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First I want to say I will be using this for listing to railroad conversations. I chase trains on my motorcycle and need some thing small and portable. Those that own one what is your opinion of it.
Bearcat BC95XLT who owns one?
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I've heard good things about it. Reliable, very rugged construction would make it ideal for motorcycle scanning. With the close call you won't miss a thing! Good luck.
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From what little I know about scanners it is about the same thing as the 72 but with the 95 you can save twice the frequencies. If any one else knows any other features it has over the 72 please post them. It is more then enough for chasing trains once again from what little I know from my research on the net. I guess I will find out as I ordered one yesterday and should be here tomorrow. After I have had time to figure it out and play with I will post my thoughts on it. I have a Norfolk & Southern main line about 2 blocks from where I live which I figure this will give me something to start listing to and a N&S rail yard about 10 miles away.
Thanks to this site and some others I have found most or all the frequencies used by railroads in this area.
Thanks to this site and some others I have found most or all the frequencies used by railroads in this area.
800 Mhz coverage
PC Programmable
Blue cabinet
PC Programmable
Blue cabinet
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Thanks but what is Blue cabinet?
BC72XLT has black cabinet, BC95XLT has blue cabinet. It is the color of the scanner.
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Thought it might have to do with the case but was not sure. I am very new to all this.
Thanks.
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I have one. Carry it in my briefcase daily, and turn it on when the mood strikes. It's a great scanner if you don't need trunktracking.
It is better than the 72 in the regard that you can program it via computer. Saves some time, but it is really easy to manually program. The 95 also covers 800MHz which the 72 does not...not a consideration for railroads, but you might want to listen to some 800MHz public safety stuff.
It would be good for railroads. Enter the simplex frequencies, and you're good to go. Fill up half of the BC95XLT with the AAR frequencies, and you still have 100 more channels free.
There's a YouTube video of a guy in Canada with a Pro-84, which is a BC95XLT by a different name, and he uses it to listen to trains.
Here's the URL for the train video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL0B9vDuxhs
It is better than the 72 in the regard that you can program it via computer. Saves some time, but it is really easy to manually program. The 95 also covers 800MHz which the 72 does not...not a consideration for railroads, but you might want to listen to some 800MHz public safety stuff.
It would be good for railroads. Enter the simplex frequencies, and you're good to go. Fill up half of the BC95XLT with the AAR frequencies, and you still have 100 more channels free.
There's a YouTube video of a guy in Canada with a Pro-84, which is a BC95XLT by a different name, and he uses it to listen to trains.
Here's the URL for the train video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL0B9vDuxhs
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