What special use vesides the regular police, fire, etc. could I use this old
Uniden BC142XL?
Is (or was) this a good scanner?

Monitor some of the FRS/GMRS/MURS channels if you're near a mall or
recreational attraction
Dedicated NOAA weather receiver
Monitor VHF marine channel 16 if you're near the ocean
Listen to baby monitors and older style cordless telephones

Looks like it was a half decent product in its day...



"americanflag9190" wrote in message
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What special use vesides the regular police, fire, etc. could I use this
old
Uniden BC142XL?
Is (or was) this a good scanner?

I've got one. I use it to monitor the maintenance and rental office in my
apartment complex as well as Amateur repeaters for ARES. I feel allot
better leaving a scanner at the office than an HT. I am changing mine over
to a BNC connector because the standard one is so worn the antennas fall
over.

If this gives you no good ideas you could always send it to me in exchange
for $$ or something else I may have. Always room for another conventional
scanner around here. Its a great little scanner.

Ronny K4RJJ

"americanflag9190" wrote in message
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What special use vesides the regular police, fire, etc. could I use this
old
Uniden BC142XL?
Is (or was) this a good scanner?

It says it can monitor the military band what is that good for?
"DougSlug" wrote in message
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Monitor some of the FRS/GMRS/MURS channels if you're near a mall or
recreational attraction
Dedicated NOAA weather receiver
Monitor VHF marine channel 16 if you're near the ocean
Listen to baby monitors and older style cordless telephones

Looks like it was a half decent product in its day...



"americanflag9190" wrote in
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What special use vesides the regular police, fire, etc. could I use this
old
Uniden BC142XL?
Is (or was) this a good scanner?

Also it says UHF-T 470-512 is that TV? It has a lot of Federal Government
what is that used for?
"americanflag9190" wrote in message
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It says it can monitor the military band what is that good for?
"DougSlug" wrote in message
et...
Monitor some of the FRS/GMRS/MURS channels if you're near a mall or
recreational attraction
Dedicated NOAA weather receiver
Monitor VHF marine channel 16 if you're near the ocean
Listen to baby monitors and older style cordless telephones

Looks like it was a half decent product in its day...



"americanflag9190" wrote in
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What special use vesides the regular police, fire, etc. could I use
this
old
Uniden BC142XL?
Is (or was) this a good scanner?

You need to spend some time reading up on the topic...it's easier than
asking specific questions one at a time like this...
I'd suggest starting at: http://strongsignals.net/access/content/faf.html

- Doug


"americanflag9190" wrote in message
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Also it says UHF-T 470-512 is that TV? It has a lot of Federal Government
what is that used for?
"americanflag9190" wrote in
message
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It says it can monitor the military band what is that good for?
"DougSlug" wrote in message
et...
Monitor some of the FRS/GMRS/MURS channels if you're near a mall or
recreational attraction
Dedicated NOAA weather receiver
Monitor VHF marine channel 16 if you're near the ocean
Listen to baby monitors and older style cordless telephones

Looks like it was a half decent product in its day...



"americanflag9190" wrote in
message
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What special use vesides the regular police, fire, etc. could I use
this
old
Uniden BC142XL?
Is (or was) this a good scanner?