On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:57:27 -0700 (PDT), Andrew Sarangan
wrote:

I did a comparison of
three different scanners (Uniden, Radioshack and ICOM) by recording
clips from each unit using the same outdoor antenna.

I was surprised by how much the ICOM-A6 outperformed the other models,


I would guess the price of the Icom was significantly in excess of the
other two...

See if a dealer will let you record the Vertex VXA-220 Pro VI:
http://www.vertexstandard.com/indexV...2&isArchived=0
It has 8.33 kHz synthesizer steps for the new narrow-band channel
plan. Do the others?