ntnahed
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I bought a BC396T last year, it never really received too well here in Austin, got boring, put it aside for a while... come back to it recently, after much VERY frustrating effort, it still receives like s--t, if at all. I recently bought a 796T, after a week of hoping for a little advice on the Texas forum, only to get a reply yesterday that the 396 and 796 are pretty much worthless for monitoring Austin. $500 poorer, but a little wiser through much trial and error and one helpful reply. Thanks, Moto.
So, I have a couple of new questions - Does ANYONE IN AUSTIN know how to make a 396 or 796 work in the Austin radio environment? If not, anyone have suggestions as to what radio WILL work here? I'm looking for a simple radio that is reliable in the Austin simulcast P25 environment.
I'm not exactly a newbie - been scanning off and on for about 20 years, including trunked systems in Tulsa and Seattle. I'm a free-lance photographer, and I also found a scanner very useful for avoiding traffic jams when I lived in Seattle. They've got some traffic issues here in Austin, too. Any advice will be appreciated!
One more question - anybody looking for a 396T or 796T for cheap?
So, I have a couple of new questions - Does ANYONE IN AUSTIN know how to make a 396 or 796 work in the Austin radio environment? If not, anyone have suggestions as to what radio WILL work here? I'm looking for a simple radio that is reliable in the Austin simulcast P25 environment.
I'm not exactly a newbie - been scanning off and on for about 20 years, including trunked systems in Tulsa and Seattle. I'm a free-lance photographer, and I also found a scanner very useful for avoiding traffic jams when I lived in Seattle. They've got some traffic issues here in Austin, too. Any advice will be appreciated!
One more question - anybody looking for a 396T or 796T for cheap?