PowerHouse's Scanner Page

Thanks for stopping by my scanner page! This page is just kind of thrown together right now, I will hopefully be fixing it up sometime in the future, as time permits...

I currently own six scanners; one base, three portable, and two mobiles. These would include:

Below you will find a small collection of scanner related links. I know there are a LOT more out there than I have listed below. I have other's that I have not listed, but will when I get the chance. If you know of any scanner sites that would be useful to other visitors, please email me the URL and I will put it up as soon as I can.

The BC785D & BC250D digital scanners by Uniden CAN NOT TrunkTrack the APCO 25 full digital communications standard of 9600-baud trunking. The digital signals can be still be decoded, and heard, with the above listed Uniden scanners (and the optional Digital Add-on Card,) don't misunderstand this! The problem is that each frequency will have to be programmed into the scanner and scanned in the conventional (Non-Trunking) manor. The scanners can not TrunkTrack the system because of the faster baud rate.

Beyond the above, all newer scanners have the capability to TrunkTrack the 9600-baud systems...

Latest News

** Since my time is so limited, and I just do not have the time to keep up with latest news and happenings in the world of scanning, I've decided to turn this page into a reference area. I am attempting to harvest a collection of Owner (Operation) and Service manuals for as many brands and models of scanners I can find. I will also be gather together a collection of links to scanner related information and sources for the latest news with regaurd to scanners and scanning. **

New 'Scanner Law' passed in Michigan! See my "Mobile Scanning in Michigan" page for more details...

Old News

There is a software update for the Radio Shack PRO-96 to allow it to receive the other form of modulation used in states like Minnesota (CQPSK). Click the link at the end of the paragraph, find the listing for thePRO-96 (catalog #200-0526), and download both the Instructions (.PDF file) and the Update (.EXE file). LINK: Software Update

Scanner Owner (Operation) and Service Manuals
Make/Model	Owners	Service	European	Other
Uniden
BCi25D
BC246T
BC95XLT
BC235XLT
BC245XLT + U
BC250D
BC296D
BC350A
BC796D

BCD396T


Radio Shack
Pro20
Pro22 Pocket


Pro83
Pro96

So, what's all this talk about APCO 25 and Digital Trunking and what-not you ask? Here are some links to get you a heads-up on the soon to be widespread radio communications system. Please note, however, that most of the articles are older. Some of the information contained in them may be outdated; still, they are listed for what informational value they do contain...

Uniden BC895XLT
Uniden BCT-7 (2)
Uniden BC245XLT
Radio Shack Pro-83 -	KEYPAD HACKS (MS Word .DOC file 58.5KB) Copyright © 2K4 - 2K12 PowerHouse Communications Personal use OK; not to be distributed in any form or location (electronic or otherwise,) without express permission of the copyright owner (myself.) Email link is located below!
Radio Shack Pro-96
Radio Shack Pro-106	- My newest little baby. No UP of Michigan pre-programmed (V-Scanner) data, it must be programed by hand :-(

PowerHouse's Scanner Page

Scanner Owner (Operation) and Service Manuals

Make/Model

Owners

Service

European

Other

Uniden

Radio Shack