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[[Image:BCD325P2.jpg|right|266px|Bearcat Digital 325 Phase 2 BCD325P2  Trunktracker V]]
 
[[Image:BCD325P2.jpg|right|266px|Bearcat Digital 325 Phase 2 BCD325P2  Trunktracker V]]
The Uniden BearCat Digital '''BCD325P2''' is a APCO-25 Phase II capable handheld [[TrunkTracker V]] scanner based on [[Dynamic Memory Architecture]]. This scanner became available to the market in April 2015.  It is linage is from the previous generation [[BCD396XT]] with added features & memory as well as repackaging into their newest iteration of a shorter ergonomic (hand-holding style used analog only scanners) with a much larger font style with single color LED display of Bearcat Orange.  It's direct base/mobile sibling is the [[BCD996P2]], options are nearly identical except the  BCD325P2 only has a USB (USB B Mini) port vs a Serial & USB available on the BCD996P2.  These 2 scanner make up, what are becoming known as "P2 scanners" as they decode [[APCO_Project_25#Project_25_Phase_II_.22TDMA.22|Phase 2]] signals.
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The Uniden BearCat Digital '''BCD325P2''' is a APCO-25 Phase II capable handheld [[TrunkTracker V]] scanner based on [[Dynamic Memory Architecture]]. This scanner became available to the market in April 2015.  It's lineage is from the previous generation [[BCD396XT]] with added features & memory as well as repackaging into their newest iteration of a shorter ergonomic (hand-holding style used analog only scanners) with a much larger font style with single color LED display of Bearcat Orange.  It's direct base/mobile sibling is the [[BCD996P2]], options are nearly identical except the  BCD325P2 only has a USB (USB B Mini) port vs a Serial & USB available on the BCD996P2.  These 2 scanners make up, what are becoming known as "P2 scanners" as they decode [[APCO_Project_25#Project_25_Phase_II_.22TDMA.22|Phase 2]] signals. [[DMR]]/[[MOTOTRBO]], EDACS [[ProVoice]] and [[NXDN]] decoding and trunking available via paid upgrade.
  
 
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==Specifications==
 
==Specifications==
===Features===
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===Physical===
[[TrunkTracker V]] -- Includes APCO's newest P25 Phase I & II, Motorola Type I & II and X2TDMA, EDACS, LTR Trunked, DMR and Uniden exclusive EDACS ProVoice digital system trunk-tracking Radio Systems.
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* Attenuation (for Strong signal -20db)
* 25,000 Channels
 
* DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decoding
 
* Audio Digital and Analog [[AGC]]
 
* [[Control Channel Data Output]]
 
* [[DMA| Dynamic Memory Architecture]]
 
* Quick key (QK) capable
 
** 100 Systems QKs
 
*** Per Systems
 
**** 10 Group QKs
 
***** 20 Groups per System
 
* Newest Narrowband Reception
 
* [[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking|Multi-Site]] System Support
 
* Channel Volume Offset
 
* P25 One-Frequency Trunk - P25 Conventional channels w NAC and TGID user differentiation
 
*[[Control Channel Only]] trunking and [[I-Call]] monitoring
 
* Supports 800mhz Rebanded Systems
 
 
* 2-Line Alpha-Numeric Large Font Display w 3 additional lines of Info and 3 modes
 
* 2-Line Alpha-Numeric Large Font Display w 3 additional lines of Info and 3 modes
* Displays UID (Unit IDs) on trunking systems.
 
* Displays can show you P0 & P1 for transmissions signifying P25 Phase 1 & Phase 2
 
 
* Backlit Display  
 
* Backlit Display  
 
**3 Display Modes   
 
**3 Display Modes   
**3 Display Dimmer settings
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**3 Display Dimmer settings  
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* Battery Charger (dumb) for Ni-MH battery with caveat scanner is off
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* Battery level displayable
 
* Function Key on Front, active for 3 seconds  
 
* Function Key on Front, active for 3 seconds  
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* GPS Support for [[Location Based Scanning]], location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
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* PC Programming and Control (No Uniden Software included or developed, 3rd Party Only)
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* Signal Strength display
 
