Opinions on BC350C
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jasonmrule
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They are a good entry level scanner. One of the first scanner I learned to porgram in fact.
thumbtrap
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I got because it was cheap and covered the 800 mhz band, hoping to hack it for discriminator out. I'll probably never get around to it, but in the meantime it's my house scanner. It's quite a bit dumber than the BCT-8, but a lot cheaper. No "banks" (at least in the sense that you can turn off), no direct number input (ie, you have to either find it or scroll till you get there), no RS-232 out.
On the plus side, I think I paid about $80 for mine, it's small, and seems to have as good RF performance as the BCT-8. If you need those other features but don't need trunking, get the BCT-7. Or better yet, get the 8 anyway for the price difference. If you are actually _scanning_ for stuff. It might be ok. If you want a small cheap scanner to get a few services that you know about in advance - it'll work well for that too. If you have a ton of different things you want to track, get a 7 or 8 for the organizational capabilities.
On the plus side, I think I paid about $80 for mine, it's small, and seems to have as good RF performance as the BCT-8. If you need those other features but don't need trunking, get the BCT-7. Or better yet, get the 8 anyway for the price difference. If you are actually _scanning_ for stuff. It might be ok. If you want a small cheap scanner to get a few services that you know about in advance - it'll work well for that too. If you have a ton of different things you want to track, get a 7 or 8 for the organizational capabilities.
funkytones
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i have dealt with a few of these and they are nice entry level scanners like someone stated above... although some small problems i have had is some solder joints comming loose (althought i am pretty active with mine, take it from home, set up in truck, set up at work, set up in truck on way home, set up back at home and over and over... but i have never droped it)... but a quick solder job and its good as new, even stronger. the power outlet on the back of the scanner stoped working for me once... so i made a quick trip to RS and installed a new connection... little solder once again and she was new... none of this was a big job at all... took longer to screw the two half covers off that it was to do the mods...
but i quickly wanted the ability to do text tags on the freqs (although i have a photographic memory when it comes to freqs, not anything else ex: school, homework, tests... figures)... and the ability to hold more channels... that is all
but i quickly wanted the ability to do text tags on the freqs (although i have a photographic memory when it comes to freqs, not anything else ex: school, homework, tests... figures)... and the ability to hold more channels... that is all
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