maxxkatt
Maxx Katt, once upon time artist.
I live in North Atlanta and changed my mind on the BC125AT purchase. My idea was to use this for mobile operations and the RTL-SDR dongle on my laptop at home with my Discone antenna in the attic with low loss RG8 50' cable.
But then I would have to use my laptop running microsoft XP software for my home. Not a good idea to be that far back in old operating systems. It would cost me about $200 to have my tech add windows 10. Then have to learn not only the BC125AT, plus the different software for the RTL-SDR dongle after learning how to install it. UGH.
I bought a pre-owned SDS100 with the addons:
- ProVoice digital mode installed
- DMR/MotoTRBO digial mode installed
- NXDN digital mode installed
- hard leather case (new)
- 800 MHz Remtronix SMA antenna (new)
- Uniden EBC100 External bettery charger with brand new 5.4 AH Li-Io large capacity battery (new)
So now I feel that all I have to do is learn the scanner and the addons and I will be set with this new hobby both at home and mobile. I had an analog base scanners 20 years ago and things were real simple back then. But not so now with the modern scanners. But I am retired and have the time to learn.
But then I would have to use my laptop running microsoft XP software for my home. Not a good idea to be that far back in old operating systems. It would cost me about $200 to have my tech add windows 10. Then have to learn not only the BC125AT, plus the different software for the RTL-SDR dongle after learning how to install it. UGH.
I bought a pre-owned SDS100 with the addons:
- ProVoice digital mode installed
- DMR/MotoTRBO digial mode installed
- NXDN digital mode installed
- hard leather case (new)
- 800 MHz Remtronix SMA antenna (new)
- Uniden EBC100 External bettery charger with brand new 5.4 AH Li-Io large capacity battery (new)
So now I feel that all I have to do is learn the scanner and the addons and I will be set with this new hobby both at home and mobile. I had an analog base scanners 20 years ago and things were real simple back then. But not so now with the modern scanners. But I am retired and have the time to learn.