National Auto Sports Association

[Gumball928]

The BC125AT is an ideal race scanner. It has enough capacity to add all cars. Personally I still use the software as its easier to setup but can be done by hand.

This scanner only does analog - no digital.

I have a similar one already.

 

[jeepsandradios]

There is not digital scanner that's easy to program on the fly. 99% of the race stuff is analog. Most all digital is encrypted. Thought you were looking for a race scanner. The 436 is what I use for digital.

 

[wncrescue]

@Gumball928 I think you are largely getting a bum steer on this topic.

I'm still willing to bet the radios in use are analog or DMR Digital, and I bet are UHF. I'd assume small chance they are NXDN. For any of those options you CAN search and find the frequency in use. With a digital scanner like the 436 and the right dmr/nxdn options installed if required, you can decode them and find the RAN/Color Code and Talkgroup in use too. What you won't be able to do is decrypt them IF they have encryption in use. It's hard to know if they would be encrypted or not: some series do others don't, and there are good reasosn for medical related radios to have encryption.

The best research is to go and search for the frequencies in use, and also get some photos of the handheld radios actually used.

Many series have an RMC Channel (or Race Management Channel): a one way link from race control to teams, often analog but sometimes digital (and it doesn't matter if it is digital as the series often porvide the teams with a listen only radio for this link).

I have worked NASCAR events in the not to distance past. Racing Radios are always on site because they lease their radios and systems to NASCAR officials and many teams. They exclusively use Motorola radios, usually XPR series, DMR, in the UHF band. As others have said, a couple of channels are analog for teams and fans, but most are encrypted. As racingfan360 stated, look at the radios, and the antennas. If you see the radios listed above, then check DMR. Good luck.

 

[Gumball928]

There is not digital scanner that's easy to program on the fly. 99% of the race stuff is analog. Most all digital is encrypted. Thought you were looking for a race scanner. The 436 is what I use for digital.

There is not digital scanner that's easy to program on the fly. 99% of the race stuff is analog. Most all digital is encrypted. Thought you were looking for a race scanner. The 436 is what I use for digital.

Obviously you did not read my posts.
I am looking for a race scanner - a simple one that will do both analog as well as digital.
I have an analog Uniden Sportcat 180. I also just sold my BCD436.

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[jeepsandradios]

I read your post. Digital and Simple do not go in the same sentence for scanners. Good luck with your search. Don't think you will find what you want.

 

[evilbrad]

There isn't any race scanner that does digital. You need to bring a dmr capable radio with you.