No problem with the questions :) No, I have the blocked version, unfortunately. I paid about $520 USD for it. Yes, I would recommend it, although I haven't done enough of a comparison to say it is better than everything in its price range. It is great for electronics debugging (looking for EMI sources, checking the frequency of an oscillator and whether it is running, etc.). It is also better than any other handheld receiver I've worked with at rejecting the FM broadcast band in the rest of VHF. It is even decent in the HF bands. I would say that it is probably the best handheld wideband receiver out there. General specs: 150kHz to 3.3GHz coverage (except for cellular if blocked) True simultaneous dual receive CW,LSB,USB,AM,FM,WFM modes Internal loopstick antenna for AM broadcast band (switchable between this and external antenna) Bandscope Nice large display Something like 1000 memories Includes Li-Ion battery CTCSS and other coded squelch decoders (but not trunking) Built-in 2 hour digital sound recorder USB computer interface (requires proprietary software) Decent internal speaker + headphone jack Fast scan speed (about 40 channels per second) I should get kick-backs from Icom ;) Sean On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Vitaliy wrote: > Sean Breheny wrote: > > An Icom IC-R20. It can do simultaneous receive of two frequencies. I > > initially noticed the apparent "duplex" by switching back and forth > > between the two freqs but then confirmed it using the simultaneous > > receive. > > Do you have the unblocked version? How much did you pay for it? Would you > recommend it? :-) > > Sorry for asking so many questions. > > Vitaliy > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist