Difference between revisions of "BC346XT"
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* LCD and Keypad Backlight | * LCD and Keypad Backlight | ||
* Power requirements: 3 AA batteries, 6V DC, or 800mA AC adapter. Example: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000065VV0 Sony Car DC Adaptor] | * Power requirements: 3 AA batteries, 6V DC, or 800mA AC adapter. Example: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000065VV0 Sony Car DC Adaptor] | ||
| + | * PC Programming and Control | ||
* SMA Antenna Connector (Includes BNC to SMA adapter) | * SMA Antenna Connector (Includes BNC to SMA adapter) | ||
* Channels: 9,000 maximum | * Channels: 9,000 maximum | ||
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==Features== | ==Features== | ||
* Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search | * Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search | ||
| − | * Battery | + | * [[Battery Saver]] |
| − | * Broadcast | + | * [[Broadcast Screen]] while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) '''with 10 custom bands''' |
* [[Uniden Close Call]], with [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Do Not Disturb|'''Close Call Do Not Disturb''']], [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Priority|Close Call Priority (or Primary)]], and [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Temporary Store|'''Close Call Temporary Store''']] | * [[Uniden Close Call]], with [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Do Not Disturb|'''Close Call Do Not Disturb''']], [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Priority|Close Call Priority (or Primary)]], and [[Uniden Close Call#Close Call Temporary Store|'''Close Call Temporary Store''']] | ||
* Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges | * Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges | ||
* [[DCS]]/[[CTCSS]] [[Automatic_CTCSS_identification|Rapid Decode]] | * [[DCS]]/[[CTCSS]] [[Automatic_CTCSS_identification|Rapid Decode]] | ||
| − | * Duplicate Channel Alert | + | * [[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 | * 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 | + | * [[Key Lock]] |
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* [[Priority Scan]] with Priority Plus | * [[Priority Scan]] with Priority Plus | ||
* Quick Search | * Quick Search | ||
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** Can be updated to support [[Rebanding]]? {{color|green|YES}} | ** Can be updated to support [[Rebanding]]? {{color|green|YES}} | ||
** This scanner supports rebanding with firmware already installed. See the [[Updating the Firmware in Uniden DMA Scanners]] article for the firmware link | ** This scanner supports rebanding with firmware already installed. See the [[Updating the Firmware in Uniden DMA Scanners]] article for the firmware link | ||
| − | * Weather Alert Priority | + | * [[Weather Alert Priority]] |
| − | * Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BC346XT only) | + | * [[Wired Cloning]] (Will only Clone to another BC346XT only) |
===Improvements over the BC246T=== | ===Improvements over the BC246T=== | ||
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* [[Band Scope]] mode | * [[Band Scope]] mode | ||
* Battery level display | * Battery level display | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Uniden BCDx36HP Quick Keys and Number Tags|Number Tagging]] - provides rapid access to a specific system or channel. |
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* [[Control Channel Data Output]] | * [[Control Channel Data Output]] | ||
* Display UID (Unit IDs) on trunking systems. Firmware 1.05 or newer is required. | * Display UID (Unit IDs) on trunking systems. Firmware 1.05 or newer is required. | ||
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* Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, and Close Call 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. | ||
* Individual channel volume offset | * 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. | + | * [[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 | * [[Location Based Scanning]], location alerts, and crows-flight navigation | ||
* [[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking|Multi-Site]] support | * [[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking|Multi-Site]] support | ||
| − | * Negative Channel dropout delay (forced resume) adjustable to 0-2,5,10,30, -2, -5, -10 seconds | + | * [[Negative Channel dropout delay]] (forced resume) adjustable to 0-2,5,10,30, -2, -5, -10 seconds |
* [[Uniden BCDx36HP Quick Keys and Number Tags|Number Tags]] allow you to quickly navigate to a specific Favorites List, System, and/or Channel. | * [[Uniden BCDx36HP Quick Keys and Number Tags|Number Tags]] allow you to quickly navigate to a specific Favorites List, System, and/or Channel. | ||
| − | * Preemptive Priority on Motorola analog systems | + | * [[Preemptive Priority]] on Motorola analog systems |
| − | * Priority ID Scan on trunked 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. | + | * [[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 | + | * [[Search with Scan]] for Service and Custom Searches with assigned Quick Keys |
* Signal Strength display | * Signal Strength display | ||
| − | * Startup Configuration | + | * [[Startup Configuration]] |
| − | * Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout | + | * [[Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout]] |
==RR System Compatibility== | ==RR System Compatibility== | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 3 May 2021
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.
Contents
Physical and Tech Specifications
- 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
- LCD and Keypad Backlight
- Power requirements: 3 AA batteries, 6V DC, or 800mA AC adapter. Example: Sony Car DC Adaptor
- PC Programming and Control
- SMA Antenna Connector (Includes BNC to SMA adapter)
- Channels: 9,000 maximum
- Compatible with BC-RH96 Remote Head
- Systems: 500 maximum
- Groups per system: 20 maximum
- Talkgroups per trunked system: 500 maximum
- Channels per conventional system: 1000 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
- Startup Keys: 10
- System Number Tagging: 999
- Channel Number Tagging: 999
- Preprogrammed Service Search Bands: 11
- 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
- 100 Quick Keys
- Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz
- 16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and SAME group
- 11 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, FM Broadcast, and Special (Itinerant)
- 3 Quick-Access Search Keys
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
- Uniden Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority (or Primary), and Close Call Temporary Store
- 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 with Priority Plus
- Quick Search
- Repeater Reverse
- SAME Weather Alert
- Strong signal attenuation
- Upgradeadable firmware
- Can be updated to support Rebanding? YES
- This scanner supports rebanding with firmware already installed. See the Updating the Firmware in Uniden DMA Scanners article for the firmware link
- Weather Alert Priority
- Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BC346XT only)
Improvements over the BC246T
- Adjustable Band defaults
- Adjustable Priority check interval
- Band Scope mode
- Battery level display
- Number Tagging - provides rapid access to a specific system or channel.
- 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
- Signal Strength display
- 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
- 21 Atlanta GA
- 22 Boston MA
- 23 Charlotte NC
- 24 Chicago IL
- 25 Columbus OH
- 26 Dallas TX
- 27 Carrollton TX
- 28 Garland TX
- 29 Irving TX
- 30 Lewisville TX
- 31 Mesquite TX
- 32 Richardson TX
- 33 Fort Worth TX
- 34 Arlington
- 35 NE Tarrant TX
- 36 Des Moines IA
- 37 Flagstaff AZ
- 38 Fresno CA
- 39 Houston TX
- 40 Iowa City IA
- 41 Southeast Texas
- 42 Kansas City MO
- 43 Las Vegas NV-C
- 44 LosAngelesCntyCA
- 45 Miami FL
- 46 MilwaukeeCntyWI
- 47 New York NY
- 48 Norfolk VA
- 49 Newport News VA
- 50 Pittsburgh PA
- 51 Portland OR
- 52 Prescott AZ
- 53 Nevada Shared
- 54 Sacramento CA
- 55 San Diego CA
- 56 Seattle WA
- 57 Tucson AZ
- 58 OklahomaStatewid
- 59 Wichita KS
Related Pages
- External Links
- BC346XT: The Complete Reference (downloadable)
- Mark's Scanners: Easier to Read BC346XT Manual recommended reading
- Scanner Master's "Special Report" on the Uniden BC346XT (Product page at Scanner Master than includes a very useful, in depth review of the scanner
- Man-Machine Interface: Getting the Most from your New Uniden Scanner by Paul Opitz a tutorial on programming and using a Uniden DMA based scanner
- Uniden USB-1 page on Scanner Master
- Wiki Articles
- Programming Your Uniden Scanner - Tips on progrmaming
- DMA Scanners and Software - Uniden DMA programming info
- DMA Radios Hints and Kinks - pages on this wiki about Uniden DMA-based scanners
Supporting Software
- See the Uniden DMA Software Support article for software packages that support this scanner
Message Boards / Forums
- RadioReference
- Radio Scanner World
- Radio Scanners
- Scanner Enthusiasts
- Radio Scanner Help and Chat
- Uniden Scanners
- Uniden Bearcat Scanners
- Uniden Bearcat Scanner Fan Club
- Uniden Bearcat Scanner Owners UK
- Groups.io
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