Sporting event configurable radio receiver/scanner

Claim 1

A configurable hand held radio monitor for use in monitoring sporting events comprising: a housing including a keypad opening; an electronic display opening; a keypad overlay slot adapted to frictionally receive a keypad overlay; and at least one memory component slot adapted to receive a modular memory card; an onboard microprocessor for controlling the operations of the radio monitor; at least one modular memory card including a first memory means for storing digital codes for predetermined frequencies, said memory means in electrical communication with said microprocessor when the modular memory card is inserted into the memory component slot of the housing; a radio receiving circuit in electrical communication with the microprocessor, said radio receiving circuit receives an RF signal at a frequency determined by the microprocessor; an audio output in electrical communication with said radio receiving circuit; an electronic display in communication with said microprocessor and where said electrical display is visible through the transparent window of the housing; a keypad comprising a plurality of keys in electrical communication with said microprocessor for manually entering commands to the microprocessor for execution and operation of the configurable radio monitor; and a changeable keypad overlay insertable into the keypad overlay slot of the housing having indicia formed to correspond to the plurality of keys of the keypad, and wherein said indicia identify the function of the key which corresponds to the codes stored in the first memory means.