Question about Uniden Bearcat BC246T

[convE36]

Will this scanner automatically find PATCHED talk groups when scanning RSO? I am tired of waisting time trying to find which patch talk group a certain area is on at a certain time...(its driving me crazy) I am thinking of returning my Pro-164 and purchasing this...

http://www.scannermaster.com/BC246T_Sca ... 500881.htm

Please give me some advice! (Main thing I am looking for is a scanner that will automatically find those patches!)

[brandon]

Hello. Yes the 246T will find them automatically. I just tested with mine and picks up Temecula by keeping the scanner on their main channel. I don't even have the patch IDs programmed into this radio.

[convE36]

wow that is awesome! where would you say is the BEST place to buy one? scannermaster.com seems to have it the cheapest.

also what software should I use?

Thanks for the great info, I plan on ordering this asap and taking back my pro-164 (only had it for 2 weeks).

[brandon]

For software I recommend a program called FreeSCAN. It will allow programming of many DMA scanners and the software is FREE!

[convE36]

FREE sounds good to me!

I just ordered it off scannermaster.com so I will see how that goes.

I will try that software and leave feedback here for future customers of scannermaster.com as soon as I recieve the product.

BTW..

ScanRiverside.com forums is going great!

Thanks Brandon.

[convE36]

Besides your input on the "FREEscan" what is your advice on this? Just wondering...

http://www.scannermaster.com/ARC246_BC246T_s/86.htm

[brandon]

ARC246 is good software but personally I find FreeSCAN is much easier to use. You can download a free trial of ARC246 from their website (www.butel.nl) and compare the two. It's mostly comes down to user preference and cost.

[convE36]

Hey Brandon,

What is the "Tape Out" function in FREEscan?

[brandon]

It's for recording audio to a computer or other device, mostly used for the base models that have 2 audio jacks. I believe the 246T just uses the headphone jack so tape out setting might not be needed for that radio.

[convE36]

Brandon,

I keep having problems with my new BC246T. I loaded the file from the resources page into my scanner. But I it keeps picking up the control channel "sound" here and there...not all the time, but just randomly. My other scanner did not do that at all. It only does it on the Southwest system...

Any ideas?????

THANKS!!!