Sometimes it is fun to think back to the days of listening to analog, conventional radios. My area is now predominantly 800 mHz digital, trunked, so I really pay very little attention any longer to things like VHF and UHF sensitivity and selectivity. Any, from your experience as an end user, what Uniden base/mobile scanner(s) are the most sensitive & selective on VHF/UHF?
I really liked the double conversion scanners, like the BC760XLT, with the optional CTCSS board, but the truth was for as sensitive as they are, they really aren't all that selective. The CTCSS board kind of masked the front end overload. When the triple-conversion units became available with CTCSS, I think there was a big improvement. For example, as ancient as it now seems today, I liked the Uniden Bearcat BC895XLT. And, even though it is stampled Radio Shack, Uniden really made the PRO-2045. The PRO-2045 with the optional CTCSS board was also a great conventional scanner. If I recall correctly, Uniden BC-780XLT was the first base/mobile to have DCS/DPL. I think it did a decent job on conventional analog VHF/UHF, but by that time I was starting to look at trunking scanners.
I really liked the double conversion scanners, like the BC760XLT, with the optional CTCSS board, but the truth was for as sensitive as they are, they really aren't all that selective. The CTCSS board kind of masked the front end overload. When the triple-conversion units became available with CTCSS, I think there was a big improvement. For example, as ancient as it now seems today, I liked the Uniden Bearcat BC895XLT. And, even though it is stampled Radio Shack, Uniden really made the PRO-2045. The PRO-2045 with the optional CTCSS board was also a great conventional scanner. If I recall correctly, Uniden BC-780XLT was the first base/mobile to have DCS/DPL. I think it did a decent job on conventional analog VHF/UHF, but by that time I was starting to look at trunking scanners.
