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TurkPHL

12-09-2002, 02:53 AM

I am thinking about gettin the AR-108 airband scanner. Is this a good scanner? If there are drawbacks please tell me! If you know of any other good scanners that are $120 or less please let me know. I need a scanner that can pick up frequencies clearly for at least 15-20 miles. Thanks

TurkPHL

Robert

12-09-2002, 04:26 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by TurkPHL:
I am thinking about gettin the AR-108 airband scanner. Is this a good scanner? If there are drawbacks please tell me! If you know of any other good scanners that are $120 or less please let me know. I need a scanner that can pick up frequencies clearly for at least 15-20 miles. Thanks

TurkPHL<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I have a Radio Shack PRO-83.
Scanners can actually pick up thousands of miles. I read in the the manual, it is rare though.

We were driving out to CA in August and we were in Arizona about 3-4 hours away from Albuquerque NM and I was picking up their ground! Also a few cell phone calls in the middle..

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Coyote

12-09-2002, 04:55 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Robert:
I have a Radio Shack PRO-83.
Scanners can actually pick up thousands of miles. I read in the the manual, it is rare though.

We were driving out to CA in August and we were in Arizona about 3-4 hours away from Albuquerque NM and I was picking up their ground! Also a few cell phone calls in the middle..

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Radio transmissions are a strange thing. They can bounce around the globe and get picked up by you, while in the right conditions, you can see the frigging transmitter tower and get a crappy signal. its not common to get a low power signal from far away, but it is common enough to be experienced here and there, especially if your a radio/CB/HAM buff type person.

SST2707

12-09-2002, 06:44 AM

There's a review of the Maycom AR108 here http://www.jetphotos.net/ubb/icons/icon2.gif
http://www.strongsignals.net/access/reviews/reviews.cgi?type=display&rtype=f i &class=recv&num=017 (http://www.strongsignals.net/access/reviews/reviews.cgi?type=display&rtype=fi&class=recv&num=017).

Personally, I'd spend a little more money and get something that covers a wider radion band, but if you just want to listen to ATC at the airport, then the Maycom will do.

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gocaps16

12-09-2002, 09:08 AM

I own a Radio Shack Pro-43 scanner which it was 9 years old and finally it died. :-(

Anyway, with that same scanner I had, I was at DCA one day tuning to tower frew. on 119.1 and actually it was a first, it picked up Boston Tower which the freq. was also 119.1. I was like whoa when I heard the controller said "Boston Tower." It was also very faint almost unreadable with a lot of static.

Time for a new scanner for Xmas.

TurkPHL

12-09-2002, 10:56 AM

OK well if you say I should get one for a little more money for more quality, which one should i get? I need one $120 or less. Thanks

TurkPHL

Robert

12-09-2002, 04:51 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Coyote:
Radio transmissions are a strange thing. They can bounce around the globe and get picked up by you, while in the right conditions, you can see the frigging transmitter tower and get a crappy signal. its not common to get a low power signal from far away, but it is common enough to be experienced here and there, especially if your a radio/CB/HAM buff type person.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah they sure are. When I was picking up NM it was actually pretty clear and I was listening to it for a good hour. When I was in Vegas and had a room towards the airport at the Luxor screw going out I'd rather sit in the room and watch the airport.

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Turk - My pro-83 was about $100.00 and I like it, havent had any problems with it either.

TurkPHL

12-09-2002, 07:44 PM

So Robert, ar there website for this pro-83 or w/e its called? thanks for the info

TurkPHL

Robert

12-09-2002, 08:35 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by TurkPHL:
So Robert, ar there website for this pro-83 or w/e its called? thanks for the info

TurkPHL<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Its on RadioShacks.

Which would be http://www.radioshack.com

You might have to look around a bit but I'm sure its there.

TurkPHL

12-09-2002, 09:11 PM

Where is that pro-83, i have been searching the site for like 15 min. now, still havent found it, any other site you know of?

