Looking for anyone having both the BCD996XT2 & BCD536HP. I am trying to decide which one to purchase. Hoping to campare the two scanners while running the SAME systems and antenna setup
Looking for anyone having both the BCD996XT2 & BCD536HP. I am trying to decide which one to purchase. Hoping to campare the two scanners while running the SAME systems and antenna setup
I am almost sure you can use a GPS with the 996p2.Actually can use it with the 996t and 996xt as well.
You actually can program everything along a trip route and run GPS in both the 996xt and 996p2.You can, but the memory limits of the 996 series make it a lot less practical. You can't program everything along a multistate road trip.
You actually can program everything along a trip route and run GPS in both the 996xt and 996p2.
The 536 will match or beat any feature of the 996 in RF performance and scanning features. The 536 will also monitor P25 Phase II and other digital formats that the 996XT2 will not. But it costs more.
As both the 996p2 and 536hp will do P25 type 2 and are capable of being upgraded to demodulate provoice and DMR, the only advantage of the 536hp is the zipcode auto programming. The advantage of the 996p2 is a more robust front end. My 996p2 has superior filtering and receive performance and in my experience is superior to the 536s that I have. The 996p2, when compared side by side with the 536hp, exhibits much better sensitivity and selectivity and will receive further and weaker signals with more clarity. There are areas where my 536 will stand idle, yet the 996 will be chugging along with DX stations.
My .02 YMMV.
I agree.If you're going from Michigan to Arizona, and have to make a route change on the way due to road closures or bad weather ot last-minute change of plans, I rather doubt it. You'd have to look up the freqs on the new route and reprogram the scanner. Whereas with the 536, you wouldn't have to do anything but drive.
While I don't have the 996P2, I do have the 996XT. The only major difference is that the 996P2 "does" P25 Phase II.
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