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BearTracker Warning System with 800 MHz TrunkTracker III

General Specifications

Features

Rebanding supported? YES See new firmware link below
Frequency Coverage
- 25-54
- 108-174
- 400-512
- 806-956 (excluding cellular)
TrunkTracker III
Motorola Control Channel Only scanning option in menu with selectable plan for 800/900 mHz systems but only one site or system can be programmed per bank
250 User Programmable Memories in 5 banks of 50 each
100 ch/sec Scan Speed (max)
BearTracker Warning System - Alerts you to activity on Highway Patrol link frequencies to let you know if there is activity within about 3 miles of your location.
Preprogrammed Highway Patrol Frequencies by State - Helps you to quickly find frequencies likely to be active where you are.
5 scanlist of 10 ID's each per bank
5 Priority channels with Priority Scan
Priority IDs
Motorola Control Channel Only scanning option in Menu
Motorola Status Bits
9 Preprogrammed Service Searchs - Makes finding interesting active frequencies even easier.
13 Search bands
Search Lockouts - Lets you lock out frequencies that have continuous or uninteresting communications so that searching is faster.
Backlit Display - At the push of a button, our unique luminescent LCD screen is backlit so messages are easily read in low-light situations
Data skip
PC interface/cloning

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

Related Pages

Firmware Updates
Owner's Manual (PDF)
BearControl: Uniden Scanner Displays DIY project

Reviews and User Opinions

EHam Reviews of the BCT-8

Supporting Software

ARC8 from BuTel (Available through Scanner Master. Also supports UBCT-8)
Firmware Updates
See our Uniden Legacy Software Support article for additional software

Yahoo Groups and Mailing Lists (software and receiver support)

eBay Listings

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 * ARC8 from [http://www.butelsoftware.com BuTel] (Available through Scanner Master. Also supports UBCT-8)
 * [http://www.uniden.com/rn_productsupport_downloads.cfm?product=BCT8 Firmware Updates]
-* [http://bellsouthpwp.net/k/d/kd5eis/IDTracker/IDTracker.htm IDTracker]
+* See our [[Uniden Legacy Software Support]] article for additional software
-* [http://www.scannersoft.com Scan Control]
-* [http://www.scancat.com/scancat-lite-plus.html Scancat Lite Plus]
-* [http://www.scanstar.com/products/commander.htm Spectrum Commander IX IX]
-** '''NOTE:''' Conventional support only - no trunking
-* [http://www.scanstar.com/products/tsxlt.htm Trunkstar XLT]
 ==Yahoo Groups and Mailing Lists (software and receiver support)==
 * [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnidenBCT8/ BCT-8 Yahoo group]
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScanControl/ Scan Control Yahoo group]
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scancat/ Scancat Yahoo group]
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spectrumexplorer/ Spectrum Explorer Yahoo group]
 * [http://www.radioreference.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=82 RadioReference Uniden forum]
 * [http://www.strongsignals.net/access/forums/viewforum.php?f=29&sid=a008fecb4f59406385d1ff0cbe328c9c Strong Signals Uniden forum]