Hello everyone!
I'm new.
And I'm probably in over my head.
I picked up a Uniden BCT15X last week and have begun the daunting task of programming to my liking. The challenge I have overcome so far is getting the scanner to only scan the channels I program. I have had to lockout all the bands in order to do this. If anybody has a better way of telling the scanner to just scan the one system every time I turn it on, I'm listening. I'm sure there's got to be an easier way...
Onto my actual question...
When I eventually got the scanner to listen to my local police dispatch, I noticed that every ~1.5-2 seconds the audio signal would cut out for ~.5 seconds. This seems to be a reception problem, as the bars at the top of the display indicate no signal being received (i think). I'm using the antenna that came with the scanner, fully extended sitting on my desk. The Baofeng UV-5 with rubber ducky antenna gets a perfect signal from this same spot. I've tried to use both freescan and proscan to program so far. I think I like proscan better. I'll buy the license if I can just get this thing to like me.
Anybody have any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?
I'm new.
And I'm probably in over my head.
I picked up a Uniden BCT15X last week and have begun the daunting task of programming to my liking. The challenge I have overcome so far is getting the scanner to only scan the channels I program. I have had to lockout all the bands in order to do this. If anybody has a better way of telling the scanner to just scan the one system every time I turn it on, I'm listening. I'm sure there's got to be an easier way...
Onto my actual question...
When I eventually got the scanner to listen to my local police dispatch, I noticed that every ~1.5-2 seconds the audio signal would cut out for ~.5 seconds. This seems to be a reception problem, as the bars at the top of the display indicate no signal being received (i think). I'm using the antenna that came with the scanner, fully extended sitting on my desk. The Baofeng UV-5 with rubber ducky antenna gets a perfect signal from this same spot. I've tried to use both freescan and proscan to program so far. I think I like proscan better. I'll buy the license if I can just get this thing to like me.
Anybody have any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong?