"ckfire1923" wrote in message
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Hey folks,
I am a new user to rec.radio.scanner group. I was once a scanner
junkie years ago. I had an old 800mhz radio shack scanner. Now I
recently purchised a Uniden BC796D Trunker. I read the reviews on the
internet and it said this product was not for the "newbie" Heck, I am
jumping in with both feet here. I hope you people @ rec.radio.scanner
group can help.

Here is my question(s) to the group.
Is there any software I can download that I can use for a nightlogger
on my computer?

Is this sucker hard to program? How much radio knowledge should one
need to program it? I consider my self to be some what computer tech
savy..

For logging and recording you can use IDtracker.
http://personal.bellsouth.net/k/d/kd.../IDTracker.htm

Ignore the other post about rebanding as it is completely wrong. Uniden has
committed to support the 796D for rebanding with a firmware update that you
can apply with your computer. Since no Motorola systems have been rebanded
yet no one knows exactly what will change. Fiirmware updates offer
considerable flexibility but there is no guarantee that any current scanner
model will be able to adapt to a rebanded system. Search for rebanding on
the Uniden web site for more details on what rebanding is and what scanners
they will support.

For programming most people like ARC250.
http://www.butel.nl/bc785/bc250index.html

It is very tedious to program the radio by hand. ARC250 makes it
considerably easier.