Anyone in Boise with a Uniden BCD396XT?

jfurner · #1 (**permalink**) 06-13-2009, 01:40 AM

I just ordered the 396XT and was wondering if anyone would let me clone their frequencies.

Thanks,

Jeff

nickcarr · #2 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009, 09:10 PM

Jeff,

I have a 396T and I'm just visiting for the 4th of July weekend. It's very easy to program the scanner manually, but I understand about the cloning... it's quick and easy.

Have you tried it on the 700mhz system yet? I'm curious if it sounds better than the 396T? Mine sounds a bit funky... it's slow to pick up signals at times...

-Nick

jfurner · #3 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 02:44 AM

Nick,

I received my 396xt and was able to use my mac and freescan, running XP, with the parallels emulator, to program my scanner. The whole process was a learning experience in computer hardware, software and inter-platform compatibility.

I have been listening to the 700 Mhz channels with no problems so far. They sound crystal clear and I can even hear the in-field units on the other side of the valley. Before I could usually only hear the dispatch side unless the field units were close.

It looks like Canyon County will be switching to 700 Mhz soon. I see the licenses have been issued.

I am disappointed that Boise Police are encrypting all of their channels except the main dispatch channel. Oh, well.

I have spoken to some of the firemen in the know and it doesn't look like the local fire departments will go digital anytime soon. Apparently the vocorders that digitize voices don't work well in high noise environments such as fire fighting. Their opinion is that the digital system is a potential safety problem if one of the fire fighters tries to call for help and can't get the digital system to work. However the old analog frequencies are currently tied into the digital trunked system.

Jeff

nickcarr · #4 (**permalink**) 07-04-2009, 03:01 PM

Yeah this is the only true P25 system I get to monitor on a frequent basis. Up in Seattle, we don't have any public safety on full digital yet. So it's hard to know what P25 should sound like...

The 700mhz system sounds fine on my 396T as well. The encryption of most of the TAC channels takes some of the excitement out of scanning though.

Have you compiled your own talkgroup listing? I noticed the one up on RR isn't up-to-date. I'll submit my official listing in the next couple of days.

Here's my current listing (I'm only monitoring Ada county for now

**The one curious one is 1200... it's encrypted.. but no clue what it is... it's quite active last couple of days.

0001 001 D System Mangement Other IIMARS Technicians

1000 3e8 D Dispatch - Ch 1 [Nora Units] Law Dispatch Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department
enc1001 3e9 E Tactical Ops Law Tac Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department
1002 3ea E Tactical Ops (Patched to 460.625) Law Tac Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department
1009 3f1 E Ops Law Talk Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department
1013 3f5 E Ops Law Talk Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department
1020 3fc D Ada County Jail - Guard Station/Jail Ops Law Talk Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department - "interrogation A free"
1023 3ff E Ada County Jail - (usually encrypted) Law Talk Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department
someone talking about courtroom and defendant/def attorney waiting
1025 401 E Ops Law Talk Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department
enc1027 403 E Ops Law Talk Ada County (01) Sheriff's Department

1100 44c D Primary Dispatch - Ch A Law Dispatch Ada County (01) Boise Police
1101 44d E Valley Tactical - Ch B Law Tac Ada County (01) Boise Police
1102 44e D Bench Dispatch - Ch C Law Dispatch Ada County (01) Boise Police channel 15 *confirmed
enc1103 44f E Bench Tactical - Ch D Law Tac Ada County (01) Boise Police "channel 14" *confirmed
1104 450 E Tactical Ops - Ch E Law Tac Ada County (01) Boise Police
1118 45e E Public Safety Ops ? Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise International Airport
1119 45f E Public Safety Ops ? Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise International Airport "CHANNEL 9" *conf
1120 boise pd CHANNEL 10 *confirmed*
enc1121 boise pd CHANNEL 11 *confirmed*

1122 462 D Boise International Airport "Operations" "Channel 3" - angry pass/pkng/transp/taxi ops
enc1124 ????
1134 46e E Public Safety Ops ? Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise International Airport

enc1200 ????

enc1302 ????

1400 578 D Dispatch (Patched to 155.670) Fire Dispatch Ada County (01) Fire
1401 579 D Dispatch for Meridian, Eagle, Kuna, and Star Fire Dispatch Ada County (01) Fire
1402 57a D Ops 1 (Patched to 154.265) Fire-Tac Ada County (01) Fire
1403 57b D Ops 2 (Patched to 153.995) Fire-Tac Ada County (01) Fire
1404 57c D Ops 3 (Patched to 154.160) Fire-Tac Ada County (01) Fire
1405 57d D Ops 1? (Patched to 153.740) Fire-Tac Ada County (01) Fire
1406 57e D Ops 16 (Patched to 154.430) Fire-Tac Ada County (01) Fire
1413 Dispatch 2? - Back up for 1400?
1414 Ops 15 *confirmed*
1415 Fire "Channel 5"? - Fire Investigator monitoring?

1500 5dc D Dispatch (Patched to 155.055) EMS Dispatch Ada County (01) EMS
1501 ????

enc1861 745 D Citywide - Records Checks [Multiple Agencies] Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise Police

enc1901 76d E Public Safety Ops ? Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise Police
1902 76e E Public Safety Ops ? Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise Police
1903 76f E Public Safety Ops ? Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise Police
enc1904 770 E Public Safety Ops ? Law Talk Ada County (01) Boise Police

46300 State Police - Unk Region (Possibly Boise?)
46500 b5a4 D R5DISP Dispatch Law Dispatch State Police - Region 5: Pocatello

nickcarr · #5 (**permalink**) 07-05-2009, 03:34 AM

Busy night on the 4th here in Boise. I finally figured out the talkgroups - or at least the most active groups.
I think the lesson learned is that if you only want to monitor fire then use a VHF scanner.

**CONFIRMED via VHF - verified by Nick 7/4/09

1400 578 D Ops Ch 1 *confirmed* (Patch from 154.265)
1401 579 D Ops Ch 2 *confirmed* (Patch from 153.995)
1402 57a D
1403 57b D
1404 57c D Ops Ch 5 *confirmed* (Patch from 155.67) - Dispatch for Ada North
1405 57d D
1406 57e D
1413 Ops Ch 14 *confirmed* (Patch from 155.385) - Dispatch for Eagle, Meridian, Kuna
1414 Ops Ch 15 *confirmed* (Patch from 153.74)
1415

1500 5dc D EMS Dispatch *confirmed* (Patched to 155.67)
1501

GregFromOregon · #6 (**permalink**) 08-01-2009, 08:34 PM

Has anyone tryed to use the preloaded Idaho IIMARS system in the BCD396XT?
BCD396XT - The RadioReference Wiki

thewenk · #7 (**permalink**) 08-02-2009, 12:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregFromOregon

Has anyone tryed to use the preloaded Idaho IIMARS system in the BCD396XT?
BCD396XT - The RadioReference Wiki

Although I didn't use the preloaded file, I did look at it and it contained what was what was in the RR database at the time. I think the sites and control channels are still the same, although some TGs may be different. Use what is preloaded and just scan using the ID Search Mode and you should be OK.

Dave

GregFromOregon · #8 (**permalink**) 08-05-2009, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thewenk

Use what is preloaded and just scan using the ID Search Mode and you should be OK.

Dave

Thanks, looks like I'll be living in the boise area at least for a year or so and have never delt with a digital system. I guess this will be a good time to learn, but having it preloaded will at least get me up and running until I learn to program it, now I just gotta save a little more.