New scanner advice please
 

My old Uniden (BC855XLT) finally died last week. It did me just fine
for many years and now, trying to replace it gets more confusing every
day. One guy says I need trunking, another says triple trunking, yet
another says they'll be coming out with quad-trunking soon. I'm
considering the BC898T at around $200 but wanted to run it by here
first. Good choice?

--
Griff - Whose clear conscience is undoubtedly the sign of failing memory.

"Ted Griffin" wrote in message
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My old Uniden (BC855XLT) finally died last week. It did me just fine for
many years and now, trying to replace it gets more confusing every day.
One guy says I need trunking, another says triple trunking, yet another
says they'll be coming out with quad-trunking soon. I'm considering the
BC898T at around $200 but wanted to run it by here first. Good choice?

--
Griff - Whose clear conscience is undoubtedly the sign of failing memory.



What you "need" is to find out if what you want to listen to is now, or is
planning on going digital. The Radio Reference page makes a great place to
start. If what you want to listen to is mostly 800 Trunked there are a
couple great choices, but if you need digital the Trunking will not help.
I have a BC246T and love it! They do not get Mil Air, which I don't care
about. They run $215.00 delivered to your door and are a very good compact
scanner.
--
"Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor make him pay cash."
:Lazarus Long

I'm about 40 miles south of Chicago.

wrote:

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:22:50 GMT, Ted Griffin wrote:



My old Uniden (BC855XLT) finally died last week. It did me just fine
for many years and now, trying to replace it gets more confusing every
day. One guy says I need trunking, another says triple trunking, yet
another says they'll be coming out with quad-trunking soon. I'm
considering the BC898T at around $200 but wanted to run it by here
first. Good choice?



First, what area?

Second, and possibly most important.. Does your area currently or possibly in
the future have Motorola Trunking systems in use? If so then YOU ONLY WANT to
consider the following radios:

Radio Shack: Pro-96, 2096, 2055
Uniden/BearCat: BCT8, 246T 396T, 796, 296, 898

Why? In the future the 800MHz area will be rebanded and this will cause the
functions of the 800MHz Motorola trunking firmware in many scanners to quit
working. This applies only to Motorola systems, and only to 3600 baud Analog or
Digital voice using the 3600 Baud CAI, does NOT APPLY to Motorola systems using
the APCO P25 CAI or 9600 baud control channels.

See: http://www.tampascanner.info/rebanding/800mhzreband.htm for more info on
this.

IF and ONLY if Motorola trunking is not a factor then you can consider other
units.

Ted Griffin wrote in news:_q6Pe.1260$rS4.684
@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net:

My old Uniden (BC855XLT) finally died last week. It did me just fine
for many years and now, trying to replace it gets more confusing every
day. One guy says I need trunking, another says triple trunking, yet
another says they'll be coming out with quad-trunking soon. I'm
considering the BC898T at around $200 but wanted to run it by here
first. Good choice?



Hey Teb check your e-mail, I was about to post a scanner on eBay with
programing software and programing cable. I sent you the info on it :-)


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Go with the 246 from uniden.

it is the best value dollar for dollar in the market I have owned most
scanners on the market offered today. It does not have wfm and mil
air so if you need these you might wait for the follow up scanner due
out soon which is supposed to be full coverage down to the shortwave
bands.

Keith