radioroo
Member
Hello to everyone on this amazing forum!
I bought a Uniden bc75xlt last week and initially I loved it. That was until I realized I can only listen to 3 things where I live (SW Ontario):
1.One side of an ambulance conversation that is uncomfortable to listen to because between each broadcast is often a much, much louder electronic buzz/hum/fax machine type sound.
2. Snow ploughs (most depressed sounding people in town)
3. The occasional bit of chat on the HAM bands.
I've quickly tired of listening to those (as one might expect) and want to go to the next level. I have a couple of questions.
1. On my analogue scanner I get a lot of frequencies which sound like electronic buzzing/broken modem kind of sounds. Are these digital transmissions that I would be able to listen to if I went digital?
2. For $300 I can get a used Uniden BCD396XT. Is it really worth paying $200 more for the new 436hp? And can the 436 receive a lot more services than the 396?
Thanks!
I bought a Uniden bc75xlt last week and initially I loved it. That was until I realized I can only listen to 3 things where I live (SW Ontario):
1.One side of an ambulance conversation that is uncomfortable to listen to because between each broadcast is often a much, much louder electronic buzz/hum/fax machine type sound.
2. Snow ploughs (most depressed sounding people in town)
3. The occasional bit of chat on the HAM bands.
I've quickly tired of listening to those (as one might expect) and want to go to the next level. I have a couple of questions.
1. On my analogue scanner I get a lot of frequencies which sound like electronic buzzing/broken modem kind of sounds. Are these digital transmissions that I would be able to listen to if I went digital?
2. For $300 I can get a used Uniden BCD396XT. Is it really worth paying $200 more for the new 436hp? And can the 436 receive a lot more services than the 396?
Thanks!