This is a picture my very first scanner. Bought in November 1992.(Fingerhut) It arrived on the same day that the dial-cord broke on the 6 band scanner I had, like the one above (but the one pictured above is a second one, and it works fine) This Scanner is a Cobra 16 channel scanner. I still use it in one of the rooms.	This is my second Scanner, a Realistic Patrolman 80 Channel Scanner. Bought in 1995.
This is my 3rd scanner. A realistic 1000 channel Dual-Trunking scanner. (20-525) I have no need for Duel-Trunking, because I live in a rural area. but this has triple-conversion, which blocks stray frequencies from interfering. And it works on batteries, handy for power outages and portability.	+

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