Darrin wrote in
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 07:35:50 GMT, Jesse wrote:

Never anonymous Bud wrote in
news
While still snuggled in a 'spider hole', Jesse
scribbled:

Whats your point - Its still a great scanner - Till this day blows
most anything away that blowcat offers -

That's NOT true, there are any number of scanners JUST as good, OR
better.

The 2006 is now a mythological beast.

IF you can convince ME that there is A blowcat scanner to be HAD for
UNDER $200 that I'D be BETTER off with than a 2006,I'LL humbly FLY
over and shine YOUR shoes... Hey .. Why am I randomly capitalizing
words ??


IMO, a BC895XLT. Good coverage. Excellent performance. Basic
TrunkTracking, and CTCSS for $189 new, and about $125 used. You can
also find a BC780XLT for around $225 used, which makes the 2006 really
look like a toy.

Fair enough - I know nothing of their capabilities,so will give you the
benifit of the doubt.
Quick question - Do either or both of them cover mil air ?
If not,they are about as useful to me as a scanner as a hookless fishline.
Trunktracking is a feature that has so far not grabbed my interest - Is it
really that useful ?
CTCSS too - Really,have you actually garnered any use out of knowing what
numbers the little squeals represent ?

Jesse wrote in
:

IMO, a BC895XLT. Good coverage. Excellent performance. Basic
TrunkTracking, and CTCSS for $189 new, and about $125 used. You can
also find a BC780XLT for around $225 used, which makes the 2006
really look like a toy.

Fair enough - I know nothing of their capabilities,so will give you
the benifit of the doubt.
Quick question - Do either or both of them cover mil air ?

The 780 does, don't know about 895.

Trunktracking is a feature that has so far not grabbed my
interest - Is it really that useful ?

In areas where police, fire and other services have gone to trunked
systems, it's pretty essential, otherwise calls are almost impossible to
follow. Trunked systems change frequencies multiple times during a call.

CTCSS too - Really,have you actually garnered any use out of knowing
what numbers the little squeals represent ?

Yes, one of the state patrol channels in the area where I live has so
much noise that without the ability to filter using CTCSS the frequency
would unscannable.

Being able to use CTCSS tones is also handy for filtering out unwanted
signals in areas where different agencies use the same frequency and you
don't want to listen to one of them.

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