You can just skip over to Canada from Detroit and get one and then
bring it back over and nobody will give a ****.


On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:47:59 -0400, "Nelson"
wrote:

Than its sucks to be in the USA, but if you must try this link here in
Canada, www.durhamradio.com I know you can buy from them and there's has all
the channels you want, but then again, just look out for the PO as they may
stick it to you down there, if they know your scanner is illegal.

"Bob Parnass" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:58:20 -0400, Nelson wrote:


...Cell phones, Big deal, Boring ...

You misunderstand a motivation for obtaining a non-USA
version IC-R5.

The problem with the USA version IC-R5 (and IC-R20) is
that ICOM deleted more than just the cellular
phone frequencies. They cut important frequencies which are used by
police, fire, and other agencies in the United States.

The USA version IC-R5 will not receive
822 - 824, 849 - 851, 867 - 870, and 894 - 896 MHz

Frequencies in the 867 - 868 MHz
range (and 45 MHz below) are used by 3 local towns
which I monitor but the USA version IC-R5 and IC-R20 omit those segments.

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