portable VHF receiver problem

[tg]

I'm in the UK and have a Shure EC11 bodypack transmitter with lavalier mike
on 174.8MHz. (I've also got an ECI transmitter on 173.8) I want to use this
pack with a camcorder so I need a portable receiver for the camera end.
Shure used to do a VP3 portable receiver for just this purpose but the VP3
has been discontinued in the UK. The chances of my finding a second hand VP3
on 173.8MHz or 174.9MHz is about nil. I see VP3's still sell in the US but
not on this frequency, and VP3's rarely seen on ebay use frequencies that
are illegal in the UK. Could I make a decent VHF receiver from a kit? Would
a radio scanner do the job? Is there any other solution to this problem? I
can't afford a new wirless mike system. Thanks for any help.

 

[Art]

Generally so, yes: as long as there are not any other offending signals on
the same band that may be of higher strength than what your system is
supplying. Too bad you just can't find a decent small modulator that can be
directly connected to the audio output of your cam-corder and transmits on
the required frequencies??
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I'm in the UK and have a Shure EC11 bodypack transmitter with lavalier
mike on 174.8MHz. (I've also got an ECI transmitter on 173.8) I want to
use this pack with a camcorder so I need a portable receiver for the
camera end. Shure used to do a VP3 portable receiver for just this purpose
but the VP3 has been discontinued in the UK. The chances of my finding a
second hand VP3 on 173.8MHz or 174.9MHz is about nil. I see VP3's still
sell in the US but not on this frequency, and VP3's rarely seen on ebay
use frequencies that are illegal in the UK. Could I make a decent VHF
receiver from a kit? Would a radio scanner do the job? Is there any other
solution to this problem? I can't afford a new wirless mike system. Thanks
for any help.