uniden barcat bc60xlt

[whiskeybottom]

Just was giving to me looking into better antenna if even needed not sure just like building things also III want it to scan won't scan

 

[whiskeybottom]

This is a mobile handheld battery powered scanner!! I see I have to enter frequency where can I get Howard country frequency none have been working! For me only weather band

Also another thought is there any mode to get this to scan and pick up anything and everything every band it will scan the entered frequency I know just wondering if it will pick up every band channel etc...obviously I don't no nada about this just thought you turn it on and what ever out there it pics up????

please help lately this is all I do with free time scanner and cb thanks guys

 

[ka3jjz]

Well let's start with this - much of Howard County is on a trunked P25 system, so you will need a digital trunktracker to hear much of anything. Here's the link...

Howard County, Maryland (MD) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Go to the bottom of the page to see what trunks are in the area. The BGE trunk is unmonitorable by anything, and as you now know, FiRST is only monitorable on a PSR-800,

The 60 will be of rather limited usefulness, frankly. With the right antenna, MSP and the State highway motorist patrols, Howard's fire dispatch, hams are a few things...you need to be a little more specific about what you want to hear.

Mike

 

[W8RMH]

The BC60XLT - The RadioReference Wiki is 20 year old technology. No trunking, no 800 MHz, no AIR, no digital. The only thing on your county page you will receive is :

Repeaters

154.250 Fire Dispatch
154.280 Mutual Aid
155.820 Public Works
158.895 MTU (?)
151.895 Johns Hopkins Labs (Laurel)


Low power mobile frequencies - must be nearby:

169.1125 Simplex 1
156.0150 Simplex 2
174.0000 Simplex 3
150.0000 Explorer 1
148.2000 Explorer 2
150.1875 Explorer 3

 

[whiskeybottom]

So no police scanning? Howard county md state police traffic local fd everything and anything police dispatchs primarily!!! Any mod I can do says on Beck 10 meters also antenna I can build for 800 MHz scanning lol idk

Will try these codes you posted. Thanks man!

 

[ka3jjz]

No you will not hear any of Howard police dispatches on that scanner. You need a digital trunktracker for that - and yes, the PSR-800 will handle the Howard trunk as well as FiRST, once a tower or two comes on line in Howard county.

C'mon over to the Maryland forum to get other recommendations...Mike

 

[whiskeybottom]

OK will check out the md side I'm getting slot of static on the 460.3250 all static though anything or antenna I can do to here this?