Hi folks,
I hope I've posted this question in the right place.
I'm new to your forum and this is my first post. I've been researching handheld scanners for the last few weeks and have narrowed my decision down to just a few, but I really need an opinion to determine if I'm making the right decision considering I haven't used a scanner for many years. All the information on them is very overwhelming to say the least.
I live on Long Island, in Nassau County, and would like to monitor the Nassau County Police 6th Precinct channel, which I believe is, 478.9125 (maybe PL and simplex) Additionally, I may have read somewhere that these frequencies may change or be rebanded.
Also I'd like to receive Republic Airport, Tower frequency 118.800 and JFK Tower. Manhasset Lakeville Fire Department, which should be 46.3000. I do realize that I'm going to need an external antenna on my home to receive signals properly.
I thought a Uniden BCD 396T would have been a great choice, but it's way to expensive and no doubt far to complex for me at this stage. So I started to look at the Uniden 246T, which seems like a great handheld and a reasonable price of about $200.00. Again, I don't know if the 246T is too advanced being a novice. The BC-235XLT may also be decent, but I don't think they make them anymore and I'm not sure I want to purchase something like this used.
I was hoping to get a scanner, in addition to picking up the frequencies listed above, that can also receive NOAA weather alerts using the proper FIPS alert code for Long Island and the Close Call feature.
Any suggestions or opinion would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Richie
I hope I've posted this question in the right place.
I'm new to your forum and this is my first post. I've been researching handheld scanners for the last few weeks and have narrowed my decision down to just a few, but I really need an opinion to determine if I'm making the right decision considering I haven't used a scanner for many years. All the information on them is very overwhelming to say the least.
I live on Long Island, in Nassau County, and would like to monitor the Nassau County Police 6th Precinct channel, which I believe is, 478.9125 (maybe PL and simplex) Additionally, I may have read somewhere that these frequencies may change or be rebanded.
Also I'd like to receive Republic Airport, Tower frequency 118.800 and JFK Tower. Manhasset Lakeville Fire Department, which should be 46.3000. I do realize that I'm going to need an external antenna on my home to receive signals properly.
I thought a Uniden BCD 396T would have been a great choice, but it's way to expensive and no doubt far to complex for me at this stage. So I started to look at the Uniden 246T, which seems like a great handheld and a reasonable price of about $200.00. Again, I don't know if the 246T is too advanced being a novice. The BC-235XLT may also be decent, but I don't think they make them anymore and I'm not sure I want to purchase something like this used.
I was hoping to get a scanner, in addition to picking up the frequencies listed above, that can also receive NOAA weather alerts using the proper FIPS alert code for Long Island and the Close Call feature.
Any suggestions or opinion would be appreciated. Thanks.
_________________
Richie