Without a doubt, the Uniden BC780XLT is your best choice, provided you do
not require monitoring any digital systems. If you need digital, then check
out the new BC796D!

Bill Crocker


"Steve Silverwood" wrote in message
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I'm looking for recommendations for a couple of scanners, once my
finances recover from the annual Christmas-shopping blitz. ;-) I'll
probably hunt for them via eBay and monitor the newsgroups for for-sale
listings -- right now I'm just doing "research."

One is to be a mobile, with a mounting bracket; the other will primarily
be used as a base unit. Both should be capable of trunk-tracking, plus
I prefer they be able to receive the military aircraft band (225-400 MHz
AM). Coverage of the 10m amateur band's FM sub-band -- to monitor the
FM repeaters in that band and the simplex channels -- is a plus, but the
lack of it isn't a deal-breaker.

One major feature I really need in each is the ability to program them
via a computer. That way I can take the same database of channels and
"dump" them into the scanner so that whatever I do to the base can also
be mirrored in the mobile, and vice versa. Alphanumeric displays for
the scanners are a MAJOR plus.

Make/model recommendations greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!


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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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