Optoelectronics Scout

I've seen a lot of reviews on Radio magazines etc that have been reviews with too many technical jargon words like "sinad" "Disturbing Rejection." This sounds very technical and effective, but what does it mean? So I honestly don't know (Maybe one day I'll find out and add explaining this site.) So if you're on this page for a technical review you're in the wrong place. This review will be explained in the laik's terms of how sensitive is this? you won't get an answer like -10 dB Sinad.I will tell you what range you can expect to get.

The main reason any scanner enthusiast would like to buy a frequency counter is of course to find all the volatile frequencies, whether your scanner has a handy search function, but sometimes you just have no idea what frequency band i have or even what your intended target passes on. Is it using UHF or VHF? there are ways to visually assist in your search, such as aerial use on the radio (generally VHF uses different ones on UHF), but with the frequency of counterguarantee you don't need to know this once it sends it you've got it.

The Optoelectronics Scout is the number one choice among the scanner hobbyists I have used my more than 3 years now with excellent results.

Scout's roughly 5" high about 4" width there is an LCD display a quarter of the way down and down there are 3 switches and the first power switch buttons on the switch second filter switch. If this is enabled, then filterout all random frequencies that are going on outside and display 0.0000 up to a frequency strong enough to be "captured" by the opposite gets. Turn it off and you'll see all kinds of random frequencies jumping around, I'm convinced that this is due to the constant radio waves that travel through the air but aren't strong enough to "Hit" before when you were at school and everyone in the congregation was told at the same time you could hear everyone talking, but no one was comprehensible. The next switch is the Capture switch, which is used to capture frequencies into one of the 400 memories are two settings for this simply turned on or off. The button has a little more function than switches, it is used to wipe memories, set vibrate mode settings gateways and recall stored frequencies in conjunction with one of the switches. This memory wipers you will be able to from the explorer while pressing the button and all channels are cleared this is what you will do after you have found the frequencies logged in and want to reset them for the next trip.

To set the mode for vibrova stealth tracking (the second option is a beep) and then press the power button while going to Scout. Sometimes with a full battery it can be annoying because when you're somewhere calm and Spies gets hit then the vibration is very strong and can be heard vibrating, once I had to explain to someone in the store that it was my pager and browse that "it's going to leave soon."

Setting the gate basically determines how many noits it has. The first gate is 0.00 seconds, 0.000 third is 0.0000 and the fourth is 0.00000 settings the gateway third switch (marked shooting) must be set to shut down and the button pressed until the desired gateway is set. Personally, I always set the second setting to 0.000 which is sufficient for most frequencies I probably come into contact with for example 462.3625 will be displayed as 462.362 will become second nature to add an extra 5. I believe this is the only setting you can use when they are in shooting mode as well. Remember that the frequency of memories from the filter switch must be set to departures and then presses the button to scroll through the memories.

In the field of

Well what we want to know now is how well it works on the frequency of search expedition. Whilst driving to the location I have a scanner holder that is used for sale from Maplins (and maybe they still sell) and hook my scout on it. Well, scout doesn't even come up with a clip I bought one that's heard it from others, but not like my broke I did one myself by drilling two small holes on the back (ber it except the first otherwise it can be drilled into a PCB) and utilising the disused icome transceiver belt clip. There was then a small roll of two screws and pushes through holes and then secured two suitable size nuts.

While for driving along any transmissions are immediately recorded and alerted by a few beeps in the first hit frequency, if this frequency is recorded again one beep is emitted. Any frequency of several kHz on both sides from the recorded frequency is treated as another hit of this Frequency eg. The 456.9875 recorded finding then then hit 456.9900 would be considered a repeat of the hit of 456.9875 would be a beep once. This pretty out of the frequency of recordings can be caused by a number of factors, including being slightly out of range etc.

Walking around a busy radio environment like the city center and the explorer starts working as soon as the hits from many radio transmissions are pager 153MHz signals in an area that can be a little annoying. Many times I went to look at the frequency recorded only to find another shot pager hit! Fortunately, there are ways to get these signals from the filter, Optoelectronics to sell filters, although I never, and I don't know if they are for our pager system, which probably works in a different frequency band to the U.S. One of the ways I found the filter from them is to use uhf antennas, the only problem is that it is now going to have to get that bit closer to get hits from VKV signals. Whenever I visit New City on Scout goes for work it's thankfully off beeping recording frequencies. To be honest Scout is doing his job very well while walking around town (or elsewhere) if someone keys their radio then the scout will catch the frequency used and record. In terms of scope and it is difficult to give the exact scope, but I am found that my Scout is more sensitive to UHF to VHF, for example, if I take an aerial from the Transceiver UHF and do the same on the VKV transmitter then the scout will record over greater distances for the UHF than the VHF transceiver. In the street I couldn't give an honest answer, but I probably would say that about 30 yards is probably a range to record accurate hits on a 4 watt UHF. To give an example of the greater power to receive the range, I have to pick up ambulances in the street behind from a much larger range than 30 yards, I'm supposed to have ambulances generate about 25 watts.

Computer

The Scout supports the computer and actually comes (or does it when I bought a mine) and on a floppy disk or two to get you started, but I've never used it. I believe that the connection would be made through a socket on the top marked IS-V, which will also double to Nabeh TUNING. This can be done using the correct type of cable that goes into the socket and the other end is into a special socket on the scanner (And modification is required for the AOR8000) Models are supported by the following later AOR models and some icome models, I believe it is optically board that can be added to realistic Pro 2006 type scanners. This device allows scouts to find the frequency and instantly tune the scanner to this frequency, so not only can you find the frequency then you can also hear i missed on many hits my Scout found by using this method, about scout finds, frequency and time I tuned my scanner in the transmission is long gone. With the reaction fine tuning all work for you.

The only downside of this method is when you try walking the bike being searched and the scanner hooked together and I think you'll find it too cumbersome and you'll end up getting tangled up and tangled up all on one hip. There's one more annoying thing I'm having with screams from the lady to "Turn it off!" Anyone who uses the Scout will tell you how many times it gets hits from the pagers, but try driving around the reaction to the melody and you not only see the frequency of the pagers being recorded, you have to listen to them too! They're not interesting to watch!

Is it worth the money?

At more than 300 Quid this unit is not cheap. But if you need the best it is so best never however cheap. I believe it is despite the price for the features it has. If someone offered you a scanner that had 400 memory and it's not much more than a search for £300 you would tell them where to go. He admits that it has the ability to be computer controlled, but to make my icome ICR2 which costs less than half the price. It's pretty ugly, and although it stands up to the knockites it doesn't look good to be from the outside as far as aesthetics go. At this price it is only for serious scanner users. Can I regret spending money on my person? Not even an idea! It's been like a friend to me over the last few years and delivered a flawless operation. If I were to come to him today, tomorrow I would be saving for a new one.

Model used: Scout 40 serial #690136

Specification

Input amplifier 50 ohm PSF Range 10MHz - 1.4GHz

Sensitivity 1 mV 30MHz - 900MHz

Maximum admission +15 dbm, 50 milliwatts

Time between Measured 10 milliseconds, all spectrum & gate times

RF signal Bargraph 16 sections, approximately 3 db

Segments. Relative indications only. No calibration

Size 3.7" Tall x 2.75" Large x 1.2" Deep

Weight 8.5 oz

Battery internal 4 cells AA850 mA hour

Running time 10 hours

Rapid charging circuit worries about negative delta and end time W

Power 2 VDC 1 Amp socket adapter for fast charging. 6 VDC 130 mA minimum operating power required. AC90 adapter supplied

Power connector 2.1 mm coaxial, center positive