BCD325P2/BCD996P2: BCD325P2 mod for better reception

[mitchwv43]

Hey Thought everyone that uses the Uniden BCD325P2 would want to know this fix, mine would not receive nothing at home but when I went to town it worked fine, so I started messing with it to try and get it to receive better and I did now it works at my house 18 miles from town and I am happy, all I had to do was take it apart and run a piece of cap wire around the outside of the circuit board and hooked one end to the metal ground next to the antenna port and went down one side and crossed it above battery’s and up the other side and man what a diffrence it made… like a new scanner, I hated it before I figured it out…hope this helps others on their receive…!

 

[Enforcer52]

Did you take pictures of your modification? That would help folks if you could post some pics of the mod.

 

[bearcatrp]

Mine picks up fine. But would like to see your mod.

 

[BinaryMode]

Is that mod some kind of counterpoise?

No problem here either, but then again I use external antennas. Your mod sounds great for those stuck in a rental.

 

[richardbritt]

Hey Thought everyone that uses the Uniden BCD325P2 would want to know this fix, mine would not receive nothing at home but when I went to town it worked fine, so I started messing with it to try and get it to receive better and I did now it works at my house 18 miles from town and I am happy, all I had to do was take it apart and run a piece of cap wire around the outside of the circuit board and hooked one end to the metal ground next to the antenna port and went down one side and crossed it above battery’s and up the other side and man what a diffrence it made… like a new scanner, I hated it before I figured it out…hope this helps others on their receive…!

What frequencies have you been trying to receive and what have you been using for an antenna? I see you are in WV, so are you trying to receive SIRN or something else?

 

[devicelab]

Hey Thought everyone that uses the Uniden BCD325P2 would want to know this fix, mine would not receive nothing at home but when I went to town it worked fine, so I started messing with it to try and get it to receive better and I did now it works at my house 18 miles from town and I am happy, all I had to do was take it apart and run a piece of cap wire around the outside of the circuit board and hooked one end to the metal ground next to the antenna port and went down one side and crossed it above battery’s and up the other side and man what a diffrence it made… like a new scanner, I hated it before I figured it out…hope this helps others on their receive…!

Why didn't you just repair the BNC jack? Clearly it sounds like the connector (ground side) solder joint broke.

 

[lebrunmn]

Part of me wants to stop following this, but in the immortal words of Captain Kirk:
I... just... can't... look... away.