Uniden BC-780XLT Mobile/Base Scanner Fully Programmable Featuring 500 ChannelsUniden BC-780XLT Mobile/Base Scanner Fully Programmable Featuring 500 Channels
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- 500 Channels
- 10 Preprogrammed Service Searches
- 2 Line Alpha Display
- TrunkTracker III - EDACS, MOTOROLA, E.F. JOHNSON
- S.A.M.E. Weather Alert
- Electronics: 0 pages
- Publisher: Uniden
- Label: Uniden
- Studio: Uniden
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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:  A Workhorse Radio With Some Drawbacks, By This review is from: Uniden BC-780XLT Mobile/Base Scanner Fully Programmable Featuring 500 Channels (Electronics) I've had this radio for about a year now (ever since it came out). I was initially attracted to it because of the faster scan speed and the ability to monitor both regular and "trunked" frequencies.Trunked frequencies are being adopted by more states and towns. What this technology does is share a common set of frequencies among all the users. A computer controls the switching and usage of the channels. So perhaps only 5 frequencies might be used to power an entire city. Not all scanners can receive trunked radio systems (the 780 does receive almost all of them with the exception of those that are digital). Anyhow, here are my loves and hates for this radio: LOVE: 34 of 34 people found the following review helpful: Amazingly feature-packed trunk tracking scanner, By hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Uniden BC-780XLT Mobile/Base Scanner Fully Programmable Featuring 500 Channels (Electronics) Given that this is my first scanner, some of my enthusiasm for its features and ease-of-use might simply be naivete. On the other hand, having a fairly deep technical background, I think my appreciation of this unit's abilities and organization are mostly based on Uniden's exceptional design. Over and over I find that this unit operates just as I'd like it to, showing that it's the clear result of several generations of refined scanner design.The BC-780XLT provides both traditional frequency scanning, as well as trunk-tracking. Traditional scanning lets you program frequencies into memory banks, and then scan through them looking for active signals. You can also search ranges by programming the low and high endpoints, and having the scanner search between them for active frequencies. With 10 banks of 50 frequencies each, the BC-780XLT provides reasonable room for even the most crowded airwaves. (And, as discussed further below, the ability to upload and download the scanner from a...Read more |
