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BCT15

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Uniden's analog-only Base/Mobile Trunktracker scanner with Dynamic Memory Architecture and GPS Support. Shipping started Summer 2006.

Uniden Press Release


Specifications

Limits

  • 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

Frequency Coverage

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

Features

  • Rebanding Supported? YES
  • TrunkTracker III with Control-Channel Only scanning and I-Call monitoring
  • Uniden Multi-Site Trunking allows independent system sites to share common talk group channel lists.
  • Location-based scanning and GPS information display
  • Startup Configuration – lets you set systems to be automatically locked or unlocked during power-up.
  • BearTracker warning system
  • State-by-State Preprogrammed Channels — let 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.
  • Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority, and Close Call Temporary Store.
  • Fire Tone Out Alert
  • Search with Scan
  • AGC
  • SAME Weather Alert
  • DCS/CTCSS Rapid Decode
  • Compatible with BC-RH96 Remote Head
  • LCD and Keypad Backlight
  • Priority Scan with Priority Plus
  • Signal Strength display
  • Trunking Activity Indicators
  • 16 character text tagging for each system, site, group, channel, talkgroup, search range, GPS location, tone-out, and SAME group
  • Configurable scan delay
  • Strong signal attenuation
  • Upgradeable firmware
  • Temporary lockout
  • Channel Alert
  • Repeater Reverse
  • Frequency autostore and Talkgroup ID autostore
  • Broadcast signal ignore while searching (TV and radio station frequencies, pagers, etc)
  • Single-Handed Function Operation
  • Alert + -- sets the scanner to be silent except for "alert" channels or events.
  • Dropout Delay
  • Quick Recall – quickly navigates to a specific Channel by choosing the System, Group, and Channel.
  • Quick Search
  • “SOFT Search Keys – let you assign search ranges to front-panel keys.
  • 500 (250 Temporary + 250 Permanent) Search Lockouts
  • Duplicate Input Alert
  • Data Skip
  • Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, and Close Call Alert.
  • Key Lock
  • PC Programming and Control
  • Wired Cloning
  • On-Air Programming
  • Memory Back Up

Power requirements

  • 11.0V to 16.6V DC

Antenna Connector

  • BNC

Advanced (and much requested) Features

Temporary Lockout- Pressing L/O one time while on a channel temporarily locks out that channel. Pressing F+L/O one time while on a system temporarily locks out that system.

Pressing L/O or F+L/O two times results in a permanent lockout. Pressing L/O for more than 3 seconds unlocks all channels in the current system (or all search lockouts if in a search). F+L/O for more than 3 seconds unlocks all systems.

Temporary lockouts are removed when power is cycled.

Startup Configuration- 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).

“Soft Search Keys- Let you program the keypad’s secondary functions to turn on/off specified search ranges.

Three-Level Backlighting- Lets you set the display/keypad backlight to any of three levels (or off).

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).

Alert Plus- 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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