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[KU4WW]

Hi all,

I bought the BC 796 new in August, 2005. Got to use it for a month until lightning fried it. I was wondering why it went away from the market so sudden? Was it not a desirable rig? I'm thinking of purchasing another APCO 25 scanner, any recommendations? Look for a used BC 796 or get a new BC 996 maybe? It will be a home (base) station. Thanks.

Jeff D.

 

[edftc]

Hi Jeff-Uniden carries it on their website(online store) at $450.
That might be as good as ebay. I think the 700mhz feature, plus in deck mobile intstallation,of the BC996t, just outdated the model, as far as production is concerned. I run my BC996t with arc996t, and it displays the sites on the history logging-nice feature.
I still use my 796, as an additional scanner.
Ed...N0ihb

 

[ka3jjz]

Yeah, if memory serves, Uniden discontinued making the model after the release of the DMA scanners. Still a good radio to have, though. 73s Mike

 

[wesct]

Hi all,

I bought the BC 796 new in August, 2005. Got to use it for a month until lightning fried it. I was wondering why it went away from the market so sudden? Was it not a desirable rig? I'm thinking of purchasing another APCO 25 scanner, any recommendations? Look for a used BC 796 or get a new BC 996 maybe? It will be a home (base) station. Thanks.

Jeff D.

if you are comfortable with the 796, you can get a "b product" from unidens online store, but for the difference ($80), i would say the 996t is the way to go.
the 796 was discontinued after the ces show in janurary, although a limited supply
did show up in march.

wesct