Uniden BCD996P2 Digital Mobile TrunkTracker V Scanner, 25,000 Dynamically Allocated Channels, Close Call RF Capture Technology, 4-Line Alpha display, Base/Mobile Design, Phase 2, Location-Based Scanning

would be good if it was easer to program.. trunking a night mire. waisted money on soft ware. uniden say they will program for 158 $$. if i send it to them.wish i would have known this be for i bought it.

Scanner works well. Does not come with cloneing cable though. Must know someone that can program it for you.

Overall, this was a really good radio, but two areas were not up to my expectations: First, there are two agencies near me that use conventional digital, and while this was my first experience having a digital scanner, all voice sounded computer-generated, and not realistic at all. These were US Govt and Texas DPS agencies. I dont think I could pick out someone I knew with this digital voice quality; Second, and more importantly, this radio had trouble eliminating bleed over. One channel, a Sheriff repeater (159MHz), would constantly bleed over onto a county fire channel (158MHz), and occasionally over city police (151MHz), and two US Govt channels (169MHz and 173MHz), until I put in tone or DCS, but since the county fire channel used the same tone as the Sheriff channel, it never eliminated that bleed over, even though they were over 400KHz apart. The only way I stopped this was to disconnect the external house antenna and just use the telescoping antenna, or to attenuate the county fire channel, but neither of those were alternatives I wanted to use. My three other radios, a Uniden BC125AT, Uniden BC560XLT, and Kenwood TM-281A did not exhibit this bleed over behavior at all, even without using tone squelch. I could live with the poor digital voice quality if the bleed over wasnt such an issue.

Its been many years since Ive had a scanner, and this one is all I hoped itd be and more! FIRST, Id suggest the Premium subscription to Radioreference and the FreeScan program. Using Freescan makes programming the BCD996P2 easy, HOWEVER, if youre a beginner, theres a pretty big learning curve, but tough thru it! Youll be rewarded. Currently scanning digital channels, such as the rebanded Raleigh PD/Fire/Wake County Sheriff, and NCSHP, along with others. Also have many conventional channels programmed in, and reception is good, using the OEM antenna. (May purchase another indoor antenna just to see how much more I can pull in. My only complaint is that I had to wait almost a month to get it! (Ordered 12/19/2018 and received on 01/11/2019) Highly recommend this scanner!

Does everything Im asking it to do

You will have to have some scanner programming knowledge and prowess to program it. If not have it programmed before its shipped to you or you will be struggling to get it properly programmed for your area. Its not impossible but if u dont know your way around scanners you will find it difficult to do. This scanner is excellent. The weather alerts will cause u to piss yourself because they are really loud. You can adjust it. I recommend this scanner highly.

This is a great desk top scanner. It does have a learning curve, which means you can expect to do some learning! My experience with software called FreeSCAN and RadioReference.com made set-up SO much easier. A 1-yr subscription to RadioReference is $60 at this time, well worth it as it does make set-up using FreeSCAN much easier! All in all, No Regrets, as the scanner price on Amazon is VERY good. Im in a low spot, still reception has not been an issue. The sound quality is good, but there is always room for improvement. Otherwise, no complaints. It is complex, yet doable with some patience and flexibility.

Excellent performance on most systems even with the small, cheap antenna that comes with it. I can receive many transmissions from dozens of miles away and in my basement. Programming with software is a must, a subscription to radioreference and programming software will get you running very quickly. Very satisfied with this radio even though I havent completely mastered using it. Using it is difficult to understand at first so if you want a simple scanner (if such a thing exists) get something else...otherwise its probably the best mobile scanner you can buy.

Its great for analog and digital. I got the DMR upgrade and that works great too. There is a known issue with simulcast trunked systems, but there arent any of those very near me, so thats not an issue I have to contend with. Its a little less user-friendly than the HomePatrol series. It does do Phase II, which is nice because my state has switched to a statewide PII system.

Finally figured this thing out kinda. Was fun to set up. I certainly hope it doesnt fail after a 75 mph drop onto the interstate, because the electronics are the same ones from the 80s. Seems like uniden has lost the desire to advance the product. I just hope this thing has the uniden durability from the past era. TOOK A MONTH to figure out how to program it. Uses the antique style usb thing, so you know the people that designed it are not going for convenience, or functionality so much. It needs a type c port.