This post is simple, The first question is "What is your favorite police scanner and/or 2-Way Radio/Pager?", The 2nd question is "Why?". You can list a few of your favorites if you’d like to.
To start with the scanners.......
My first favorite is the Uniden BCD396T because it is so small and has dynamically allocated channels, Also it has fire tone out-(I really do wish they’d made that feature usable while scanning other channels). I also like it because of the blue display light and the fact that it was cheaper when it came out than the first few Uniden digitals.
My 2nd favorite is the RadioShack PRO-95, I like it because it was able to catch the splinter frequencies that the older 900MHz analog cordless phones used, That wasn’t the only reason, I like it because it had a nice sized display and as far as I can remember, The light was green.
I also like the Uniden BC250D, Mainly because it was the the first digital trunk-tracker to come out to the public, And that’s what I needed at the time to monitor my local police force, as they run on the CSP digital/trunked 800MHz system......That is still the case.
Now on to the 2-Way Radios and pagers.
My absolute favorite 2 way radios that I have ever owned were my Motorola Sabers with DES modules and a Key-Loader. Simply put, If I didn’t want someone to be able to monitor my communications, IT WASN’T GOING TO HAPPEN, Not only that, But these radios looked pretty cool with lapel mics-(Or without them. Unfortunately I had to sell them on eBay because I didn’t need them anymore, But in February of 2009 I will be purchasing 2 Motorola ASTRO sabers with DES or DES-XL modules and a Key-Loader for them.
My 2nd favorite 2-Way Radio was my Motorola HT1000 (UHF) with man-down button and fire tone-out, It also had the audible ID’er, I used this to MONITOR my local EMS crew (RX ONLY!!!). I also used this radio to talk on FRS/Other UHF public use frequencies, Sadly, This radio was also sold on eBay because I don’t need it anymore.
My favorite pager that I ever owned was the minitor III by Motorola. I could pick up towns from about 20 or 30 miles away, It worked great and acutally alerted my to a fully involved structure fire down the road one time.
Now I want to know about everyone else's favorites.
To start with the scanners.......
My first favorite is the Uniden BCD396T because it is so small and has dynamically allocated channels, Also it has fire tone out-(I really do wish they’d made that feature usable while scanning other channels). I also like it because of the blue display light and the fact that it was cheaper when it came out than the first few Uniden digitals.
My 2nd favorite is the RadioShack PRO-95, I like it because it was able to catch the splinter frequencies that the older 900MHz analog cordless phones used, That wasn’t the only reason, I like it because it had a nice sized display and as far as I can remember, The light was green.
I also like the Uniden BC250D, Mainly because it was the the first digital trunk-tracker to come out to the public, And that’s what I needed at the time to monitor my local police force, as they run on the CSP digital/trunked 800MHz system......That is still the case.
Now on to the 2-Way Radios and pagers.
My absolute favorite 2 way radios that I have ever owned were my Motorola Sabers with DES modules and a Key-Loader. Simply put, If I didn’t want someone to be able to monitor my communications, IT WASN’T GOING TO HAPPEN, Not only that, But these radios looked pretty cool with lapel mics-(Or without them. Unfortunately I had to sell them on eBay because I didn’t need them anymore, But in February of 2009 I will be purchasing 2 Motorola ASTRO sabers with DES or DES-XL modules and a Key-Loader for them.
My 2nd favorite 2-Way Radio was my Motorola HT1000 (UHF) with man-down button and fire tone-out, It also had the audible ID’er, I used this to MONITOR my local EMS crew (RX ONLY!!!). I also used this radio to talk on FRS/Other UHF public use frequencies, Sadly, This radio was also sold on eBay because I don’t need it anymore.
My favorite pager that I ever owned was the minitor III by Motorola. I could pick up towns from about 20 or 30 miles away, It worked great and acutally alerted my to a fully involved structure fire down the road one time.
Now I want to know about everyone else's favorites.