* USB standard connectivity USB Mini-B for program/control/update/power
 
* USB standard connectivity USB Mini-B for program/control/update/power
* Battery Charger (dumb) for Ni-MH battery with caveat scanner is off
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===Keys===
* PC Programming and Control (No Uniden Software included or developed, 3rd Party Only)
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* 10 Group QKs
*System / Channel [http://new.marksscanners.com/325/325.shtml#using%20number%20tags Number Tagging] - provides rapid access to a specific system or channel.
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* 3 [http://new.marksscanners.com/325/325.shtml#search%20key Quick-Access Search Keys]
* Control Channel Data Output – allows the analysis of control channel data without a discriminator tap. Now supported in UniTrunker version 1.0.0.10 or newer.
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* 100 Systems QKs
* [[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]]
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* GPS Support for [[Location Based Scanning]], location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
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===Technical===
* Independent GPS Control of Sites and Channel Groups
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* 25,000 Channels
* Intermediate Frequency Exchange - changes the IF used for a selected frequency to help avoid image and other mixer-product interference on a frequency.
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* 20 Groups per System
* Key Lock - lets you hand the scanner to a novice user and prevents anything being changed but Volume and ON\OFF.
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* 12 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special (Itinerant)
* Private Systems - lets you flag a system so that it cannot be read out of the scanner or modified, preventing secondary user: System & Group deletion (Software).
 
* [http://new.marksscanners.com/325/325.shtml#bandscope%20mode Band Scope] - gives a graphic representation of signal activity.
 
* Delay Channel adjustable to 0-2,5,10,30,
 
* Negative Channel dropout delay (forced resume) adjustable to -2, -5, -10 seconds
 
* [[DCS]]/[[CTCSS]] [[Automatic_CTCSS_identification|Rapid Decode]]
 
* Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout
 
 
* 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
 
* 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
* [http://new.marksscanners.com/325/325.shtml#startup Startup Configuration]
 
* 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, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and [[SAME]] group
 
* 16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and [[SAME]] group
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===Features===
 
* Ability to flag a channel as Digital, Analog, or All
 
* Ability to flag a channel as Digital, Analog, or All
* Quick Search
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* Adjustable scan duration 0-255 sec per system, site, custom or service search
* Search with Scan for Service and Custom Searches '''with assigned Quick Keys'''
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* Audio Digital and Analog [[AGC]]
* 12 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special (Itinerant)
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* Auto Adaptive Digital Threshold - automatically adjust P25 Decode Threshold
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* [[Band Scope]] mode
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* [[Battery Saver]]
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* [[Broadcast Screen]] while searching (TV or radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands
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* Channel Volume Offset
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* [[Uniden Close Call|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]]
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* [[Control Channel Data Output]]
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* [[Control Channel Only]]
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* [[Control Channel Only]] trunking and [[I-Call]] monitoring
 
* Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
 
* Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
* 3 Quick-Access [http://new.marksscanners.com/325/325.shtml#search%20key Search Keys]
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* [[DCS]]/[[CTCSS]] [[Automatic_CTCSS_identification|Rapid Decode]]
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* Delay Channel adjustable to 0-2,5,10,30,
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* Displays UID (Unit IDs) on trunking systems.
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* Displays can show you P0 & P1 for transmissions signifying P25 Phase 1 & Phase 2
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* [[Duplicate Channel Alert]]
 
* [[Fire Tone Out]] alert
 
* [[Fire Tone Out]] alert
* Fire Tone Out Search - built-in frequency counter displays the received tones.
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** Fire Tone Out Search - built-in frequency counter displays the received tones.
* [[Channel Alert]]
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* 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
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* Hold feature stay on one channel or System/Site
 
* Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alerts, Channel Alerts, and/or Close Call Alerts.
 
* Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alerts, Channel Alerts, and/or Close Call Alerts.
* Weather Alert Priority
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* [[Intermediate Frequency Exchange]] - changes the IF used for a selected frequency to help avoid image and other mixer-product interference on a frequency.
*[[SAME]] Weather Alert
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* [[Key Lock]] - lets you hand the scanner to a novice user and prevents anything being changed but Volume and ON\OFF.
* Duplicate Channel Alert
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* [[Location Based Scanning]]
* [[Priority Scan]] with Priority Plus
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* [[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking|Multi-Site]] System Support
** Adjustable Priority check interval
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* Narrowband Reception
** Adjustable Priority check quantity
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* [[Negative Channel dropout delay]] (forced resume) adjustable to -2, -5, -10 seconds
** Preemptive Priority on conventional analog frequencies
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* [[Uniden BCDx36HP Quick Keys and Number Tags|Number Tags]] allows you to quickly navigate to a specific Favorites List, System, and/or Channel.
** Priority ID Scan on some trunked systems types non-preemptive
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* [[Priority Scan]]
* Signal Strength display
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* [[Private Systems]] - lets you flag a system so that it cannot be read out of the scanner or modified, preventing secondary user: System & Group deletion (Software)
* Auto Adaptive Digital Threshold - automatically adjust P25 Decode Threshold
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* P25 One-Frequency Trunk - P25 Conventional channels w NAC and TGID user differentiation
** See [[P25 audio decode level adjustment]]
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* [[P25 audio decode level adjustment]]
* Battery level displayable
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* Quick Search
* Battery save
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* [[Repeater Reverse]]
* Adjustable scan duration 0-255 sec per system, site, custom or service search
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* [[Search with Scan]] for Service and Custom Searches '''with assigned Quick Keys'''
* Hold feature stay on one channel or System/Site
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* [[Startup Configuration]]
* Attenuation (for Strong signal -20db)
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* Supports 800mhz Rebanded Systems
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* [[Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout]]
 
* Upgradeable firmware
 
* Upgradeable firmware
* [[Repeater Reverse]]
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* [[Weather Operations]]
* Broadcast signal ignore while searching (TV or radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands
 
* Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BCD325P2)
 
* [[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking|Multi-Site Trunking]] - Lets you program the scanner to share a Trunked System's TGIDs across multiple Sites without having to duplicate TGIDs.
 
  
 
===In the Box===
 
===In the Box===
 
* BCD325P2 Scanner w Battery Cover
 
* BCD325P2 Scanner w Battery Cover
 
* Rechargeable Batteries (2 AA Ni-Mh 2300mah)
 
* Rechargeable Batteries (2 AA Ni-Mh 2300mah)
* Semi-Flexible antenna (BNC)
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* Semi-Flexible antenna (BNC) - Uniden BATG0481001
 
* USB to USB Mini B cable(Programming/Charging/Control)
 
* USB to USB Mini B cable(Programming/Charging/Control)
** Maybe necessary to purchase seperate USB charger
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** Maybe necessary to purchase separate USB charger
 
* Hand strap
 
* Hand strap
 
* Owner’s manual
 
* Owner’s manual
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* 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
 
* 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
 
* 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz
 
* 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz
*DOES NOT COVER 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz mistake made from coping from previous gen specs see [[BCD396XT]]
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*DOES NOT COVER 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz mistake made from copying from previous gen specs see [[BCD396XT]]
  
 
====Frequency Step Chart ====
 
====Frequency Step Chart ====
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*[[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking]]
 
*[[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking]]
  
==Supporting Software==
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==Supporting Software and Driver==
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*[https://www.scannermaster.com/driver_installation_uniden_police_scanners_a/385.htm Driver and Install Instructions for BCD325P2]
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**Instructions appear to be for a Win7 machine
 
* See the [[Uniden DMA Software Support]] article for packages that support programming and virtual control
 
* See the [[Uniden DMA Software Support]] article for packages that support programming and virtual control
  
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* [https://groups.io/g/radioprogramming Radio Programming]
 
* [https://groups.io/g/radioprogramming Radio Programming]
 
* [https://groups.io/g/Scanners Radio Scanners Uniden / Whistler]
 
* [https://groups.io/g/Scanners Radio Scanners Uniden / Whistler]
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* [https://uniden.groups.io/g/main Uniden main group]
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* [https://uniden.groups.io/g/BCD325P2 BCD325P2 Sub Group]
 
;Twitter
 
;Twitter
 
*[https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bcd325p2&src=typed_query BCD325P2 on Twitter]
 
*[https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bcd325p2&src=typed_query BCD325P2 on Twitter]

