BCD160DN/BCD260DN: Is this a new Uniden model? BCD260DN

[Remon]

I found this on the Uniden website:

BCD260DN

The BCD260DN Uniden Scanner sets the standard for performance, features, and innovation. Exclusive features like Band Scope Rapid System/ Channel Number Tagging, Narrowband Reception, and a complete suite of search features help you detect those elusive signals faster than ever. Uniden Digital...

uniden.com

Is this a new model?

 

[WRQS621]

Looks like an analog base with the 996 form factor. At first I thought it was BCT15 but it isn’t. Hmmmm.

 

[KevinC]

I found this on the Uniden website:

BCD260DN

The BCD260DN Uniden Scanner sets the standard for performance, features, and innovation. Exclusive features like Band Scope Rapid System/ Channel Number Tagging, Narrowband Reception, and a complete suite of search features help you detect those elusive signals faster than ever. Uniden Digital...

uniden.com

Is this a new model?

Good catch!

 

[jtwalker]

&0 ? I’d give it a try especially if it had free shipping.

 

[KevinC]

No serial port and it looks like service search may have returned. And did Close Call disappear???

 

[jtwalker]

Looks like an analog base with the 996 form factor. At first I thought it was BCT15 but it isn’t. Hmmmm.

Since it’s a BCD I would think it’s digital…

 

[KevinC]

Since it’s a BCD I would think it’s digital…

I concur.

 

[cg]

No FCC label on the back, nothing on the FCC OET Authorization website for this year.
With a Google search for that model, the only other reference I found is from a Uniden 125 software webpage from Butel.

ARC125 software download

arc125 bc125 bc125xlt software scan125

www.butel.nl

Nothing there for bcd260dn however, the cached version from 7/19/23 shows "bcd260dn bcd160dn" at the bottom under Keywords.

 

[KT4HX]

Interesting. Here is the unrelated original vintage Uniden BC260. So this is obviously an update!

Bearcat 260 Scanner, Bearcat BC260

 

[Remon]

No FCC label on the back, nothing on the FCC OET Authorization website for this year.
With a Google search for that model, the only other reference I found is from a Uniden 125 software webpage from Butel.

ARC125 software download

arc125 bc125 bc125xlt software scan125

www.butel.nl

Nothing there for bcd260dn however, the cached version from 7/19/23 shows "bcd260dn bcd160dn" at the bottom under Keywords.

My guess is that the BCD160DN is a new portable version.

Someone from Uniden hinted about 2 new scanners a couple of months ago on this forum.

 

[KevinC]

I may be incorrect, but I seem to remember Uniden requests to have authorizations withheld from the website until they approve it. So it not showing up on the FCC OET website may not mean anything.

Of course I could be completely wrong.

 

[captainmax1]

Interesting. I'll be watching

 

[tvengr]

The photo on the Uniden site looks similar to the BCD996P2 since it has a USB port on the front. I would love to see SDS396 and SDS996 type scanners able to handle simulcast.

 

[KF4JYE]

It’s interesting that it doesn’t have a “Trunktracker” logo on the front.

 

[garys]

A really weird design. We had a few installed in supervisors vehicles and they were just okay.

Interesting. Here is the unrelated original vintage Uniden BC260. So this is obviously an update!

Bearcat 260 Scanner, Bearcat BC260

 

[trentbob]

A really weird design. We had a few installed in supervisors vehicles and they were just okay.

I actually owned an original Bearcat 260. It was made by Electra and by Uniden as it was introduced in 1983 right when the conversion or sale happened. It was a great design but the reception and sensitivity was awful.

Maybe when Uniden started making them they worked better, great design but believe it or not it had a very loud hum that increased when you turned the display brighter, to get rid of the hum you had to turn the display all the way down so you couldn't see it.

Again I had one of the first ones and it was made by Electra in 1983. It was also one of those Electra Bearcats that was not made in Cumberland, Indiana it was made in Puerto Rico.

This new 260 looks interesting but if it doesn't handle simulcast well then what's the point?

 

[Remon]

Another wild guess: it receives analog, DMR and NXDN out of the box, hence the DN in the model number.

 

[trp2525]

I found this on the Uniden website:

BCD260DN

The BCD260DN Uniden Scanner sets the standard for performance, features, and innovation. Exclusive features like Band Scope Rapid System/ Channel Number Tagging, Narrowband Reception, and a complete suite of search features help you detect those elusive signals faster than ever. Uniden Digital...

uniden.com

Is this a new model?

If Universal Radio was still in business I'm sure they would already have all of the details/specs of the brand-new Uniden BCD260DN posted on their website and would be taking pre-orders with FREE shipping included! They were certainly on top of their game when it came to the release of any new models of radios/scanners or other related equipment.

If you recall, back in early 2018 Universal Radio let the cat out of the bag prematurely regarding the upcoming release of the SDS100 handheld. Uniden "blew a gasket" when they found out about it but there was nothing they could do because the horse had already left the barn! LOL

 

[trp2525]

Here's a very interesting tidbit. If you go to myUniden - Customer Product Registration and Support Area you can register yourself as the owner of the BCD160DN and BCD260DN scanners as both models appear in the scanner drop down list.

 

[fxdscon]

And also….. you can now send in your BCD160DN and BCD260DN for repair.