Difference between revisions of "BCD396T"
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Revision as of 05:58, 8 April 2007
Uniden's APCO-25 Capable portable Trunktracker scanner with Dynamic Memory Architecture.
Contents
Specifications
Limits
- Channels: 6000 maximum
- Systems: 400 maximum
- Groups per system: 20 maximum
- Talkgroups per trunked system: 200 maximum
- Scan Rate: 100 channels per second (conventional mode)
- System Quick Key range: 0-99
- Group Quick Key range: 0-9
- Custom Search Ranges: 10
- Preprogrammed Service Search Bands: 12
Frequency Coverage
- (North American Model BCD396T)
- 25.0000 - 512.0000 MHz
- 764.0000 - 775.9875 MHz
- 794.0000 - 823.9875 MHz
- 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
- 894.0125 - 956.0000 MHz
- 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz
- (Australia/New Zealand Model UBCD396T)
- 25.0000 - 512.0000 MHz
- 764.0000 - 775.9875 MHz
- 794.0000 - 956.0000 MHz
- 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz
Power Requirements
- Power requirements: 3 AA batteries, 6V DC, or 800mA AC adapter
- Example: Radio Shack adapter with Adaptaplug B
- Or Sony Car DC Adaptor
Features
- Rebanding supported? YES
- APCO25 Digital Audio decoding
- Adaptive Digital Threshold - Automatically sets the digital decode threshold for APCO 25 systems
- TrunkTracker IV with Control-Channel Only scanning and I-Call monitoring
- Close Call
- Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz
- Fire Tone Out Alert
- DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decode
- Scan and (selected) Service Search simultaneously
- 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
- 16 character text tagging for each system, group, channel, taklgroup, search range, and SAME group
- Compatible with BC-RH96 Remote Head
- Analog and Digital AGC
- Quick Search
- 12 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, TV Broadcast, FM Broadcast, and Special (Itinerant)
- Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
- SAME Weather Alert
- Weather Priority
- Priority Scan with Priority Plus
- Signal Strength display
- Battery level display
- LCD and Keypad Backlight
- Adjustable (0-5 sec) scan delay
- Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search
- Strong signal attenuation
- Upgradeadable firmware
- Channel Alert
- Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, and Close Call Alert.
- Repeater Reverse
- Broadcast signal ignore while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc)
- Quick Recall – quickly navigates to a specific Channel by choosing the System, Group, and Channel.
- Duplicate Channel Alert
- Data Skip
- Key Lock
- PC Programming and Control
- Wired Cloning
- On-Air Cloning
- Battery saver
- Antenna Connector: SMA
Mods
- Discriminator Tap directions
- NOTE: You must be a member of the BCD396T Yahoo Group to view this message
- The JPEG for the discriminator tap can be viewed here
Digital/Analog AGC Tweak Procedures
Reviews and User Opinions
- eHam
- Monitoring Times
- UKMidlandscanner
- Safetyobc's Review
Related Pages
- Easier to Read BD396T Manual
- Scanner Programming: Man-Machine Interface
- 'Getting the Most from the new Uniden Scanners' by Paul Opitz
- Uniden Dynamic Memory Scanner Problems
- "The Mighty Uniden BCD396T Scanner"
- Unofficial BC396T Fire Tone Out Tutorial
- Programming an UHF system requires at least 1 base frequency and offset. An example is shown here. This screen is from the ARC396 software, and shows how to correctly program the Washington DC Police system, which requires 2 base frequencies and offsets.
- UASD Software and Firmware Updates
- BCD396T Owner's Manual
- Uniden scanner test modes
- Anabella's Undocumented BCD396T Factory Test Modes, also includes BC-RH96 Remote Head (PDF)
Supporting Software
- TCL/TK Software
- Windows Software
- ARC396
- Clone396 from Butel Software
- ARC-EasyStream Butel Software
- IDTracker II
- RadioCtl
- A review of an older version of this software can be found here
- Scancat Lite Plus
- Scannerbase Advanced Virtual Control 396
- Scan Control
- The Yahoo support group for Scan Control can be found here
- Trunkstar Elite
- Trunkstar Elite Pro
- UASD Software and Firmware Updates from Uniden.
Yahoo Groups and Message Boards
- RadioReference
- Strong Signals
- Yahoo! Groups
eBay Listings
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