Railfan Technology > How to ReSet a regency HX -1000 scanner

Just found it, has noise when turned on, not sequelch ,  yes it's old, and get off my lawn, lol
i can see the Reset switch but doesn't move, easy don't want to break, 
davej

The closest info I could is for the HX2000 and the page has a link to a manual. It refers to an internal memory battery, which would have died 30 years ago.

https://www.rigpix.com/regency/regency_hx2000.htm

If an owner manual would be of any help to you, drop me a PM.
/Ted

The HX-1000 was a legend in its day--great performance for its era.  It was also plenty expensive then--I couldn't afford one at the time.  All of that said, today a Quansheng UV-K5(8) will outperform it in almost every way at a cost of less than $20 on Amazon.  Unless you are messing with the HX-1000 for nostalgia reasons, put it on the shelf (or in the trash) and get a Quansheng.  

The Smithsoian might be interestedin that radio.

Nice catch with the data sheet, interesting comparison.

Well??? For railroad scanning your Quansheng is listed for VHF: 144-148MHz&UHF: 420-450MHz
my railroads are in the 160-161 range, $27 no good,
dj
it was Emory Gulash's, me and Bruce did a lot of trips with Em, and thanks to DVD's still can,  Frog just keeps releasing them, 

SandPatch1 Wrote:
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> Well??? For railroad scanning your Quansheng is
> listed for VHF: 144-148MHz&UHF: 420-450MHz
> my railroads are in the 160-161 range, $27 no
> good,
> dj


144-148 and 420-450 are the HAM bands it is capable of transmitting on.  It can scan over a much wider range of frequencies. Just note that you can't transmit without a license.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?9,5887542,5892144#msg-5892144

 

SandPatch1 Wrote:
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> Well??? For railroad scanning your Quansheng is
> listed for VHF: 144-148MHz&UHF: 420-450MHz
> my railroads are in the 160-161 range, $27 no
> good,
> dj
> it was Emory Gulash's, me and Bruce did a lot of
> trips with Em, and thanks to DVD's still can,
>  Frog just keeps releasing them, 

I guess that you haven't read my many dozens of posts and reviews over the last decade-plus about various portable and mobile radios that I am continually testing.  AND, the main thing that I test for is their performance in the VHF railroad voice channels, and the UHF train telemetry channels (also in the UHF repeater links still used in some places).  I don't test radios that don't have receive capability of the VHF and/or UHF railroad channels.  For the record, though I don't recommend it for obvious reasons, nearly all of the Chinese dual-band radios can be "opened up" through the keypad or PC programming to transmit in the entire 136-174mHz VHF band, and the 430-470mHz UHF band.  Nearly all Japanese amatuer radios are also extended receive in their respective VHF or UHF bands, though most all of them do not allow 2.5 kHz spacing that will allow them to receive the currently seldom used "splinter" narrow-band analog channels, something that most of the Chinese radios will do.  The current narrow-band frequency plan (since 2013) didn't exist in the HX-1000's day--it is a wide-band radio.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/07/25 06:46 by WW.

It was Emery Gulash's ,  
look him up under railroad DVD's, 
to ME it has more value than having a K-4. PRR builders plate, 

It is my link to good times with friends.  The days before 9/11, Wall Street running railroads, and good or bad PSR LOL,
that's why I like to bring it back, 
dave j

I still have working HX1000 and 1500 scanners! In the car I use Yaesu FT-270's with an NMO mount 1/4 wave or 5/8 wave antenna. The regency scanners have been sitting around for years!

I still have the manual for the HX1000. It says turn the reset switch to the far right for 15 seconds and then back to the original position!

Yep, my first HX1000 still works fine at 40+ years old.  No splinter channels in use in Redding, CA and audio with external speaker is quite good.
External gain antenna hookup works very well and very little intermod in high RF areas.  Great UHF DPU and HOT/EOT reception.
Have the Chinese radio also, but like the HX-1000 ease of operation, though the HX is rather bulky to handle compared to the Asian.

btw EBAY and Amazon have been good sources for replacement battery packs, either in an exclosure that actually fits or a seperate battery package with spot welded interconnects that fits in the purchasers enclosure. Usually a little soldering with the leads and it's ready for a charge. Bought them for a Unifen Bearcat and also Yeasu radios, chargers available as well.

Thank you 
dave j