New listener

[asey]

Hello,

First off I live in northern Jackson county but, do spend a large amount of time at school in lansing. I've been looking into buying a Uniden BC245XLT or BC250D.

With this hobby, is there much to listen to around the lansing area?

If so, would I beable to pick up much analog traffic or is digital the way to go?

Thanks,
Gordon

 

[mikey60]

If you want to be able to listen to the most traffic, and you spend a lot of time in the Lansing area, I would suggest the Uniden BC296D (Handheld) or the BC-796D (Base/Mobile) since Ingham county is supposed to be switching to a UHF EDACS system, which the Pro-96 won't be able to monitor properly.

If you're not too concerned about Ingham county, go Pro-96, there's a lot of traffic on the MPSCS (State Radio System) that you can't get with the BC250D since it doesn't support the control channel format used on that system (the Pro-96, BC296D, and BC796D radios do support it).

Mike

 

[asey]

If you want to be able to listen to the most traffic, and you spend a lot of time in the Lansing area, I would suggest the Uniden BC296D (Handheld) or the BC-796D (Base/Mobile) since Ingham county is supposed to be switching to a UHF EDACS system, which the Pro-96 won't be able to monitor properly.

If you're not too concerned about Ingham county, go Pro-96, there's a lot of traffic on the MPSCS (State Radio System) that you can't get with the BC250D since it doesn't support the control channel format used on that system (the Pro-96, BC296D, and BC796D radios do support it).

Mike

Thanks for the reply.

I was really looking for a handheld unit under $300. Guess I'll just have to watch ebay for awhile for a pro-96 and see if I can't get one used for under $500.

-Gordon

 

[rdale]

If you don't want the expense of digital, and don't mind waiting til next summer to hear Lansing Fire, go ahead and grab a BC246T. The best non-digital scanner on the market, and you won't miss a whole lot in the LAN - JXN corridor with a non-digital. But don't get a BC250D, that'll do you no good.

- Rob

 

[scannerman5000]

new listener

I would recommend looking on the RR data base in Ingham County for
frequencies.

there is alot going on in Lansing especially. sounds like your an LCC student like me.