Revision as of 09:14, 11 May 2022

Bearcat Digital 325 Phase 2 BCD325P2 Trunktracker V

The Uniden BearCat Digital BCD325P2 is a APCO-25 Phase II capable handheld TrunkTracker V scanner based on Dynamic Memory Architecture. This scanner became available to the market in April 2015. It's lineage is from the previous generation BCD396XT with added features & memory as well as repackaging into their newest iteration of a shorter ergonomic (hand-holding style used analog only scanners) with a much larger font style with single color LED display of Bearcat Orange. It's direct base/mobile sibling is the BCD996P2, options are nearly identical except the BCD325P2 only has a USB (USB B Mini) port vs a Serial & USB available on the BCD996P2. These 2 scanners make up, what are becoming known as "P2 scanners" as they decode Phase 2 signals. DMR/MOTOTRBO, EDACS ProVoice and NXDN decoding and trunking available via paid upgrade.


Specifications

Physical

  • Attenuation (for Strong signal -20db)
  • 2-Line Alpha-Numeric Large Font Display w 3 additional lines of Info and 3 modes
  • Backlit Display
    • 3 Display Modes
    • 3 Display Dimmer settings
  • Battery Charger (dumb) for Ni-MH battery with caveat scanner is off
  • Battery level displayable
  • Function Key on Front, active for 3 seconds
  • GPS Support for Location Based Scanning, location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
  • PC Programming and Control (No Uniden Software included or developed, 3rd Party Only)
  • Signal Strength display
  • USB standard connectivity USB Mini-B for program/control/update/power

Keys

Technical

  • 25,000 Channels
  • 20 Groups per System
  • 12 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special (Itinerant)
  • 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

Features

In the Box

  • BCD325P2 Scanner w Battery Cover
  • Rechargeable Batteries (2 AA Ni-Mh 2300mah)
  • Semi-Flexible antenna (BNC) - Uniden BATG0481001
  • USB to USB Mini B cable(Programming/Charging/Control)
    • Maybe necessary to purchase separate USB charger
  • Hand strap
  • Owner’s manual
  • Belt Clip (Already attached w 2 screws)

Frequency Coverage

  • 25.0000 - 512.0000 MHz
  • 758.0000 - 823.9875 MHz
  • 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
  • 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz
  • DOES NOT COVER 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz mistake made from copying from previous gen specs see BCD396XT

Frequency Step Chart

This chart shows Lower Edge and Upper Edge in MHz followed by mode and Step in kHz.

  • 25.0000 27.9950 AM 5.0
  • 28.0000 29.6800 NFM 20.0
  • 29.7000 49.9900 NFM 10.0
  • 50.0000 53.9800 NFM 20.0
  • 54.0000 71.9500 WFM 50.0
  • 72.0000 75.9950 FM 5.0
  • 76.0000 87.9500 WFM 50.0
  • 88.0000 107.9000 FMB 100.0
  • 108.0000 136.9750 AM 25.0
  • 137.0000 143.9875 NFM 12.5
  • 144.0000 147.9950 NFM 5.0
  • 148.0000 150.7875 NFM 12.5
  • 150.8000 161.9950 NFM 5.0
  • 162.0000 173.9875 NFM 12.5
  • 174.0000 215.9500 WFM 50.0
  • 216.0000 224.9800 NFM 20.0
  • 225.0000 379.9750 AM 25.0
  • 380.0000 512.0000 NFM 12.5
  • 758.0000 775.9875 NFM 12.5
  • 794.0000 805.9875 NFM 12.5
  • 806.0000 823.9875 NFM 12.5
  • 849.0125 868.9875 NFM 12.5
  • 894.0125 960.0000 NFM 12.5

Courtesy of Universal Radio Inc.

FM Bandwidths

Modulation & Steps AM, NFM, FM, WFM, or FMB. 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 50, or 100 kHz

  • NFM: ~7.5 kHz deviation
  • FM: ~15 kHz deviation
  • FMB: ~75 kHz deviation
  • WFM: >100 kHz deviation

Power Requirements

  • Power requirements: 2 AA batteries (2.05v or higher) or 5V DC ≥300mA or AC/DC USB A adapter w 5v ≥300ma.

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

System Voices


An upgrade (some are paid upgrades) is required for these modes

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