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Category: Office Product
Brand: Uniden
Model: BCD996XT
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Uniden BCD996XT Review by Philip G Taylor (GOODLAND, KS, US)
If you can figure out how to program this radio you will be very happy with it. The sound quality is superior. The problem is the total lack of documentation that makes any sense. As a retired LEO I have been around scanners forever and after a week of pulling my hair out I gave up. I would offer my services to Uniden to write instructions which make sense. It turns out it is not all that complicated if there were step by step instructions. Until someone writes them you WILL need to find someone to program this for you and hopefully show you how to add things later. TIP: When you program it leave it open, meaning it will hear all channels being broadcast at the tower site. If an agency is too talkative push the lock out to eliminate them until you power down the radio. This will allow you to discover all kinds of traffic you might otherwise not know about. When you do this the agency name will not appear but a unique agency number will. Go to RadioReference.com to determine who it is and soon you will recognize the number when you see it.
Uniden BCD996XT Review by W. Grant (Midlothian, VA United States)
The online documentation/manual is an embarrassment for a high end product like this. Online documentation is a valid medium today, but the content and organization for this product are quite poor.
Having said that, this is a very powerful scanner, and I have no regrets about buying it.
The preloaded frequencies may be of little use to anyone. Bearcat loads a minimum of frequencies with the hope that you will be able to hear something out of the box, but don't count on it.
The easiest and most efficient way to program the frequencies for your area is to download the free software FreeScan and buy a premium membership to [...] ($15 for six months) that allows you to download groups of frequencies for every area and then upload that data to the scanner. The free programming software works great with the Radio Reference database, and you can upload to the scanner in a few seconds. Customizing how you want the scanner to operate is a challenge in itself, but with FreeScan you can save various configurations and always be able to "go back" without losing your data. With FreeScan, most of the buttons on the scanner are not needed as you can do everything much quicker and easier using the software.
While I have not experienced any significant intermod, others report that this scanner has a pretty hot front end with minimal selectivity and can produce intermod in urban areas and especially with an outside antenna. I'm using a discone antenna at about 30 feet with no problem, and I need this over the telescoping whip that comes with the unit to be able to receive some of the 800 MHz police systems in my area. Don't shy away from a decent outside antenna if that's what you need to hear the systems you want to monitor.
Uniden BCD996XT Review by D R "D R" (AL)
For the price, this scanner better scan everything that can transmit. And it does. So it is worth the price and I am happy.
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Uniden Digital Mobile Scanner with 25,000 Channels and GPS Support (BCD996XT):: Technical Details
- NOAA weather/emergency with S.A.M.E. weather alert for tracking severe conditions in your immediate area
- Mobile BearTracker scanner with 25,000 Channels, advanced dynamic memory system, close call RF capture technology, and more
- TrunkTracker IV technology lets you can keep up with the action on P25, Motorola, EDACS, and LTR Trunked systems
- 100 system Quick Keys with 10-channel group Quick Keys per system; system/channel number tagging for rapid access
- Connect compatible GPS receiver for location-based scanning, location alerts, crows-flight navigation, GPS control of sites/channel groups
- Item Dimensions: 12 x 3 x 8 inches; 6 pounds
- Brand: Uniden
- Model: BCD996XT
- Product Type: Office Product
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