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- BC100XLT.1
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- UNIDEN/BEARCAT 100XLT SCANNER PREVIEW
-
- by Bob Parnass, AJ9S
-
- OK, so I couldn't resist - I bought another scanner.
- This time it's the brand new UNIDEN/Bearcat 100XLT porta-
- ble, and I'm here to give you a sneak preview.
-
- Physical
-
- The new 100XLT looks nothing like the 100XL or the ori-
- ginal Bearcat 100. Rather, it looks identical to the
- 200XLT that everyone's asking about - tall, thin, and
- entirely gray plastic. The keys on the keyboard are made
- of soft rubber, and most are well labeled.
-
- The "real" volume and squelch knobs on top are a welcome
- The "real" volume and squelch knobs on top are a welcome
- change from the side mounted, dust vulnerable knobs on
- the 70XLT.
-
- The difference between the 100XLT and 200XLT appears to
- be that the 100XLT has 100 channels and excludes the 800
- MHz band.
-
- The 100 memory channels are divided into 10 channel
- banks. Of course, banks and channels may be selected or
- locked out. The banks are "hard partitioned", just like
- Bearcat scanners of old. By this I mean, Bank 1 includes
- channels 1-10, Bank 2 channels 11-20, etc. Regency is
- using "soft partitioned" banks in their HX1500 and TS2
- models, but the peculiar Regency system prevents channels
- from being locked out during a bank scan.
-
- The LCD panel has all the usual indicators, and can be
- back lit with a green light when the proper button is
- from being locked out during a bank scan.
-
- The LCD panel has all the usual indicators, and can be
- back lit with a green light when the proper button is
- pressed.
- CONTINUED IN BC100XLT.2