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Old 12th Apr 2008, 13:30
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scanners are like barn doors - no filtering or tuned inputs.
True ----- 20 years ago when scanners were a back-street production job with a half-inch soldering iron. They now use custom designed Integrated Circuits. The receiver front end is as good as any – not because the designer insists on that. He just hasn’t got a choice.

Heathrow Airport. Try the long wire - and report back.
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