Ok, so like I have one of each of said mentioned scanners, I live/exist/work on the Eastside and no matter what system I listen to the 245XLT get's a stronger, cleaner and more stable on the data channel signal than the 895.
I've used external antenna's on the 895 to move the ant. further away from the oscillators etc in the radio, no luck. It sounds like front end overload/desense. I have not tried an attenuator in the ant. line yet.
Anyone else found the same thing? Please only comment if you have used a 895xlt and a 245xlt, I'm not interested in how much better your Radio Shack Pro-94/92 scanner is.... :o)