If you want to listen to the Michigan State Police a
Uniden BC 796 XLT will be the way to go because MSP
us ASTOR APCO P-25 digital Motorola 800 Mhz trunking with
9600 Baud control channel data! More and more public safety
folks are going digital ,most unencrypted!
Check out this site:

http://www.strongsignals.net/index.cgi

http://www.strongsignals.net/access/boards/bc296-796d/board.cgi

http://www.strongsignals.net/access/boards/frequency/board.cgi

http://www.strongsignals.net/access/boards/trunking/board.cgi

Go to the bottom of the FREQUENCY board and TRUNK board to
look at the resources there. Check out the trunking systems to see if
they will work with the BC 796 XLT It not enough to know the bands covered
by new radios looking at the trunking systems supported is even more important!
Jim


Rob Mills wrote:

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I would prefer a desktop scanner that will scan around 400 channels or
possibly more. I would be willing to spend around $300 or so.

I have never regretted getting my Uniden 895XLT, unless you need trunk
capabilities other than the Motorola system it's a pretty good scanner. I
like the manual tune feature. Think I paid about $180 for mine several years
ago, don't know what the going rate is now but notice that they evidently
are still available.

I got a flyer from RS a few days ago and they are offering their Pro-94 for
$129 now. It's a pretty nice little scanner if you like hand helds. I don't
really care for hand helds (do keep one (94) in the glove box) but pick one
up once in a while when the price gets down to more than I can stand. RM~