On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:43:55 -0700, clu said in
rec.radio.scanner:

Al Klein wrote:

And the AR8200 doesn't do digital and it doesn't track trunked
systems.

From what I've been reading, these two features appear very important
in this day and age.

If you have no trunked systems and no digital systems you want to
listen to, it's not important - to you.

So instead of the AR8200, I am starting to look at the Uniden BR330T. Is
that a decent enough one that'll keep me busy and interested in this
potential hobby?

If you don't need digital. Although it's really a BC246T with Nascar
stuff added. (You can program a driver's frequencies, then just hop
to that driver. Or something like that. I don't do Nascar. ) And
the 246 is cheaper.

That's too bad about the AR8200. Too bad it doesn't do digital and track
trunked systems. I saw a product that is capable of decoding the digital
stuff, called APCO 25 something or another. It was an add-on device. I
cannot recall the name of it or model number and can't seem to find the
web site anymore. Is it something that can be attached to the AR8200?

Yes - it's an external box, so the pair isn't exactly
hang-on-your-belt portable. And it still won't track trunked systems.
But it will, IIRC, do SSB, and goes a lot lower in frequency than most
scanners.

You have to decide which is more important for the things you want to
listen to. It's a highly personal thing.