Upgrading from a Uniden BC350a to a Uniden BCT15X

[DMJR318]

I am looking to do a scanner upgrade that I have in my truck. I currently have a Uniden BC350a (that works ok) it is paired with a Larsen Tri Band Antenna (NMO mount) in my 2019 Ford Ranger.

I would like to upgrade to something that is newer, better receiving etc. I have been looking at the Uniden BCT15x. my questions are:

How user friendly is this?
Is this good for my application?
Will this work with my antenna?
How hard to program?

Thank you in advance.

 

[jtwalker]

We have no idea what your application is other than a 2019 Ranger…

Where are you and what do you want to listen to?

 

[DMJR318]

I Listen to: 151.100 through 160.000

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Is this good for my application?

The BCT15X should work fine to bring in anything in the RRDB ID'ed as mode "AM", "FM" or "FMN". With that said,
your county's law enforcement and city's LE operations are P25 conventional. The BCT15X will NOT work to bring them in as it is an analog only scanner. You'll need to choose a scanner from this list to handle any sort of P25. If you're looking for something with equivalent memory architecture and form factor to the BCT15X then I'd consider the BCD996XT to bring in P25 conventional comms

Carroll County​

Frequency	Input	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
154.860	158.970	KJP500	RM	117 NAC	CCSO South	CCSO South	P25	Law Dispatch
155.535	151.3925	KJP500	RM	117 NAC	CCSO North	CCSO North	P25	Law Dispatch

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Moultonboro​

155.430

158.9475

KNCF691

RM

117 NAC

Moultonboro PD

Police Operations

P25

Law Dispatch

How user friendly is this?

Learning curve varies. Do you have experience with Uniden DMA scanners at all?

How hard to program?

They can be programmed with ease using Proscan. Having a Radioreference premium subscription so you can utilize the RR web import service helps tremendously