Are any Amateur Radio transceivers suitable?
A few Amateur Radio VHF transceivers and satellite base stations have receivers with CW/SSB capability that cover 148 to 174 MHz. Examples of such sets currently in the stores include the Icom IC-821H and IC-910H, and Yaesu FT-100 and FT-847. Some older VHF/UHF multimode sets may also have extended receive frequency range. Caution: Manufacturers’ specifications for receiver sensitivity and cross-modulation performance usually are guaranteed only within the Amateur Radio bands. Some owners of extended range FM-only transceivers have discovered that their receivers are “numb” on many frequencies outside the ham bands. I welcome your reports of measured receiver sensitivity on 172 MHz from owners/users of multimode extended-range sets, both current and older models.
