BCD325P2 receive issues

[WIscannerguy24]

I am having issues with my BCD325P2 receiving UHF frequencies in custom search, I have made sure the squelch is tight, I made sure it’s in NFM and 12.5khz with no luck, any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
Joe Curtis
Waukesha, WI

 

[ChrisABQ]

You don't want your squelch tight when searching, try setting it to 2.

 

[milcom_chaser]

I am having issues with my BCD325P2 receiving UHF frequencies in custom search, I have made sure the squelch is tight, I made sure it’s in NFM and 12.5khz with no luck, any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
Joe Curtis
Waukesha, WI

Also, make sure the ATT is off.
Have you tried using one of the pre-assigned search categories within the Service Search Menu like Public Service or Special? Both cover UHF, and it might isolate whether it's an antenna/radio issue, or the way your custom search was setup...

 

[WIscannerguy24]

My squelch is at 2 and it’s not stopping on any of the UHF in the custom search, the ATT is off, I am puzzled,I may try a factory reset and see if that helps.
Thanks
Joe Curtis

 

[milcom_chaser]

My squelch is at 2 and it’s not stopping on any of the UHF in the custom search, the ATT is off, I am puzzled,I may try a factory reset and see if that helps.
Thanks
Joe Curtis

Make sure the radio is NOT set to do Control Channel only search.

Menu>Search For>Edit Custom>Select "Your Search">Set C-Ch Only>C-Ch Only Mode>Off

 

[phask]

Is there enough activity in UHF that you will get anything in search? That covers a lot of territory (freq. range).

By default, there are 3 UHF custom search ranges

406.00000 419.98750
420.00000 449.98750
450.00000 469.98750

Di you have all on - or did you create a custom range?

 

[iMONITOR]

I am having issues with my BCD325P2 receiving UHF frequencies

Most likely it's the lousy antenna that comes with it, if that's what you're using.

Consider the Diamond RH77CA / Gain is a 2.15 dBi (440 MHz)

https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanants/2368.html

 

[WIscannerguy24]

Update, just did a factory reset and everything is working again in 450-470mhz kinda weird I think I had this issue with one of my other scanners that I had awhile back, I am thinking something got corrupt when I was programming it last night with some system updates using the Butel software. Thanks for the suggestions everyone
Joe Curtis
Waukesha, WI

 

[Ubbe]

Check that it isn't the Broadcast Screen settings that are blocking a range of frequencies when you do a search. If you have that set in the ARC program the problem will return after next upload.

/Ubbe