On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Robert Sinland wrote: > I have been looking for a scanning hand-held radio that would > pick up police and fire bands. Seems like Uniden has a corner > on the market there. Was just wondering if anyone could throw > a few recomendations at me. I bought my dad a Realistic (Radio Shack) PRO-91 scanner last year for his b-day. It's really the Cadillac of handhelds. Radio Shack originally sold them for $250, found them all over Ebay brand new for under $100. I see they have a PRO-92 now, which probably has more useless features and blinky lights than the PRO-91. Anyway the PRO-91 is a pretty good scanner, I haven't thought of anything yet that it can't do. If you're looking for a Police/Fire/Medical scanner I think just about anything out there will serve you well. My suggestion is to find a Uniden or Realistic that does what you need it to and then go get it on Ebay for way cheaper. -Brian