Just sharing a memory here... My father in law had a scanner sitting
by his chair for as long as I knew him. It was replaced and
upgraded over the years, but was there in 1983 when I started
dating my wife and was there in June of 2023 when he died
in the chair.

Over that time a lot of the departments went digital and
he couldn't hear them anymore, but he still kept it going.

I gave him some frequencies of repeaters to put in for
HAM traffic, but local stuff is so sporadic...

I will be putting his 40' tower with antennas to good
use soon. I'm getting BACK into HAM and want a unit
at home. I'll not be using his antennas, of course, unless
I can modify for ham use? HMMM...

Jimmy




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Just sharing a memory here... My father in law had a scanner sitting
by his chair for as long as I knew him. It was replaced and
upgraded over the years, but was there in 1983 when I started
dating my wife and was there in June of 2023 when he died
in the chair.

Over that time a lot of the departments went digital and
he couldn't hear them anymore, but he still kept it going.

I gave him some frequencies of repeaters to put in for
HAM traffic, but local stuff is so sporadic...

I will be putting his 40' tower with antennas to good
use soon. I'm getting BACK into HAM and want a unit
at home. I'll not be using his antennas, of course, unless
I can modify for ham use? HMMM...

Jimmy

... I'm not paranoid! Which of my enemies told you this?
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Good luck. I wish you success and enjoyment. Thank you for the interesting story and your father-in-law sounded like an interesting man.

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