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proudNMAmember · 08-07-2008

I got out of work early today so I headed to this antique store I knew about. Well, there a relic I found interesting. A Regency desktop 10 channel analog scanner which only cost me $25. I had to use rubbing alcohol w/ a lot of cotton balls to get it cleaned up but it works great. Does anyone know how old this Regency R1070 is? It sure would be nice to have an owners manual for it even though I have figured out "most" of the features but still a few unanswered questions.

proudNMAmember · 08-09-2008

I think this unit was made around 1980. I did find out that Uniden Corp bought the Regency line of Scanners around 1989. Once Uniden bought them, they shut the Regency line right down and there it went. That is too bad but business is business I guess.

Stealth Stalker · 08-10-2008

Yeah, about 1980 sounds right. Somewhere between 1979 and 1981 at the latest. After that, everybody went up to at least 16 channels. But 1979 was the first digital display programmables.

There are several good sources online for old scanner manuals. I like www.bearcat1.com. And yes, they have the manual for your particular scanner. Also they consistently have the best new scanner prices on the net, hands down.

You paid about two to five times what that scanner is worth.

cell21633 · 08-10-2008

i have an old Zenith TransOceanic R7000.
are those still any good?