TurkPHL

Robert

12-10-2002, 06:08 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by TurkPHL:
Where is that pro-83, i have been searching the site for like 15 min. now, still havent found it, any other site you know of?

TurkPHL<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hmm I dont know try going to www.ask.com (http://www.ask.com) or www.google.com (http://www.google.com) and typing in Pro 83 scanner or Radio Shack pro 83 scanner and see what pops up.. Or just stop by your local radio shack and check them out..........

thomasl

12-11-2002, 10:29 PM

Guys, guys... go for Uniden... Maycom's are crap images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Either the Bearcat 220XLT or its older brother 3000XLT !

gocaps16

12-13-2002, 06:10 PM

Radio Shack doesn't sell the Pro-83 on there website. I just checked.

Today I'm buying me a Pro-95 scanner at RAdio Shack for $150.

Robert

12-13-2002, 10:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kevin Cook:
Radio Shack doesn't sell the Pro-83 on there website. I just checked.

Today I'm buying me a Pro-95 scanner at RAdio Shack for $150.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

No but they have them at the stores.

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aerpix

12-19-2002, 08:25 PM

I have been using an AR-108 for years, and am absolutely satisfied. It's small, light and handy, and my permanent companion on every visit to my airport. I do not know of any better set at this price.

On my desk I use a Uniden Bearcat 9000XLT, which is a fantastic machine, but as mentioned, it is a desktop scanner.

I would not like to exchange my AR-108 for any other handheld I have seen so far!

Regards,
Peter

Robert

01-02-2003, 03:51 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Robert:

No but they have them at the stores.

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I was at the airport when I realized its a PRO-93 not 83.

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Nazarov

03-18-2003, 08:54 PM

aerpix

03-18-2003, 09:11 PM

I am desperate but do not know the R-100. Generally, from what I have seen in handhelds, no one convinced me more than the AR-108. It is the only of its size I know of that you can listen to with and WITHOUT earpiece. All others in this size do not have speakers good enough to understand anything without an earpiece.

Regards,
Peter

DeltaASA16

03-19-2003, 12:51 AM

Prowd Owner of a Pro-95 scanner from Radio Shack....No real problems yet, I'm just having trouble learning how to use all of its functions :P

there are so many!

Good luck on your scanner!

DeltaASA16

David Atkinson

03-21-2003, 12:28 AM

I use an Icom IC-R2 with an earpiece as my handheld, and have been very pleased with it - it was a little pricy but has UHF as well as VHF capability, its very small and doesn't eat batteries for lunch.

The main disadvantage is the rotary tuning knob, but if you program the frequencies for the field you're going to visit beforehand it's not such a drawback.

David

Colin Parker

03-21-2003, 12:38 AM

Has anyone used the Yupiteru 7100 scanner? I bought one several years ago and after getting excellent use out of it, it began to go. Sometimes it would just seem not to pick anything up at all, as if the antenna wasn't even connected, but strangely even with the squelch turned down, there was no noise. It was not the speaker that was broken because pressing the 'MONI' button would make background noise come out. The scanning mode also dropped from a lot of channels/sec to about 2 channels per sec. A few days later and it would work again.

Annoyed with this, I went looking for a new scanner, and deciding that the 7100 was still the best on the market I bought another one. Now, it also is beginning to go, but this one is only about a year old. It can no longer pick up signals very well. I can be standing right next to an aircraft that is tramsmitting, but the signal is extremely weak when my friend's scanner is perfectly clear as it should be.

Anyone with any ideas? or how I can maybe find Yupiteru and get it fixed? Thanks.

Freightdogg

03-23-2003, 07:59 AM

I use a Radio Shack Pro-82 and I'm quite happy with it. That model is discontinued and was replaced by the Pro-83 but can still be found online or at some stores for a close-out price under a hundred dollars. Quite a nice deal by comparison.

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1&catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F001%5F002%5F007%5F000&product%5Fid=20%2D315