Announcing the BCD396XT and BC346XT Scanners

[UPMan]

No. You'll need to put the frequency into two channel...once with CTCSS, once with NAC.

 

[Gasman315]

396xt Birdies

Will the new model have the same birdies as the 396?

 

[UPMan]

Probably not. If a birdie is on a frequency you monitor, though, you should be able to throw the birdie somewhere else by turning on IFX for that frequency.

 

[fyrfyter10]

Thanks for the different colors on the display but how about a dimming option? the dimmer would put this scanner way over the top . thanks again!!

 

[UPMan]

Thanks for the different colors on the display but how about a dimming option? the dimmer would put this scanner way over the top . thanks again!!

Done! There are three brightness levels in addition to each color.

 

[torontokris]

I am more then happy with the 396XT current frequency's

A 396 that covers too many frequencys...

1) Might miss too much action..
2) Maybe weak in some and strong in others... but the weak band might end up being the digital APCO Public Safety band (which is the reason most of us buy a digital scanner)


Id rather get another radio that more made for that range

Oddly id like to see a 396XT thats split up for different bands / made specifically for each band

396XT-UHF?
396XT-VHF?

But if that is the case that the receiver better be amazing at doing that band as its concentrating solely on it.

 

[RiceCake]

Are the colors individual (eg "just" green and a brightness) or can you control all the LED's individually?
The colors aren't really important to me but, just curious. Assuming you can individually blend (eg level 2 brightness on blue, 1 red, etc) you're practically unlimited in color choice.

*Edit: Lol, to the fellow above, because I'm the kinda guy who wants it to do 0.100 MHz to 1300 MHz.

 

[UPMan]

No, it is 22 combinations: 7 colors x 3 brightness levels + Off.

 

[jafo818]

Is there a trade-in program?

 

[rdale]

Yep. It's called EBay.

 

[ME343]

when is the wiki going to be up for the 346XT?

 

[UPMan]

I hope to get to it this week. Meanwhile, if you read the BCD396XT wiki and mentally delete all references to color b/l and digital stuff, you'll be there.

 

[ME343]

lol never thought about giving that a try

 

[torontokris]

Nope no trade in program from Uniden....
If individual dealers decide to have one thats up to them (but I doubt it)


as mentioned the best option sell your current one on ebay (or locally) and buy the new 396XT when it comes out.

Is there a trade-in program?

 

[DaveNF2G]

Well, my future new 396XT will be replacing my venerable BC-235xlt. I'll keep all of my other digital (and analog) scanners for the time being. Next to be replaced would be the BC-245xlt. Right now, these two receivers are hooked to a laptop and do MultiNet trunktracking, so they still have great value in my station.

 

[slicerwizard]

CC Data output is something like:

MOT,25D,0,3230,CNM TG-3230 CH-25D VC-08661375
MOT,3C0,0,30C0,UN
MOT,3C0,0,4900,UN
MOT,308,0,A8F7,EVM
MOT,30B,0,2021,PAT-A8F7 End
MOT,308,0,A8F7,EVM
MOT,30B,0,2021,PAT-A8F7 End
MOT,3BF,0,6000,UN
MOT,3BF,0,30C0,UN
MOT,186,0,0C70,CNM TG-0C70 CH-186 VC-08607625
MOT,308,0,4613,EVM
MOT,340,0,1461,PAT-4613 MEM-4613
MOT,308,0,4673,EVM

Hopefully, the group bits won't always be reported as zeros. As presented above, some of those OSWs are invalid.

Trunking Priority only works when the scanner is on the control channel (i.e. scanning an idle system or during the channel delay time). When it gets a OSW, it will evaluate all channel grants in the OSW and go to the channel that has the highest priority set in the scanner.

An OSW never contains information about more than one voice channel.

..and for those trying to learn about it, it helps explain things a little better. The format is delimited, and once the string is split, it can be ignored. I think you can live with that....

If you really want to learn about Motorola datastreams, you should use Xlat-OSW:

25D G 3230 Group call; TG=323 Chan=25D
3C0 G 30C0 System status #1; Affiliate on PwrUp; Connect tone: 128.57 Hz; No dispatch timeout; No interconnect timeout
3C0 G 4900 System status #2; Secure channels available; Clear to secure upgrade enabled; Reduced data mode; No digital comms echo delay
308 I A8F7 MSEL termination; Supergroup was TG=A8F
30B I 2021
308 I A8F7 MSEL termination; Supergroup was TG=A8F
30B I 2021
3BF G 6000 Net status #3; Wide area trunking; Site rotation 0; Astro wide pulse; 2 level secure signalling
3BF G 30C0 Net status #1; Affiliate on PwrUp; Connect tone: 128.57 Hz; No dispatch timeout; No interconnect timeout
186 G 0C70 Group call; TG=C7 Chan=186
308 G 4613 Patch 1461 includes TG 461 (Supergroup)
340 G 1461
308 G 4673 Patch 1461 includes TG 467
340 G 1461

 

[W4ELL]

346XT display color?

Sorry if this has already been answered but...

What color is the 346's display... or is it the same as the 246?

I don't know how much it would drive up the cost of the 346, but the multi-color display would be a welcome feature... for me anyway.

 

[WayneH]

..and for those trying to learn about it, it helps explain things a little better. The format is delimited, and once the string is split, it can be ignored. I think you can live with that....

Go with SlicerWizard's advice. Or don't cheat and learn from scratch like the veterans have, you'll be better off than letting Uniden teach you.

 

[DonS]

An OSW never contains information about more than one voice channel.

That's true if the discussion is limited to Mot, but is not true if the discussion includes all CC types the scanner can decode.

 

[landonjensen]

Two questions from me.. Will there ever be a firmware update for the BCD396T to decode 2 tones like these 2 new scanners will be able to do?

My second question is how much are we looking at paying for these 2 new BCs