UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner
by Uniden
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Manufacturer: UnidenModel: BC-246T
Product features:
- 1600 dynamic channels
- Trunk tracker III technology
- Close Call?T technology, instantly tunes to signal from nearby transmitters
- 10 programmable search ranges / 11 preprogrammed service searches
- SAME weather alert
Digital camera reviews of UNIDEN BC-246T Compact Hand Held Scanner
Digital camera Review: good scanner for those with unlimited time (and money)
Summary: 3 Stars
This is my first scanner purchase, i have borrowed some old fashioned ones before.
First of all do not fall into the trap of expecting better reception just cause its a newer scanner and an expensive one at that.
This scanner will come with nearly all major cities preprogrammed(except minneapolis for some dumb reason) and guess what? They are all set to scan automically. In order to disable them you will have to select every single one and lock them out individually which takes along time. Why in the hell would you want to scan every city in the first place??? Whatever.
Anyways I do like the dynamic memory that it has, its very useful for organizing your freqs. I also like how small the scanner is, i thought it would be bigger.
Now for the real problem, using software for your scanner which im sure would help with the above mentioned problems. They give you a serial port connection...WHY??? I have been building computers for 10 years and have never EVER had to use a serial connection, so why they would use this outdated crap in 2008 is beyond belief. I only have 1 computer that even has a serial connection still and guess what it has Linux on it, so therefore I am screwed in that department.
The scanner works that is all I can say, If you are new to them do not buy a handheld one, just get the old fashioned base scanners.
As a side note i think uniden intentionally made the scanner difficult to program just so you would buy the software for an extra 40 dollars and also a usb cable if you didnt have a serial connection.
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