Try this site for information - reviews of radio gear

http://www.strongsignals.net/index.cgi

Radio Shack's site has on line manuals for most of
there radios. It helps to down load a manual to read over BEFORE
plopping down several hundred dollars for
electronic gear, to see if your happy with the piece of equipment and
if it will meat your needs.
You may want to install a CB transceiver/antenna in your vehicle. CB's
give better range and a dedicated transceiver will
allow you to copy all the important stuff on the truckers channel CH 19
while you listen to a separate radio scanner. Or just us the PRIORITY fe=
ature on
the scanner, by entering CB Ch 19, 27.185 Mhz AM mobe,


Jim

Jim Mac Donald wrote:

I enjoy listening to CB on a RELM HS 200. However
using a CB walkie talkie or mobile CB rig and a real CB antenna will
get two (2) mile reception. The RELM even with a CB antenna
won=92t receive much more. The ICOM IC R-2 , R-5 and Uniden BC 250D =
will receive
CB also Theses scanners allow tuning out of band =93free bander=94
CBers. With a CB antenna the scanner receiver=92s range will go
from several hundred feet (on a rubber ducky stock antenna) to =BE of a=
mile to
several miles when using a real CB antenna!.


Jim

R8500 wrote:

Subject: CB on Pro-94
From: "Josh"
Date: 8/21/03 2:30 AM Mountain Daylight Time
Message-id:

Hi,

Hope this doesn't become flamebait, but I'm wondering if I am able t=
o pick
up CB frequencies on my Pro-94 scanner. I frequently make long trip=
s and
think listening to truckers and such may relieve some of the tedium.=
=2E.

The PRO-94 will not receive the CB frequencies. Most of the high end=
scanners
like the PRO 2006, Icom R10, and the Uniden Beartracker models will r=
eceive the
CB band.

The only scanner I've ever owned which has decent sensitivity on the =
CB band is
the Relm HS200. That scanner has been out of production for several =
years now,
but you might be able to find a used one on eBay or elsewhere on the =
net.

73,
David