On Fri, 22 Dec 1995 andr0id@midwest.net (Jason Rentz) wrote:
The problem with the Interceptor is that I think it can only receive one freqency at a time, and it is adjustable by a thumb wheel, not digitally. This would tend to make changing frequencies at high rates VERY hard. :) Also it has no frequancy readout, so this means that if you know what freq. you should be at it is hard to tune in that freq. without searching a little. Dr0id
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The demo of the Interceptor I saw seemed to show it jumping from 150 MHz to 450 MHz without any external adjustments, it locked on the strongest signal. Granted, it can only receive one frequency at a time, but there shouldn't be any significant delays when the phone hops a frequency. The Interceptor's frequency readout is a bargraph style LED. The Scout, from what I can see in Optoelectronics' ad doesn't have any frequency controls on it, it does have a digital frequency readout. As far as timing is concerned, the Scout might be less useful because I think it feeds the frequency into the scanner for reception. Most scanners take a significant amount of time to change frequencies. Merry Christmas Floyd D. Barber floyddb@alpha.c2.org Key fingerprint: 8A 98 1F 6B 70 7A FE 24 35 D4 48 CF 9D F6 B0 91