Very true John, but the question was asked about if it could be done. Yes it can and I have done it... with mixed results depending on the specific scanner I used. Many of the better late model crystal scanners used the popular Motorola MC-3357 and MC-3359 chips, which are the same as the back end sections of many commercial and amateur receivers.
There is wholesale dumping of used communications gear at Ham - Electronics Flea Markets and of course Ebay. So any of the alternatives you mention below are very good options. I really like and still use the famous Master Pro receivers... because they are one he11 of a performance machine and I've had guys stick them in the trunk of my car for free at the flea markets after I paid maybe $5 for one entire Master Pro Mobile Transceiver. I'd probably be using Master Pro EP-38 repeaters if I wasn't paying the electric bill. cheers, skipp > "JOHN MACKEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Skipp- > Everything you say below is correct. But I would still argue > that it simply isn't worth it to do all the modifications you > suggest to a scanner when you can pick up a good receiver from > a Motrac/Micor/MastrII/MastrPro for $25 at a hamfest or ebay > and have a receiver that is still better than the modified > scanner.
