[MilCom] New Scanner

[Ken]

Hello Larry & the group:

It's TOO late in most cases to pull out & connect the software to the 
portable, mobile, or base radio scanner when events occur.  I do agree that 
one could basically program a group (and sub-group) with the normal ATC 
freqs (both UHF & VHF) as well as command post/air-air tacticals  for one's 
typical monitoring area.  HOWEVER, the radio scanner still has to either 
scan to that frequency OR one has to turn the knob on the radio scanner to 
that specific frequency rather than a keyboard type entry, which depending 
upon how the subgroups are set up, may take a bit of time to do (to find 
that specific frequency).

I'd like to emphasize that I have both the old (fixed memory banks) as well 
as the new (variable/user determined memory/scan set up) type scanners and 
there's many great features with the newer scanners (e.g. close call 
capture, multiple frequency range searches, search & store, etc, etc.). 
HOWEVER, I find that using my Uniden BC895XLT along with my Radio Shack Pro 
2004 for local traffic monitoring works best for me, with the least amount 
of frustration.  The BC996D is fantastic for finding new frequencies that 
might be in use within the monitoring area,  BUT falls short in following 
local traffic, at least the way I currently have it configured.

Perhaps milcom related "how to" monitoring techniques with the new breed of 
radio scanners would be a great discussion point on this list and/or a few 
articles in "Monitoring Times" magazine.

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Van Horn" <n5fpw at brmemc.net>
To: "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] New Scanner
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> That is why they make software Ken. Sorry to disagree with you again. We 
> seem to do that a lot but I have a shack full of old and new and I will 
> take the new any day. The DM scanners are far superior to the banked 
> radios.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
 "Ken" <rfinder1 at verizon.net stated:
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>> So if you like to explore & find new military/military aero frequencies, 
>> go with the new radio scanners BUT if you want to monitor the known, use 
>> one of the older radio scanners -- much easier to use with very little 
>> frustration. The new radios can be very frustrating to operate & you do 
>> need a computer programming package (software & cable) to program this 
>> equipment with the least amount of "technical pain" versus the older 
>> equipment.