I have a 780 and you can program it without software but it seems kind
of tricky.

We are moving to an area where trunking is in operation and we will have
to learn to manual (hand) program out 780. Don't know what the software
costs and the cable between the computer and scanner.

george wrote:

looking to buy a bearcatbc780xlt do i need software to program
it........also how do i find whats on trunked freqs thanks