UBCD996T

[bill]

I'm looking at upgrading from my UBC-9000XLT to this model. What are
people's opinions on this scanner ? Is it worth the money ?

[Andrew Kenna]

What state are you in and what do you want to listen to will depend on
whether its worth the money to upgrade

There is plenty of stuff in NSW for people to monitor other than the police
not sure about other states

Andrew

Post by bill
I'm looking at upgrading from my UBC-9000XLT to this model. What are
people's opinions on this scanner ? Is it worth the money ?

[bill]

On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:05:43 +1000, "Andrew Kenna"

Post by Andrew Kenna
What state are you in and what do you want to listen to will depend on
whether its worth the money to upgrade
There is plenty of stuff in NSW for people to monitor other than the police
not sure about other states
Andrew

I'm in Newcastle and would like to pick up the emergency services
which are using Trunking/APCO-25.

[Andrew Kenna]

The only Emergency Services in Newcastle that use APCO25 are the Police and
they are encrypted, so if thats your only thing why you want to upgrade your
scanner then forget it.

If however you want to monitor NSWFB or RailCorp Transits or many of the
other GRN users then its money well spent

Post by bill
On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:05:43 +1000, "Andrew Kenna"

Post by Andrew Kenna
What state are you in and what do you want to listen to will depend on
whether its worth the money to upgrade
There is plenty of stuff in NSW for people to monitor other than the police
not sure about other states
Andrew

I'm in Newcastle and would like to pick up the emergency services
which are using Trunking/APCO-25.

[Jeßus]

Post by bill
On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:05:43 +1000, "Andrew Kenna"

Post by Andrew Kenna
What state are you in and what do you want to listen to will depend on
whether its worth the money to upgrade
There is plenty of stuff in NSW for people to monitor other than the police
not sure about other states

I'm in Newcastle and would like to pick up the emergency services
which are using Trunking/APCO-25.
The only Emergency Services in Newcastle that use APCO25 are the Police and
they are encrypted, so if thats your only thing why you want to upgrade your
scanner then forget it.
If however you want to monitor NSWFB or RailCorp Transits or many of the
other GRN users then its money well spent

I'm told that the police have now gone fully encrypted in Sydney,
Illawarra and Hunter regions now as well.

[Andrew Kenna]

You would be correct in that statement, although there are some channels
that run in the clear every so often so i'd say there are still some
teething problems

Post by Jeßus

Post by bill
On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:05:43 +1000, "Andrew Kenna"

Post by Andrew Kenna
What state are you in and what do you want to listen to will depend on
whether its worth the money to upgrade
There is plenty of stuff in NSW for people to monitor other than the police
not sure about other states

I'm in Newcastle and would like to pick up the emergency services
which are using Trunking/APCO-25.
The only Emergency Services in Newcastle that use APCO25 are the Police
and they are encrypted, so if thats your only thing why you want to
upgrade your scanner then forget it.
If however you want to monitor NSWFB or RailCorp Transits or many of the
other GRN users then its money well spent

I'm told that the police have now gone fully encrypted in Sydney,
Illawarra and Hunter regions now as well.
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[bill]

Post by Jeßus

Post by bill
On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:05:43 +1000, "Andrew Kenna"

Post by Andrew Kenna
What state are you in and what do you want to listen to will depend on
whether its worth the money to upgrade
There is plenty of stuff in NSW for people to monitor other than the police
not sure about other states

I'm in Newcastle and would like to pick up the emergency services
which are using Trunking/APCO-25.
The only Emergency Services in Newcastle that use APCO25 are the Police and
they are encrypted, so if thats your only thing why you want to upgrade your
scanner then forget it.
If however you want to monitor NSWFB or RailCorp Transits or many of the
other GRN users then its money well spent

I'm told that the police have now gone fully encrypted in Sydney,
Illawarra and Hunter regions now as well.

That explains why there are so many digital scanners for sale on eBay.

[bill]

On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:43:39 +1000, "Andrew Kenna"

Post by Andrew Kenna
The only Emergency Services in Newcastle that use APCO25 are the Police and
they are encrypted, so if thats your only thing why you want to upgrade your
scanner then forget it.
If however you want to monitor NSWFB or RailCorp Transits or many of the
other GRN users then its money well spent

I have an interest in monitoring the GRN so I'll look into that. Their
is still plenty of other local frequenices I can monitor besides the
Police.

How difficult is the UBCD996T to program ? I heard that trunking takes
a bit of setting up.

[Andrew Kenna]

If you know nothing about trunking and want to learn all about how it all
works then there is a bit to it, but if you really just want to listen and
see whats on the grn then there are plenty of tutorials on the net on how to
program up the grn or people may even give you an empty 996 programming file
to upload to your scanner depending on whether you purchase ARC996 or use
the free USAD software.

Programming trunking is far easier via software rather than pushing buttons
on the scanner.

Post by bill
On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:43:39 +1000, "Andrew Kenna"

Post by Andrew Kenna
The only Emergency Services in Newcastle that use APCO25 are the Police and
they are encrypted, so if thats your only thing why you want to upgrade your
scanner then forget it.
If however you want to monitor NSWFB or RailCorp Transits or many of the
other GRN users then its money well spent

I have an interest in monitoring the GRN so I'll look into that. Their
is still plenty of other local frequenices I can monitor besides the
Police.
How difficult is the UBCD996T to program ? I heard that trunking takes
a bit of setting up.