Base Scanners for Phase I/II

[bhamilton930]

Hello all,

I've been hunting around for a new scanner. I currently have a uniden 15x and friggin love the thing!
my only issue is it's analog-trunk and my local county has recently updated to Phase I and surrounding counties went to Phase II systems.

my question is to the kind folks at RR is,

which is a high performance, high quality radio these days. My only real requirement is, i want a desktop model similar to the uniden 15.



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i recently purchased the radioshack 652 pro. I sorta liked the scanner but was really put off for the fact can not find a programming cable for it. nothing worse than being stuck on stock radioshack frequencies! I checked the local stores and nothing, they say check online store, i get on to radioshack website and it says to check the brick and mortar . no wonder this company is went down the tubes!
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Thank you,
bryan

 

[Eng74]

If you want similar to the BCT15XT then there is only one choice for you, the 996P2.

 

[bhamilton930]

If you want similar to the BCT15XT then there is only one choice for you, the 996P2.

isnt this model no longer in production?

 

[UPMan]

It is still a current model.

 

[Aero125]

The Uniden 996P2 fits your needs description perfectly. And yes, stay away from any 'Pro' radio crap models for many reasons. They do not support their products.

 

[br0adband]

If you have a spare computer or laptop you can dedicate to the purpose there's always OP25 which is a Linux-based solution that is the only really effective way to monitor LSM-based systems at this point in time and the only computer based solution for monitoring P25 Phase I and Phase II communications.

 

[bhamilton930]

kinda off topic from my OP. but none the less.... got a link?


thx

 

[fxdscon]

<rant>
i recently purchased the radioshack 652 pro. I sorta liked the scanner but was really put off for the fact can not find a programming cable for it. nothing worse than being stuck on stock radioshack frequencies! I checked the local stores and nothing, they say check online store, i get on to radioshack website and it says to check the brick and mortar . no wonder this company is went down the tubes!
</rant>

Thank you,
bryan

Your Pro 652 scanner is the same as the Whistler WS1065... check here:

WS1065 - The RadioReference Wiki

Programming cables are readily available for your scanner:

https://whistlergroup.com/collectio...products/pc-interface-cable-for-ws1040-ws1065


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[bhamilton930]

Your Pro 652 scanner is the same as the Whistler WS1065... check here:

WS1065 - The RadioReference Wiki

Programming cables are readily available for your scanner:

https://whistlergroup.com/collectio...products/pc-interface-cable-for-ws1040-ws1065


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Well sh$t, that's a game changer. Checking that out.


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[bhamilton930]

Your Pro 652 scanner is the same as the Whistler WS1065... check here:

WS1065 - The RadioReference Wiki

Programming cables are readily available for your scanner:

https://whistlergroup.com/collectio...products/pc-interface-cable-for-ws1040-ws1065


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If they are so available why can't radio shack figure that out? I've owned that scanner almost a year. Clearly they paid for the rebranding. You think they [radioshack] would either stock the cable or direct customers to the source for the cable. The fact they [radioshack] didnt so either. I've been waiting for the cable to magically arrive for about a year give or take. This includes weekly pestering of one of the radio shack store owners.

To me this speaks volumes about the company and products they sell.


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[bhamilton930]

thx man

i ordered this cable.