Hi,
Anyone have any input on this radio?
Know of a good sight that has a review
I am thinking of getting one and would appreciate your thoughts.
The cable is supplied for loading info is the software free to?
Who has the best price?
Thanks
-Russ

PS I currently have the Pro-95 and am very happy with it.

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Hi,
Anyone have any input on this radio?
Know of a good sight that has a review
I am thinking of getting one and would appreciate your thoughts.
The cable is supplied for loading info is the software free to?
Who has the best price?
Thanks
-Russ

PS I currently have the Pro-95 and am very happy with it.


Check the yahoo group in my sig.
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Dwayne
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BC895/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Uniden_BC246T

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScanFindlay/

Anyone have any input on this radio?

There are several groups on Yahoogroups covering the BC246T.

I subscribed to the "BC246T" list on Yahoo, and have found the list very
informative.

Two representatives from Uniden are involved with the group posts and questions
about the Uniden software.

Gommert Buysen (Butel Software), who is releasing his own software for the 246T
in January, has also posted on this list.

You can subscribe to this list by sending a blank e-mail to -



Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:34:32 -0800, "R. Smith"
wrote:

Hi,
Anyone have any input on this radio?
Know of a good sight that has a review
I am thinking of getting one and would appreciate your thoughts.
The cable is supplied for loading info is the software free to?
Who has the best price?
Thanks
I have had scanners continuously for more than 20 years and I
understand most of them and I worked in the industry of 2x radios for
PDs and FDs and business. I think I retired too soon. Seems that the
way uniden has explained their 246 to me just leaves me hanging, they
are assuming that the purchaser of one of those things alread knows
about scat and lcn, ltr, etc.......arrrrgh, i haven't been able to
figure out how to program the damn thing. I get the conventional
channels ok, but damn, I havent figgered out the TT yet. I am missing
something ... they just don't explain it very well...

they won't hold your hand so to speak. otherwise it puts any of my
other scanners I have ever had to shame.... and I am (supposedly) an
extra class ham and 1st class lic holder - I guess that dates me...

I can figger how to clone and load but, I sure do wish I could tell
somebody where I live and have them send me a clone file to load for
my area. seems I can hear stations fairly well from new orleans over
to pascagoula (about 50 mile radius)


Billy, N5WE
Mississippi

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:26:05 -0600, BILLY wrote:
I have had scanners continuously for more than 20 years and I understand
most of them. Seems that the way uniden has explained their 246 to me
just leaves me hanging, they are assuming that the purchaser of one of
those things alread knows about scat and lcn, ltr, etc.......arrrrgh, i
haven't been able to figure out how to program the damn thing. I get the
conventional channels ok, but damn, I havent figgered out the TT yet.

Well, I'm on the other side of the fence -- I found the BC246T easier to
program than other trunking scanners I've used. (I've been listening to
the local EDACS system for several years, and I've programmed it into
three different scanners.)

Each radio system you want to enter -- trunking or conventional -- has
three levels of detail: system, groups, and channels. Think of it like
storing information in folders and subfolders on your computer. Stuff that
affects the system as a whole goes into the system level, groups are for
your personal convenience, and channels are where the listening happens.

For a trunking system, the system frequencies and other information
(system type, system options, etc.) go into the system level entries. You
divide your talkgroups into whatever groups you fancy. Then each channel
is a talkgroup. All the information you need to program the 246 is
information you would need to program any other trunking scanner, so
there's nothing new -- just different.

I agree that there may be areas where the manual could be improved
(although it's better than others I've seen), but if you've programmed
other trunking scanners, you shouldn't have any problems with this. If you
haven't programmed a trunking scanner before, be glad you're learning on
this one!
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Gerry Wheeler
Naples, FL