New Scanner Advice?

[KEV200]

Help....I have been involved with scanning in the B'ham area since the early '60's. Since the trunking systems came along, my listening has been very limited. My last scanner purchase was a Pro-2006 way back when they first came out. I am thinking about getting a trunking scanner but would like to get some advice from you guys here. I'd appreciate your opinions and advice on a handheld, mobile and desk top model. Not looking for a lot of bells and whistles, just be able to monitor the trunks.
Thanks,
Dave

 

[dave911]

Another Dave! I have the Pro-96 (handheld) and the Bearcat BCD996T (base). I love both of them. You can't go wrong with either.

 

[claybarnes]

Ditto. I have the same two units and love them.

 

[KEV200]

Thanks for the replies and advice. How about comments on difficulty in programming the trunking info into these units?
Thanks,
Dave

 

[TechnoDave]

Find a friend that already has the frequencies you want and ask him for the file.... lol.... RIGHT DAVE911????

Personally, had it not been for Dave, I would have taken mine back. The owners manual is very difficult to understand if you are not familiar with "the new type scanners and the freqencies". win96 program helped a lot, but only after Dave set me up a file. Otherwise, it seemed very difficult.

 

[wwhitby]

I've been very happy with my PRO-96. The V-scanner feature makes the PRO-96 priceless to me. No more having to reprogram the scanner and decide which frequencies to listen to when I go on a trip - I can program in them all!!

I can't comment on how it is to program in trunking information by hand, since I use Don Starr's WIN-96 software to program it. In fact, when I got my PRO-96, I had already purchased WIN-96 and created all my files for it. It was nice to be able to completely program a scanner in under a minute!

Whatever digital trunking scanner you buy, buy the software and programming cable as well. It will save you a lot of time and effort (and frustration) over programming it by hand.

Warren

 

[KEV200]

Thanks for all the replies fellows. I will likely call on some of you when I make the purchase.

Dave