"N3KCT" wrote in message
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I didn't distribute my VB version because I wrote it as
an assignment for a VB class taught by another amateur
who was fascinated by my little "Beastie101."

Beastie 101? chuckle

Yeah, they really are interesting units, no doubt about that. At least
it's still possible to reprogram one of these oldies - how difficult is it
to find unused cards for a Sears Cardomatic or combs for a Regency Whamo-10
these days?

CB being AM, probably wouldn't sound very good if it
could be programmed. You would at least be able to tell
there was a transmission on a particular channel.

At least. I know that FM receivers generally ignore any AM'ing in a
signal, and I doubt I'd be able to understand anything that was being said,
but I'd probably hear some telltale noise. I'm close to a major freeway -
hell, here in L.A., they're ALL major freeways - so there are plenty of
good strong signals on, say, channel 19 [27.185 MHz]. I can't think of any
better candidate for a test frequency.

FM on 10M is generally used above 29.500MHz

I also have a BC245XLT, but that only tunes down to 29.7 MHz. [I'm writing
software for that too, but it's a LONG way from release, or even beta
testing. I might never release it - there are Windows packages already
available to control that scanner.]

29.510 to 29.590 Repeater inputs.
29.600 National Simplex Freq
29.610 to 29.690 Repeater outputs.

Generally, repeaters are paired this way:

29.520/29.620
29.540/29.640
29.560/29.660
29.580/29.680

Saved for future reference. Thanks.

be open. Check 29.660 often. It seems to be the
most reliable repeater output.

What I'd really like to have is an Alinco DJ-X10. :-) My BC245 definitely
won't tune down there, the BC101 might not, but I assume you know what that
Alinco can do.