>MSGID: 1:124/6517@fido 3232abe0
>If you had a scanner capable of WBFM, (pro-2006 Radio Shack) which could 
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>up fro m30-1300 MHZ roughly, could you go in and make alterations allowing
>reception of Ham and Broadcast video signals?
Fast Scan (Ham) TV and Broadcast TV signals are 6 Mhz wide. WAY beyond what a
scanner can do.
OTOH: I could be wrong. Maybe Bill Cheek's working on a scanner mod for it.
All the real-time TV radios I've even seen have been special units.
However with a scanner (and a proper decoder and monitor) you could get:
FAX
Slow Scan TV
Radio TeleType
ASCII  (Computer to computer)
PACKET (like what we do here on the BBS's)
AMTOR  "
PACTOR  "
GETOR (spelling?) "
If the scanner supports AM and has a BFO (or LSB/USB switch):
CW  (Morse code)
SSB (Ham voice)
If it goes low enough in freq you could get all that stuff
from around the world instead of local. Or you could always
use a Shortwave receiver for world-wide signals.
KG9EV
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