter)on non-secure calls; two of them on Echo/Foxtrot (UHF, air) and the other on Yankee/Zulu (VHF, limo). Since the early 2000s, many of the business listings, especially for trunked business systems for Southern California, on RadioReference originated from me. I'm a regular at local air shows. The most transformative radios I ever had were the BC-210 and the BC-100. The most useful radio I've ever owned still is the AOR-3000A. I've had well over 40 scanners/receivers and have about half of them still in working condition. On the amateur radio side, most of my present focus is on the AREDN Mesh network at 2.4GHz and above. Best, Wayne Smith, Ph.D. N6LHV
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Tim Ferguson
It’s fascinating to read the different posts when different people get into an in-depth discussion on different topics and subjects, but we don’t know who you are or where your from or your background, well, at least some of us. Would it be possible to include a small amount of bio info to help use better understand each other, especially during this “shelter in place” times? Being a retired teacher/school admin in southern Illinois, I’ve had a scanner going back to the early ’70’s with a ten channel Bearcat and only one crystal to start with. Used to have it in my ’62 VW Bug which was interesting since it was only 6-volts. Just an idea, but am thrilled we don’t have some of the complex systems you guys discuss (and cuss), and other than one local county and the ISP, no one else has gone digital. Tim
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