I purchased several 350A Scanners that were installed in stainless lock boxes with a video camera. I picked the locks on the box and removed the scanner. The scanner has several wires that I guess were for remote operation. To the point how can I use the scanner as a stand alone. What about all those wires? Any ideas or suggestions.
Uniden Bearcat BC350A from Police Car
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Picked the locks? Sounds suspect.
Picked the locks? Sounds suspect.
Rsmims
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These scanners are all over ebay and other radio equipment sales websites.
Most of them will tell you what the extra wires were for. From what I've seen, it's usually power and audio out.
Google is your friend, but I agree with krokus. Having to pick the locks just doesn't sound right.
Most of them will tell you what the extra wires were for. From what I've seen, it's usually power and audio out.
Google is your friend, but I agree with krokus. Having to pick the locks just doesn't sound right.
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radioman2001
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Why not, in all the years I bought DES security boxes they never even came with keys. I either had to pick the lock, not an easy feat as they used high security locks or popped them open using 2 big screwdrivers.
Not a thief
I am an amateur locksmith, not a professional thief. These boxes had 2 simple yale type locks easy to pick. When I purchased the boxes they gave me a ring of keys but none fit. 1 key locked the a hinged opening to control for the vcr and the other locked the works in the box. The VCR was wired into the blue light circuit and was activated when the light went on and a camera videowed the officier when he approached the car. I will google search the scanner, hopefully I will have some luck. I would like to use the scanner.
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I am an amateur locksmith, not a professional thief. These boxes had 2 simple yale type locks easy to pick. When I purchased the boxes they gave me a ring of keys but none fit. 1 key locked the a hinged opening to control for the vcr and the other locked the works in the box. The VCR was wired into the blue light circuit and was activated when the light went on and a camera videowed the officier when he approached the car. I will google search the scanner, hopefully I will have some luck. I would like to use the scanner.
Thanks
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Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the the bc350 A. I have separated the scanner from the vcr and there are several wires that will need to be removed or reconnected inside the scanner. For example the onboard speaker is reconnected as and external speaker was used, the power cable that was connected to the vcr is removed but there are a few more that I cannot determine where they are to be reconnected.
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Heyward
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Uniden Bearcat BC350A
I separated the scanner and the vcr and removed the remote wires and reconnected the onboard speaker. I connected the scanner to a 12 volt power supply it powered up fine and locked in on the weather frequency. Only noticable problem is that the volume was very low even with the volume turned as high as it would go and no squelch. I do not have an antenna could that be the problem. Does anyone have any ideas for an antenna?
I separated the scanner and the vcr and removed the remote wires and reconnected the onboard speaker. I connected the scanner to a 12 volt power supply it powered up fine and locked in on the weather frequency. Only noticable problem is that the volume was very low even with the volume turned as high as it would go and no squelch. I do not have an antenna could that be the problem. Does anyone have any ideas for an antenna?
Most radios receivers, transceivers or transmitters are meant to be used with antennas...
However, if the TX power is great enough, you won't need an antenna. If you are close to a NOAA TX'er, then that explains why you can at least hear something. (Most received transmission measure in the very low voltage range due to simple attenuation and loss over distance -- a receiver just picks those transmissions up, amplifies them and translates them into something we can hear.)
You asked for the ideal antenna. That is a seperate thread in itself sometimes -- however, if you are using it as a base station, throwing a yagi on the roof is typical and the best solution for most base applications. Mobile uses justify a custom mounted antenna or a simple magmount antenna. It also depends on what frequency you are interested in -- if you are only interested in local Fire, then you can buy or custom tune your antenna for that specific frequency, although for local Fire dispatch and control, a stock rubber ducky is fine. But if you were interested in Highway Patrol or State Police, then you would be better off with a roof antenna because of the use of VHF-Low (~40MHz) frequencies (although this does not describe all state police operating freqs).
However, if the TX power is great enough, you won't need an antenna. If you are close to a NOAA TX'er, then that explains why you can at least hear something. (Most received transmission measure in the very low voltage range due to simple attenuation and loss over distance -- a receiver just picks those transmissions up, amplifies them and translates them into something we can hear.)
You asked for the ideal antenna. That is a seperate thread in itself sometimes -- however, if you are using it as a base station, throwing a yagi on the roof is typical and the best solution for most base applications. Mobile uses justify a custom mounted antenna or a simple magmount antenna. It also depends on what frequency you are interested in -- if you are only interested in local Fire, then you can buy or custom tune your antenna for that specific frequency, although for local Fire dispatch and control, a stock rubber ducky is fine. But if you were interested in Highway Patrol or State Police, then you would be better off with a roof antenna because of the use of VHF-Low (~40MHz) frequencies (although this does not describe all state police operating freqs).
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