Uniden BC95XLT Review

The Uniden BC95XLT scanner is a good choice for NASCAR fans who do not mind spending the effort to set the scanner up specifically for NASCAR races. If you have trouble programming your VCR or DVD recorder, then you probably rather want to look at the Uniden SC-230 NASCAR scanner.

The Uniden BC95XLT is not preconfigured as a NASCAR scanner. It comes preprogrammed with the frequencies used for weather, ham, marine, aircraft, police, and fire services. It has 200 channels, which means you might have to overwrite at least some of the preprogrammed frequencies when you set it up as you NASCAR scanner. If your budget is tight and you are willing to put in the time and effort to configure the scanner specifically for NASCAR races, then the Uniden BC95XLT scanner is a good choice. Just be aware that the manual is not really going to help you with configuring it specifically for NASCAR races. The manual has general configuration and usage instructions.

Key Benefits of the Uniden BC95XLT Scanner

• Really easy to keep up with the action at the racetrack. You can listen to drivers communicating with their pit crews, officials communicating with drivers and crews, and track workers communicating with everybody.
• You can connect it to your computer for easier pre-race configuration. You can get the NASCAR frequencies from the Internet and use the Uniden software to put them in the Uniden BC95XLT scanner. You can make final adjustments when you get the actual frequencies at the racetrack.
• You can catch all the communication of your favorite drivers by marking their channels as priority channels.
• You can lockout certain channels so that the scanner will ignore broadcasts on those frequencies.
• The scanner is compact and easy to carry around with a belt clip that comes with it. If you want a headset, the Stereophone Headset works well with it. The tall antenna can be replaced with the Uniden Stubby Antenna for Scanners.
• With a Uniden RT66 Headphone Splitter both you and your partner can listen to the scanner.
• Once it’s set up, you won’t miss out on a driver communication. The BC95XLT scans programmed channels until it finds an active frequency, then stops on that frequency and remains on that channel as long as the transmission continues. When the transmission ends, the scanning cycle resumes until the scanner receives another transmission.
• Between races you can reconfigure the scanner to listen to weather, ham, marine, aircraft, police, or fire transmissions.

Summary of the Uniden BC95XLT Features

• 200 Channels.
• Designed to be compact for added flexibility and portability.
• Close Call™ RF Capture Technology that instantly tunes to signals from nearby transmitters
• Frequency Coverage of 25-54, 108-174, 400-512, 806-956 MHz.
• DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decode that instantly detects and displays the subaudible tone so you can quickly determine the system settings.
• 10 Programmable Search Ranges that helps you find unlisted frequencies in use in your area.
• Backlit Display makes it easier to read the display in low light conditions.
• 2 AA Battery Operation with Alkaline for long life and rechargeable batteries for economy.
• Priority Scan that frequently scans the channels you have designated as priority channels.

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