Have you seen the Icom PCR-1000?

It is cheaper (around $300) and has all the functions of a wide band
scanning receiver plus a spectrum analyzer. Bells and whistles are limited
mostly by the software. Course you will need to hook it to your computer as
everything is displayed on your computer screen.

Personaly I dont like using my computer to control a radio but some people
love it.
In fact I am thinking of selling my PCR-1000 as I seldom use it.

William Lee


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I was thumbing through the latest Monitoring Times yesterday, when I
saw an ad for the AOR SDU-5500.

This seems to be very much like a spectrum analyzer. I've always
wanted one of these. However, I hear that you MUST use it in
conjunction with the AOR AR-5000 or similar radio.

Is this true? How terrible if it is! And if not, can it work with a
BC 780XLT?

Has anyone ever used one of these things before? Is it as 'difficult'
to use as a freq counter? Is it swamped by cellphone and pager
signals?

Thanks