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aar9sm

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Is it possible to make and apco-25 box that woud connect to the scanner something llke the super converter 11 was made?

Mike
 

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i don't know what you are trying to accomplish, but if you wll go to AOR you will see they have a digital converter, but it is limited to what it can connect to.
 

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ive never heard of something like that but if you can do it good luck not many systems in my area are apco 25 yet so im still going analog for now
 
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aar9sm said:
Is it possible to make and apco-25 box that woud connect to the scanner something llke the super converter 11 was made?

Mike

I assume the "super converter 11" is a band shifter put before the receiver.

The answer is NO.

If you could get the IF into a decoder like the AOR unit, then the answer is maybe.
 

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Speaking of a Uniden Scanner, just got a UBC3300XLT, which is similar to the BC250D. Technicially I do not have it yet, but It will be here Monday or Tuesday. Still waiting for it. Hope it was worth the money!
 

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owenmcc1 said:
Speaking of a Uniden Scanner, just got a UBC3300XLT, which is similar to the BC250D. Technicially I do not have it yet, but It will be here Monday or Tuesday. Still waiting for it. Hope it was worth the money!

You do know the UBC3300XLT is not digital, right? Other than that it is similar to the 250D. I only ask because you posted this in the digital forum.
 

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Seems easier to just buy a digital scanner. Is there anything special you have to do when programming a digital scanner? Or do you just enter the freqs/TG and listen???
 
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Just enter and listen, no different than for analog.
 

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For my purposes (90% of my listening is digital audio logging for later playback), the digital scanner was a waste of money, and the ARD25 was well worth the $400.

I first tried a BC796D with Trunkstar software (www.scanstar.com). Even with the squelch at full, I wound up with a digital audio file full of false squelch openings on multiple conventional frequencies. Completely useless. Adding an external preselector (Optoelectronics APS104) didn't even help. Now it all gathers dust.

The next system I put together consisted of an AR3000A, ARD25, and scanrec.exe. For trunking I add an Optocom and a Pentium I running trunker, though most of what I am interested in is conventional 162-174 MHz. This combo works very well.
 
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