Scanners: The Works™

What it is

Scanners: The Works is a local Windows toolkit for Uniden-class scanners. It helps you hear activity, figure out what it is, and program favorites or radio memory — without turning your PC into a cloud radio service.

• Runs on your computer (USB cable / SD card / PC audio as needed).
• UI is a modern desktop window (Microsoft WebView2 under the hood on Windows).
• Optional RadioReference import if you have a premium + API app key (your login stays on your PC).

Capture · Identify · Program

• Capture — Listen for two-tone / QCII pages (Tone-Out on PC audio), S.A.M.E. weather headers, journal history, WAV clips when enabled.
• Identify — Live activity (GLG), Discovery of unknown talkgroup IDs, RadioReference Easy import into Favorites.
• Program — Two desks:
  • Favorites Editor — SDS / x36 / HomePatrol-class lists (.hpd), My lists, Write all to a folder / SD.
  • Drop Editor — BCT15X / BCD996-family memory download & upload; BCD260DN channel bank when that radio is connected.

The app routes you to the desk that matches the radio you connected, so you don’t use the wrong programming path by accident.

Supported radio families (summary)

• SDS100 / SDS200 / BCD436HP / BCD536HP (and similar) — Favorites / .hpd programming, live GLG, Discovery.
• BCT15X / BCD996P2 (and similar BCT memory family) — Drop Editor: read memory, upload systems, multi-TRS queue.
• BCD260DN / BCD160DN — Channel bank read / edit / write with readback.

Not every Uniden model is supported for every feature. If Detect doesn’t list your radio, it may be outside the current matrix. Firmware and cables matter; use a known-good USB data cable.

What you need

• Windows 10 or 11 PC.
• WebView2 — included on most Windows PCs (Edge WebView2 Runtime).
• USB connection and/or SD card access, depending on model and task.
• For Tone-Out: a way to get scanner audio into the PC (line-in, stereo mix, USB sound, etc.).
• For RR Easy import: RadioReference premium account and API app key (Developer section on RR).

This website vs the real app

• scannerstheworks.app — public info + UI preview (sample data only). No radio, no live RR login, no files written to your PC from the demo.
• The Windows app — full product. When a public build is available for wider testing, it will be announced here.
• scannerstheworks.com — redirects to this site.

Open the UI preview if you want to click around the shell before a download exists.

What it is not

• Not a full virtual scanner or Sentinel screen clone.
• Not a firmware flasher.
• Not affiliated with Uniden, RadioReference, or any manufacturer.
• Not a cloud service that controls your radio over the internet.
• Not support for every scanner brand (focus is Uniden-class workflows above).

Privacy & local data

• Settings, journals, logs, and Tone-Out WAVs live on your machine (and paths you choose).
• RadioReference password / app key are stored via Windows Credential Manager when you save them — not pasted into public Probe reports.
• Probe / support reports are designed to omit passwords and API keys.

Support

• Email: support@scannerstheworks.app
• In the app: Probe → export a support report (attach it when you write in — no passwords included).
• This site is informational; it does not open a ticket by itself.