Everyone's thoughts on the Uniden BC9000XLT

[suttles1972]

Hi all. I am curious on everyone's thoughts about a previously owned Uniden BC9000XLT. A friend of mine is trying to sale me his 9000, so that he can apply the sales to a 396. He offered to sale it for $125.00. He told me that the tone board isn't available, but can be bought optional. My question: Is his asking price appropriate for such a scanner?
Thanks in advance.

 

[scanjunkie]

That's a great price...if it's in good shape and it will suit your needs I would go for it.

 

[scansomd]

It's a good price - not a great one, but good.

I used to own a BC9000XLT, it's a fine conventional scanner. It would be great for conventional monitoring of standard frequencies that don't change a lot.

Hi all. I am curious on everyone's thoughts about a previously owned Uniden BC9000XLT. A friend of mine is trying to sale me his 9000, so that he can apply the sales to a 396. He offered to sale it for $125.00. He told me that the tone board isn't available, but can be bought optional. My question: Is his asking price appropriate for such a scanner?
Thanks in advance.

 

[kingpin]

That's a ok price in my book. I paid $369 for mine back in 1994. If your area doesn't have any trunking, it will serve you well. I used mine for mil-air and loved it. It's a nice BIG radio.

 

[N7OLQ]

I used one for many years and only sold it after there was not much conventional traffic left in my area. I did not want to get rid of it since it was a great performer with lots of nice features. A computer interface would have made the scanner just about perfect. The front end can get overloaded with a big antenna or pre-amp, but it is a sold performer for just about everything. It is fun to play with. If you have plenty of non-trunked communications to monitor, you will enjoy it.

Brett - N7OLQ

 

[scanjunkie]

That's right I forgot it didn't come with the CTCSS card...

 

[suttles1972]

That's a ok price in my book. I paid $369 for mine back in 1994. If your area doesn't have any trunking, it will serve you well. I used mine for mil-air and loved it. It's a nice BIG radio.

Well there's plenty of trunking in my immediate area. The surrounding counties, with in a 50 mile radius of Chattanooga isn't. This gives me the reason to want a standalone conventional scanner. My 396 is overwhelmed with all the conventional frequencies I have, preventing adequate monitoring on the local TRS. So this BC9000 will definitely be a additive to my monitoring habits, by strictly working on the conventional frequencies, such THP, the surrounding VFD's and our air medical operations.
Thanks for all the comments. I too feel that it's a bit pricey, but on the other hand, $125.00 can be a good start for my friend and his future 396 purchase.

 

[MacombMonitor]

Great radio in it's day! However, the programming of the alpha characters could drive you to drink! I liked the large format of the display, and controls. The manual tuning knob was one of the first, if not the first, on a scanner. It worked very well! It had much wider coverage than most, and the ability to change the modes made it great for military comms too!

To dedicate it to non-trunked analog, it would be a nice compliment to the shack!

 

[kingpin]

Great audio too. Has a large speaker which is not too bad for FM broadcast. For $125, I'd jump on it. Programming the alpha tags is tedious but when it's done, it looks great. It's easy to add a discriminator tap if you so choose.