2018 Dayton Hamvention

Scanner Master to Demo the new Uniden SDS100 at the Dayton Hamvention, May 18-20th

Scanner Master Corp. is proud once again to be displaying its wares at the 66th annual Dayton Hamvention, May 18-20th. Meet the Scanner Master experts: Rich Barnett, Jonathan Higgins and Rich Carlson as well as Gommert Buijsen of BuTel Software. We will be showcasing the latest products from Uniden, Whistler, Unication and BuTel.

See the new Uniden Bearcat SDS100 handheld scanner at the Scanner Master booth. We will have a demo on loan from Uniden for the weekend. (Note that this item has not yet received FCC approvals and may not be offered for sale.)

Meet the Scanner Master Experts:

Rich Barnett founded Scanner Master as a teenager in 1978, writing books about communications in Massachusetts. Since that time Scanner Master has become a leading dealer of scanners as well as a technology developer and consultant for the industry. (Rich Barnett will be in Dayton Friday only)

Jonathan Higgins has been a part of the Scanner Master team for the past 10 years after a career in broadcast radio. Along with being a scanner expert, Jonathan handles all of the company’s digital content. Jonathan has been interested in scanners and two-way radios for nearly 30 years

Rich Carlson, a retired police sergeant and 9-1-1 Director, has been working with Scanner Master for over 20 years as an author of scanner guides and more recently handling customer service and sales.

Gommert Buijsen has been listening to scanners since he was 14 years. Owner of BuTel, he has been developing software for scanners since the early nineties.

Road Trip to Dayton, Ohio
Follow Jonathan Higgins and Rich Carlson making their 13 hour, 835 mile trip westbound to Dayton from Boston. Things could get interesting when these two scanner buffs and rail-fans hit the road! Be sure to “Like” our Scanner Master Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for live updates as they make their way westbound.

We hope to see you in person at Hamvention. If you can’t make it we will be doing live social media updates throughout the weekend of Friday, May 18 – Sunday, May 20, 2018. Greene County Fairgrounds 120 Fairground Rd, Xenia, OH 45385. Booth 3303 | Building 3

Scanner Master to Demo the BearTracker 885 at Dayton!

BearTracker885If you are attending the Dayton Hamvention this year please be sure to visit the Scanner Master booth (Booth 3003 in Building #3) to see the new Uniden BearTracker 885. This is the revolutionary new CB radio with a digital police scanner built-in. Or is it a digital scanner with a built-in CB? Whichever way you look at it, it is a neat radio!

Join Scanner Master’s Rich Barnett and BuTel’s Gommert Buijsen as they demonstrate current radios, accessories and software as well as the new BearTracker 885.

While the BearTracker 885 is not yet available for sale pending FCC approvals, you can see it in person exclusively at the Scanner Master booth!

Hamvention is held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 19-21 2017 at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia OH, just north of Dayton.

Join the waiting list for the Uniden BearTracker 885.

Basic or Pro, Download or CD? Which is the best ARC software for your scanner?

ScannerMaster is proud to sell ARC software products for scanners from Butel. ARC stands for “Advanced Radio Control” and there are ARC packages for most current and many older scanners. These applications share a common “Look and feel” so that if you learn your way around one you will know how to work the others. These are the easiest to use programming software for scanners and ScannerMaster is the main US distributer.

When you chose your software make sure to pick the right product! ARC Products work on specific radios. The radios the software will work on are listed in the descriptions, if you are not sure call us and one of our experts will help you make sure you have the right product. Some packages work on many different radios and others work only on one.

When you look at the ARC packages on our website you will usually see 4 choices. Two of them are named “Basic” and “Pro” and there are usually CD and Download versions each.

ARC “Basic” software allows the user to read and write to the radio, import files from RadioReference and other sources and perform all programming actions.

ARC “Pro” versions add in the ability to control the radio within the software (if your radio supports this) as well as record audio from the radio to your computer. Some radios also support a Bandscope feature.

The “CD” version comes delivered on a CD with the product key on a label inside the CD cover.

The “Download” version comes to you as a link emailed to you so you can download the software on the Internet, the product key is emailed to you. This saves you the shipping cost and if you lose your product key we can resend it to you.

Even if you buy the CD version you can download the updated version of the same software as needed, such as if you get a new computer or an update has been made. Your product keys will still work.

A couple things to remember: 

If you buy the CD Version make sure you save the product keys! We do not have copies of these numbers, if you lose the CD Case and didn’t copy the number someplace we have no way of replacing it. We can resend Download version product keys but only to those customers that bought the Download version.

Most ARC products will automatically print a confirmation sheet when you successfully register the software with the Product Keys. Save this someplace safe, it has your Product Keys on it and can be used to reinstall the software on a replacement computer.

As always ScannerMaster experts are here to help with your questions!