Handheld Radio Scanners

bnn121 · Post by **bnn121** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:21 am

I figured if anybody knew the answer to this question it would be you guys/gals. I'm not into scanners that much. Have owned a couple over the years. Is there a handheld scanner that covers most of the bands and has alphanumeric charecters and even PC programming abilites?

I'm not sure if this post is even allowed becuse I know this is not a Motorola Specific question...

Thanks

kb3jkp · Post by **kb3jkp** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:28 am

pro-96

http://www.radioreference.com

it's "all about scanning"..

bnn121 · Post by **bnn121** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:48 am

Thanks...will check it out

va3wxm · Post by **va3wxm** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:13 pm

The newer Uniden models do too.

BC246T
BC296D
BC396T

jnglmassiv · Post by **jnglmassiv** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:33 pm

I still have wood for my BC246T. For $210ish, it rules all that is analog. The BR330T is newer and supposed to be all that the 246 is but with expanded band coverage. The price is comperable. It also has race track features, if you're into that.

bnn121 · Post by **bnn121** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:35 pm

Thanks for the replies...the pro-96 is way out of my price range...nice reciever for the features...but I'm just looking for something that will cover most bands...does not have to be trunking...since most of the area around here is still coventional...but something that is PC programmable and has alpha ability for a reasonable price would be nice.

Scanners beat having to carry around a bunch of portable radios in the various bands since all I really need it for is recieving

jhooten · Post by **jhooten** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:39 pm

Pro-95s have been on and off of clearance for $100-150 and will do what you ask.

bnn121 · Post by **bnn121** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:48 pm

jhooten wrote:Pro-95s have been on and off of clearance for $100-150 and will do what you ask.

Thanks...will look at that one.

billy7834 · Post by **billy7834** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:49 pm

Pro-97....It has just about everything the Pro-96 has except the digital decoding. It's a fairly new model. Goes for 200 bucks. 150 when on sale.

kb3jkp · Post by **kb3jkp** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:21 pm

hell, if thats all you're looking for, I have a scanner NIB, used maybe 2 times, I bought it for my mom, but she never used it.. I just programmed it...it's been sitting in a box for about a yr.. how's 90$ shipped??

it's a PRO-something.. whatever was current last year, conventional, covers ~29mhz-1Ghz, minus military air, and cell.. IIRC

Post by Pj » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:04 pm

I guess this has ran its course...

The above link to RR dot com is pretty good and has everything you would want to know and then some.

Any FSFT stuff, throw it in the fourm or PM... Thanks!