TomGeorge:
Hi,
We can still listen to the emergency services on good old VHF/UHF FM.
Yours has many more memory channels.Tom...
Yes, and forest fire crews as well as airport transit vehicles. I haven't used it for a few years, cause the cheap plastic of the battery door clasp broke, and I never superglued it back together. I have the pieces though!
I never really learned how to fully use it. I was more thrilled that my dad wanted me to have one of his most prized possessions.
But I also have lots of other stuff from Radioshack:
I still use both the above items, the Micronta meter is mostly replaced with a Fluke 75, and the literature is a teaching resource.
I'm really hopeful that Limor and Co. can bring Radioshack back to it's former glory. As for the business model no longer being viable, I don't know. Fry's electronics seems to do a brisk business with former Radioshack customers. And Adafruit is very well respected. I'm all for it!