BC346XT

Uniden's Analog Trunktracker scanner with Dynamic Memory Architecture. This is a TrunkTracker III with Motorola Control Channel Only trunking and I-Call monitoring. Released March 2009. Discontinued.

Bearcat BC346XT

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Specifications

Physical

Battery level display
Compatible with BC-RH96 Remote Head
LCD and Keypad Backlight
Signal Strength display
SMA Antenna Connector (Includes BNC to SMA adapter)
Strong signal attenuation

Keys

Group Quick Key range: 0-9
3 Quick-Access Search Keys
Startup Keys: 10
System Quick Key range: 0-99

Technical

Channels: 9,000 maximum
Channel Number Tagging: 999
Channels per conventional system: 1000 maximum
Custom Search Ranges: 10
Groups per system: 20 maximum
PC Programming and Control
Preprogrammed Service Search Bands: 11
Scan Rate: 100 channels per second (conventional mode)
11 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, FM Broadcast, and Special (Itinerant)
Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz
Systems: 500 maximum
System Number Tagging: 999
Talkgroups per trunked system: 500 maximum
500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and SAME group

Frequency Coverage

25.0000 - 224.9800 MHz
400.0000 - 512.0000 MHz
806.0000 - 823.9875 MHz
849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz
1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz

Power

3 AA batteries, 6V DC, or 800mA AC adapter. Example: Sony Car DC Adaptor

Features

Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search
Battery Saver
Broadcast Screen while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands
Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority (or Primary), and Close Call Temporary Store
Control Channel Only
Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decode
Duplicate Channel Alert
Frequency/ID AutoStore - automatically store frequencies from a service or limit search into a conventional system or store talk group IDs into a trunked system
Key Lock
Priority Scan
Quick Search
Repeater Reverse
Upgradeable firmware
- Can be updated to support Rebanding? YES
Weather Operations
Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BC346XT only)

Improvements over the BC246T

Adjustable Band defaults
Adjustable Priority check interval
Band Scope mode
Number Tagging - provides rapid access to a specific system or channel.
Channel Alert
Control Channel Data Output
Display UID (Unit IDs) on trunking systems. Firmware 1.05 or newer is required.
EDACS ESK support
Fire Tone Out Alert
- Also see the Fire Tone Out article
- Fire Tone Out Search - built-in frequency counter displays the received tones.
Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, and Close Call Alert.
Individual channel volume offset
Intermediate Frequency Exchange - changes the IF used for a selected frequency to help avoid image and other mixer-product interference on a frequency.
Location Based Scanning, location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
Multi-Site support
Negative Channel dropout delay (forced resume) adjustable to 0-2,5,10,30, -2, -5, -10 seconds
Number Tags allow you to quickly navigate to a specific Favorites List, System, and/or Channel.
Preemptive Priority on Motorola analog systems
Priority ID Scan on trunked systems
Private Systems - lets you flag a system so that it cannot be read out of the scanner or modified.
Search with Scan for Service and Custom Searches with assigned Quick Keys
Startup Configuration
Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout

RR System Compatibility

This scanner is compatible with the following Trunking System Types and System Voices used in the RadioReference Database, of course you must verify that the scanner will cover the appropriate frequency range:

System Types:
- Motorola Type I
- Motorola Type II
- Motorola Type IIi Hybrid
- Motorola Type II Smartnet
- Motorola Type II Smartzone
- Motorola Type II Smartzone Omnilink
- Motorola Type II VOC
- EDACS Standard (Wide)
- EDACS Standard Networked
- EDACS Narrowband (Narrow)
- EDACS Narrowband Networked
- EDACS SCAT
- EDACS ESK (not ProVoice)
- LTR Standard

System Voices:
- Analog

Preloaded Systems and their System Quick Keys

Press and hold 2,9, and Hold, power on the scanner to re-initialize the Memory and restore the Preloaded systems. When it asks do you wish to restore the preloaded systems press the E/Yes key. WARNING This will erase any personal programming you may have done to your DMA.

The preloaded system list for the BC346XT:

SQK System