Uniden 800 digital trunking scanners - was RE: [Scan-DC] Arlington PD?

[Doug K.]

Yep, the 996 rocks... anybody interested in a one-owner low-mileage 796?  :)

John, sorry to hear about the truck and the radio - but yeah, I'd say $50 is 
reasonable.  I hope you can get the truck fixed for that too!

The 996 has much better audio quality than the 796, and I like the controls 
better.  One thing about the 796 that I _don't_ like is the concentric 
volume and squelch control... similarly to John's, mine took a dive off the 
front seat of the Impala one day when I had to stop short, and the shaft 
bent a little... just enough that it sometimes takes the squelch with it 
when adjusting the volume, or verse-vica... note to self, with a $500+ 
radio, keep it in the mounting bracket instead of on the seat.  I did 
incorporate an external speaker with the mounting bracket assembly in the 
car, so it sounds reasonable... a lot better than it did sitting on the seat 
and talking through the internal speaker out the bottom of the radio and 
into the car seat!

Another thing I've mentioned before, the manual for the 796 was pretty much 
useless, and I had a significant learning curve as far as programming (and 
using!) it.  Am happy enough with it now but at the beginning it was very 
discouraging.




>From: "John Bacon" <scan-dc at djbitz.com>
>To: <ka3jjz at netscape.com>, <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Arlington PD?
>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:01:47 -0400
>
>Doug K has seen my 996. I paid $550 for it. The remote head is going to be 
>a
>great option. Unfortunately when someone hit my truck they snapped the 
>knobs
>and bent the volume shaft. Uniden's repair cost is around $50 bucks which
>doesn't seem to bad. I personally do like it. For the True P25 system it
>works well. I have yet to add a Descrim tap to it.
>
>JOHN
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ka3jjz at netscape.com [mailto:ka3jjz at netscape.com]
>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 4:49 PM
>To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Arlington PD?
>
>Hi Dan and list - if you are contemplating getting a trunktracker, you will
>unfortunately need to endure some sticker shock - even on the used market,
>the digital tts (which is what you will need to copy P25) aren't cheap.

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