[bars] Bearcat BCD996P2

[Matt Wagner]

Isn’t the MBTA still on EDACS ProVoice?

Jason: I can’t help much with scanner programming (I have a BCD536HP and
just programmed stuff via the keypad because I was too “lazy” to set up
programming software), but I would pass along
https://www.snewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page as an excellent reference
for frequencies and such.

You may also find
http://new.marksscanners.com/996XT/996xt.shtml handy for getting familiar
with the somewhat tricky user interface.

You might also look at programming the Mass State Police 800 MHz trunked
system once you get settled in. It’s a wide-area simulcast system so you
can hear troopers throughout northeastern MA. They tend to show up to most
of the interesting calls in the area, beyond their own stuff.

73,
Matt, N1ZYY

On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 15:00 Richard T <radiohamateur at gmail.com> wrote:

> The RS Pro 197 (Whistler 1065) has digital P25 automatically when you
> program the town PD frequencies. The only mode it doesn't have is DMR, but
> you pay extra (after 700 bucks) on a BC unit. You can pick up a cheap DMR
> two way radio and use it for MBTA, etc...
> RichieT
> W1RJT
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 2:35 PM ARTHUR PIZER <apizer at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> He will need the P25 programming. Billerica went digital a few months
>> ago. So did Tewksbury.  Andover and Wilmington are still analog at the
>> moment. See RR site for others.
>> Art
>> NF1A
>>
>> On 07/02/2024 12:44 AM EDT JWAHAR BAMMI via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Jason,
>> IMHO Best to use software. Proscan and Freescan are 2 that I am familiar
>> with. Freescan is free but has limitations like it can’t handle a few
>> protocols. Proscan can suck down data from radio reference and programs
>> your scanner. I use Proscan with a much simpler scanner, the BC 780 XLT,
>> which is analog only. I do pick up quite a bit, but I use it more to
>> monitor repeaters, gmrs activity, fm simplex, ATC but I do have quite a few
>> pd/fd/amb etc in there
>>
>> Happy to share my db/code plug if you like
>>
>> 73 de k1jbd
>> Bammi
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Jul 2, 2024, at 12:07 AM, Jason Sanroma <jason at sanroma.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently got a Uniden Bearcat BCD996P2. Programming is quite difficult
>> for me and I am unsure of how to put in the channel info. To start I just
>> want to hear Billerica Police, and eventually maybe surrounding towns.
>>
>> Has anyone else run into the difficulty? Is there a code plug I could
>> use? Anything helps.
>>
>> 73
>> Jason
>> K1NAD
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