BC125AT scanning

[dispatcher812]

I recieved my new BC125AT a week ago and last night had my first chance at using it in the field. I have quite a few frequencies in this from all 97 Railroad Wide band, Railroad UHF, 50 marine chanels, 5o plus Coast Guard frequencies and some Mil air frequencies.

I noticed that while its scanning it will stop on random frequencies form all the banks I have programmed. I do not hear anything, not even a bit of squelch. It just stops for a second or two and then continues. I only have one chanel set as a priority and that is not one it stops on. Close call is off.

 

[One13Truck]

I'm not sure if this will be it but for my 396XT I have it set to a primary scan and it'll pause it's regular scanning to check the priority channels for activity. I think I have mine set at 4 seconds so no matter where it's at in the scanning every 4 seconds there's a 1 or 2 second pause while it checks the priority channels. I haven't seen the 125AT in use yet so I'm just throwing a guess. I'm not sure if they both work the same way with the priorities.

 

[kcoleman]

Kevin,

You might check to see what firmware you have. I had some odd behavior with mine while on some trips around town. If I recall correctly, most of that stopped after I did the first upgrade.

Hope that helps.

Firmware Changelog

1.03.01 (September 5, 2012)



Add a function to switch from USA to Canadian band plans on power up:

• Hold 1 during power up to change to the USA band plan.
• Hold 2 during power up to change to the Canadian band plan.

Improve on the issue reported at: http://forums.radioreference.com/uniden-scanners/232936-bc125at-post-release-thread-3.html#post1742547
1.02.05 (April 27, 2012)



This update makes the following changes:

• Update the frequency steps in the VHF band to match the latest FCC Narrowbanding band plan.
• Change the opening screen to include the current firmware version.
• Apply a one-time routine to convert the memory image of existing channels to the new format required by the narrowbanding change.
• Change how Marine channels are displayed during service search.
• Fixed a bug that could cause scanning/reception to stop with certain combinations of Close Call and other features selected.

Keith,