31 RE2000Alpha review posted
User Opinion submitted on new Radio Shack pulse charger
30 Thanks to Jeff Goldman, Strong Signals has another first with more details
on the new RCA RP-6198!
29 Jeff reports that Javiation has
received their first batch of IC-R2s!
For those of you in the Ontario, Canada area, I see there is a new
mailing list just for you now!
24 Today's News Flash sees the first impressions of
the new RCA RP-6198 thanks to Glenn Cohen!
22 Jeff Goldman has learned of more details on the upcoming
RCA RP-6198 Racing Scanner (which he told us
about back on July 17):
Made by GRE
30 - 960 MHz
200 channels
10 banks
"Automatic programming" (perhaps auto-store?)
50 monitor memories
25 chan/sec scan
36mm speaker
Attenuator
Channel lockout
One touch weather
Keypad lock
Race antenna
Carry case with strap
AC adapter (9 volt)
Headset duplex control (for multiple headsets with different impedances)
Backlit LCD
NiCd recharge circuit
Charge and power jacks
Stereo headphone jack
Red in color
$158.95
This scanner should be available in about two weeks. Bennett Brothers,
Inc. will carry it for $158.95 (catalog #R4064) and there is also interest
from Scanners Unlimited
and Lentini Communications.
Glenn Cohen of Scanners Unlimited managed to get a hold of a demo RP-6198
from Ted Imazeki, the Vice President of GRE America, and he plans to
submit his impressions of this new radio sometime this Thursday!
Jeff also mentions that Frequency Fan Club
is selling a phenomenal amount of the red RE2000Alphas
to fans at the racetrack
21 Thanks to Hanno of TELCOM GmbH,
the Strong Signals shack has a new micro-receiver
Jeff Goldman has learned that AOR USA has taken delivery of a few
AOR AR7000s!
As promised last week, here's the Strong Signals interview
with Chuck Pergrim, President of Percon
18 Hot off the UPS truck is a MVT-9000 M3 thanks to Pete
and Mika at Bandercom
The newest page to the Strong Signals site is the News Archive
which highlights past news and site update postings
I've started to flush out the Radio Monitoring Accessories
page which has been vacant for a while. Hopefully, I'll get around to
finishing it off soon
16 Glenn Cohen of Scanners Unlimited
confirmed late last night that he did receive a shipment of unblocked
AR8200s (for sale to qualified buyers).
15 This just in...Glenn Cohen of Scanners Unlimited
reports that he will be the first US dealer to receive a shipment of
AR8200s (hopefully today). Unfortunately, they are the unblocked versions
for sale to qualified buyers...the "neutered" versions should follow in
about 2 weeks!
Thanks to Hanno of TELCOM GmbH
who was kind enough to fax me the specs on the new IC-R2
C.W. posted on USENET this link to online AOR manuals
and Jonathan of Javiation
points out that this is part of AOR UK's revamping of
their site this past weekend
11 Late breaking news today! Just got word from Hanno of TELCOM GmbH
who just received their first batch of IC-R2s!
I talked with Chuck Pergrim, President of PerCon,
on the phone today and he agreed to answer some questions about current
company projects and "juicy" future ones as well! Stay tuned for the
write-up!
Jonathan also mentions that they "now have a range of high quality, low cost
'plug and play' interfaces (in other words no extra cable, leads or adapters
required) for the" AR2700/8000/8200, IC-R10, DJ-X10 and some of the
Camnis/Trident clones. All cables are PC DB-25 to radio connections
10 Chuck Pergrim, President of PerCon,
wrote me to convey that the new monthly 32-bit Spectrum updates will start
this October. Current owners will be able to upgrade for $20. Anyone who
buys the Spectrum Summer '98 edition this month will get the the October
version for free!
9 Glenn Cohen of Scanners Unlimited
has passed along from Taka, VP of AOR USA, that the AR8200s will be
delayed in arriving to the US. They are now expected at the end of this
month
PerCon has announced that they will
be releasing their Spectrum database on a monthly basis thus replacing
their 6-month updates. Those who use the 32-bit version will be able to
download subsequent updates to keep their listings current!
6 PRO-2042 review posted
3 Stridsberg Engineering
now has their own web site which features their multicouplers (which I
recently purchased) and filters while they announce intentions to deliver
some pre-amplifiers
The latest Strong Signals perk...Site Search! For all of you who have been
asking for it, it's here. Check out the Main Pages to the left. Thanks for
everyone's feedback! I have tried it out but haven't really pushed it hard
so please, be gentle!
2 Glenn Cohen passes along AR8200 accessory pricing list:
CT8200 CTCSS decoder slot card $92
EM8200 External Memory slot card $73
RU8200 Recording Unit slot card $73
TE8200 Tone Eliminator slot card $56
VI8200 Voice Inverter slot card $73
CO8200 Data Clone lead $N/A
CC8200 PC Control Lead w/CD ROM $110
Received e-mail from Takashi "Taka" Nakayama, KW6I, Vice Pres, AOR USA
who says
Since after we started our company in the US effective August 1, 1998, we
have been so busy everyday to talk with both our dealers and end users
over the phone or by internet to answer their questions.
...
It's exciting to know how people think about AOR and our products. Happily,
there is great demand for the AR8200B (US model), and people can't wait.
...
The AR8200B will be scheduled to be delivered mid. September. The US
version of the AR8200 (AR8200B) will have all updated modifications or
improvement when it is available to the US market.
...
We will start to provide repair service pretty soon. Please check our US
site of web page at www.aorusa.com.
It has been under construction, however, you can access it to send us an
e-mail.
1 Ed Brown informs us that after four years, Satellite Times will be breaking orbit
Forrest Joyner reports that Optoelectronics will stop making their OS456
board for the PRO-2005/2006 scanners. Word is that a key parts supplier is
unable to provide a chip necessary for production. Supposedly Opto has no
more stock of the OS456 so whatever might be at your local dealer could be
the end of the line! Forrest says that the OS456-Lite product will still
be available
Forrest is also able to pass along good news that the OptoCom has finally
passed FCC certification and that as soon as they receive the paperwork,
they can begin shipping! Thanks for the updates Forrest!
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