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Uniden's analog-only Base/Mobile Trunktracker scanner with [[Dynamic Memory Architecture]] and GPS Support.
 
Uniden's analog-only Base/Mobile Trunktracker scanner with [[Dynamic Memory Architecture]] and GPS Support.
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Shipping started Summer 2006.
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Shipping started Summer 2006. This is a * [[TrunkTracker III]] with Motorola [[Control Channel Only]] trunking and [[I-Call]] monitoring
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[http://www.uniden.com/press/docs/BCT15_Release_FNL.pdf Uniden Press Release]
 
  
 
   
 
   
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* Power plug: 5.5mm outer diameter, 2.1mm inner diameter; Radio Shack size code "M"
 
* Power plug: 5.5mm outer diameter, 2.1mm inner diameter; Radio Shack size code "M"
  
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===Limits===
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===Physical and Tech Specs===
 
* Channels: 2500 maximum
 
* Channels: 2500 maximum
 
* Systems: 500 maximum
 
* Systems: 500 maximum
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* Custom Search Ranges: 10
 
* Custom Search Ranges: 10
 
* Preprogrammed Service Search Bands: 13
 
* Preprogrammed Service Search Bands: 13
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* Trunking Activity Indicators
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* GPS Support for [[Uniden Scanner GPS Features|location-based scanning]], location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
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* 100 Quick Keys
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* 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
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* Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz
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* DIN-E and ISO Vehicle Mountable (optional)
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* BNC antenna connector
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* Memory Back Up
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* PC Programming and Control
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* Record Out - you can connect an output jack to a VOX controlled recorder or PC sound input to record the received audio.
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* 16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and [[SAME]] group
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* Compatible with [[BC-RH96]] Remote Head
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* 13 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, TV Broadcast, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special (Itinerant)
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* Custom Search - lets you program up to 10 search ranges
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* 3 Quick-Access Search Keys
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* Signal Strength display
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* LCD Backlight
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* Reversible Display - Lets you reverse the display to mount unit upside down (and hear the speaker from the top)
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* Strong signal attenuation
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* Three-Level Backlighting - Lets you set the display/keypad backlight to any of three brightness levels (or off). Also lets you connect to your vehicle’s dimmer circuit to dim the scanner’s display with the vehicle’s dimmer control.
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* “Soft“ Search Keys -Let you program the keypad’s secondary functions to turn on/off specified search ranges.
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* Single-Handed Function Operation -Tap Function to access F+ key presses. 5 seconds after your last key press, the scanner reverts to non F+ entry (or press Function again to revert sooner).
  
 
===Frequency Coverage===
 
===Frequency Coverage===
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===Features===
 
===Features===
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* Can be updated to support [[Rebanding]]? {{color|green|YES}}   
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* Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search
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**See the [[Updating the Firmware in Uniden DMA Scanners]] article for the firmware link
 
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* [[TrunkTracker III]] with Motorola [[Control Channel Only]] trunking and [[I-Call]] monitoring
 
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* Multi-Site support
 
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* Trunking Activity Indicators
 
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* EDACS [[ESK]] support (requires firmware 1.06)
 
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* [[BearTracker]] warning system
 
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* State-by-State Preprogrammed Channels - lets you easily keep up with activity on local police, Department of Transportation, and Highway Patrol frequencies when you travel, without having to program any channels.
 
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* [[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 [[Uniden Scanner GPS Features|location-based scanning]], location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
 
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* Independent GPS Control of Sites and Channel Groups
 
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* 100 Quick Keys
 
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* Quick Recall – quickly navigates to a specific Channel by choosing the System, Group, and Channel.
 
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* Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz
 
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* Data Skip
 
 
* Adjustable (0-5 sec) scan delay
 
* Adjustable (0-5 sec) scan delay
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* Alert Mute - silences all alerts
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* Alert Plus - silences the scanner except for channels/BearTracker warnings that have assigned alerts.
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* [[AGC]]
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* [[BearTracker]]
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* Broadcast signal ignore while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands
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* [[Channel Alert]]
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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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* [[Data Skip]]
 
* [[DCS]]/[[CTCSS]] [[Automatic_CTCSS_identification|Rapid Decode]]
 
* [[DCS]]/[[CTCSS]] [[Automatic_CTCSS_identification|Rapid Decode]]
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* [[AGC]]
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* [[Duplicate Channel Alert]]
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* Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout
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* EDACS [[ESK]] support (requires firmware 1.06)
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* 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
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* [[Fire Tone Out]] Alert
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* 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
 
* 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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* 16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and [[SAME]] group
 
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* Compatible with [[BC-RH96]] Remote Head
 
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* Quick Search
 
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* Search with Scan for Service and Custom Searches with assigned Quick Keys
 
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* 13 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, TV Broadcast, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special (Itinerant)
 
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* Custom Search - lets you program up to 10 search ranges
 
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* 3 Quick-Access Search Keys
 
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* [[Fire Tone Out]] Alert
 
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* [[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.
 
* Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, and Close Call Alert.
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* Weather Alert Priority
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* [[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking|Multi-Site support]]
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* [[SAME]] Weather Alert
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* [[Location Based Scanning]] If you connect a GPS unit to the scanner it can automatically enable/disable systems based on the geographic information you provide.
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* Alert Mute - silences all alerts
 
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* Alert Plus - silences the scanner except for channels/BearTracker warnings that have assigned alerts
 
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* Duplicate Channel Alert
 
 
* [[Priority Scan]] with Priority Plus
 
* [[Priority Scan]] with Priority Plus
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* Signal Strength display
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* Quick Recall – quickly navigates to a specific Channel by choosing the System, Group, and Channel.
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* LCD Backlight
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* Quick Search
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* Reversible Display - Lets you reverse the display to mount unit upside down (and hear the speaker from the top)
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* [[Repeater Reverse]]
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* Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service search
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* [[SAME]] [[Weather Alert]]
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* Strong signal attenuation
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* [[Search with Scan]] for Service and Custom Searches with assigned Quick Keys
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* [[Startup Configuration]]
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* Temporary System, Site, Group, Channel, and Location Lockout 
 
* Upgradeadable firmware
 
* Upgradeadable firmware
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* [[Repeater Reverse]]
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** Can be updated to support [[Rebanding]]? {{color|green|YES}}   
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* Broadcast signal ignore while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc) with 10 custom bands
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**See the [[Updating the Firmware in Uniden DMA Scanners]] article for the firmware link
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* PC Programming and Control
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* [[Weather Alert Priority]]
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* Record Out - you can connect an output jack to a VOX controlled recorder or PC sound input to record the received audio.
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* [[Wired Cloning]]
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* Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BCT15 only)
 
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* DIN-E and ISO Vehicle Mountable (optional)
 
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* BNC antenna connector
 
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* Memory Back Up
 
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* Power requirements: 11.0V to 16.6V DC
 
  
  
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*System Voices:
 
*System Voices:
 
** Analog
 
** Analog
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== Advanced Features ==
 
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'''[[Uniden Multi-Site Trunking]] -'''
 
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Allows independent system sites to share common talk group channel lists.
 
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'''[[Location Based Scanning]] -''' If you connect a GPS unit to the scanner it can automatically enable/disable systems based on the geographic information you provide.
 
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'''Startup Configuration -'''
 
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Pressing a number button while powering on the scanner automatically unlocks all systems assigned to that startup key and automatically locks all systems assigned to a different startup key (unassigned systems are not affected).
 
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'''Temporary Lockout -'''
 
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Makes it easy to temporarily lock out a system, channel, or frequency. The lockout is cleared when you turn power off.
 
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'''Alert + -'''
 
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Sets the scanner for "wife and girlfriend" mode. Silences all channels and audio except for those channels and events that have an assigned alert.
 
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'''Three-Level Backlighting -'''
 
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Lets you set the display/keypad backlight to any of three brightness levels (or off). Also lets you connect to your vehicle’s dimmer circuit to dim the scanner’s display with the vehicle’s dimmer control.
 
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'''“Soft“ Search Keys -'''
 
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Let you program the keypad’s secondary functions to turn on/off specified search ranges.
 
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'''Single-Handed Function Operation -'''
 
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Tap Function to access F+ key presses. 5 seconds after your last key press, the scanner reverts to non F+ entry (or press Function again to revert sooner).
 
  
 
== Related pages ==
 
== Related pages ==

Revision as of 14:23, 5 May 2021

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Uniden's analog-only Base/Mobile Trunktracker scanner with Dynamic Memory Architecture and GPS Support. Shipping started Summer 2006. This is a * TrunkTracker III with Motorola Control Channel Only trunking and I-Call monitoring


General Specifications

Power

  • Voltage: 13.8 Volts d.c.
  • Current: less than 750mA (max. rating of included wall wart)
  • Power plug: 5.5mm outer diameter, 2.1mm inner diameter; Radio Shack size code "M"

Physical and Tech Specs

  • Channels: 2500 maximum
  • Systems: 500 maximum
  • Sites: 1000 maximum, 256 maximum per system
  • Groups per system: 20 maximum
  • Talkgroups per trunked system: 250 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: 13
  • Trunking Activity Indicators
  • GPS Support for location-based scanning, location alerts, and crows-flight navigation
  • 100 Quick Keys
  • 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
  • Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100 kHz
  • DIN-E and ISO Vehicle Mountable (optional)
  • BNC antenna connector
  • Memory Back Up
  • PC Programming and Control
  • Record Out - you can connect an output jack to a VOX controlled recorder or PC sound input to record the received audio.
  • 16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, location, Tone-out, and SAME group
  • Compatible with BC-RH96 Remote Head
  • 13 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad, Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, TV Broadcast, FM Broadcast, Military Air, and Special (Itinerant)
  • Custom Search - lets you program up to 10 search ranges
  • 3 Quick-Access Search Keys
  • Signal Strength display
  • LCD Backlight
  • Reversible Display - Lets you reverse the display to mount unit upside down (and hear the speaker from the top)
  • Strong signal attenuation
  • Three-Level Backlighting - Lets you set the display/keypad backlight to any of three brightness levels (or off). Also lets you connect to your vehicle’s dimmer circuit to dim the scanner’s display with the vehicle’s dimmer control.
  • “Soft“ Search Keys -Let you program the keypad’s secondary functions to turn on/off specified search ranges.
  • Single-Handed Function Operation -Tap Function to access F+ key presses. 5 seconds after your last key press, the scanner reverts to non F+ entry (or press Function again to revert sooner).

Frequency Coverage

  • 25 - 512 MHz
  • 764 - 776 MHz
  • 794 - 956 MHz
  • 1240 - 1300 MHz

Features


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
    • EDACS Standard (Wide)
    • EDACS Standard Networked
    • EDACS Narrowband (Narrow)
    • EDACS Narrowband Networked
    • EDACS SCAT
    • LTR Standard
  • System Voices:
    • Analog

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