PSR-800

I've recently acquired the PSR-800 scanner, and after using it for a few hours, am generally pleased with it. The scanner seems to handle simulcast digital trunked systems slightly better than the BCD396XT. Stafford County's new 700 MHz trunked system in particular sounds better most of the time. On some analog frequencies, the 800 seems to have more background noise than the 396XT, but it's not too dramatic. The 800 has the capability to track the new Project 25 Motorola X2-TDMA systems in use in Prince George's and Loudoun. This feature is not found on any other scanner on the market today. And it has the discriminator audio output through the headphone jack, and the ability to record audio on the included SD card.

As for limitations, two obvious ones: the inability to directly enter a frequency and the inability to do any custom programming without the included PC software.