Hello. I recently purchased a BCD396T scanner for the new Burlco trunked system & have it programmed. I am using the Uniden software from their website for programming. I have a few questions that hopefully someone with better knowledge of the system than I will have the answers to:
#1. I have the correct fire tone out A & B tones programmed with 154.220 as the monitoring frequency for my station. I followed all directions in the owners manual. My station has had at least 2 calls since the tones were programmed. The scanner has not activated like a pager would. I have had the scanner both in scan & on hold on 154.220 which is programmed in as a conventional channel & the scanner has not activated. I have had the channel on hold prior to the tones activating so that the channel & scanner would not miss them. Any suggestions?
#2. I have each section of the county programmed in a different system in the scanner (8 trunked systems & 1 conventional system). I have all 9 systems scanning as #'s 1 thru 9 are showing on the LED of the scanner. When sitting in my house (Burlington Twp.), the scanner scans systems 1, 2 & 3 for longer periods of time than system 5. The scanner jumps over systems 4, 6, 7, & 8. When there should be radio traffic on systems 4,6,7 & 8, I manually switch to the appropriate talkgroup ID. When holding on that ID, "Finding Control Channel" appears on the LED of the scanner & nothing is heard. On Thanksgiving night, I took the scanner with me while visiting relatives in Berlin, Camden County. While in Berlin, systems 3, & 5 were scanning for longer periods of time than the others while jumping over some systems as well. While in Berlin, I was manually holding on a talkgroup ID in system 1, "Finding Control Channel" appeared, which does not occur when inside of my residence. Is this a reception problem & will I be able to sit in by Burlington Twp. home & hear Bass River as if they were right next to me? (I can't hear the other end of the county, but I can hear State Police cars in Bridgeton!!)
#3. What does "Finding Control Channel" mean & what are Control Channels?
#4. When the scanner is scanning normally & in ID Search mode, when activity is picked up, the ID numbers appear. However sometimes for example, the ID numbers for a talkgroup that is programmed in system 5 shows up & can be heard in system 3, which it is not programmed in.
#5. The Burlco system is a 500 Mhz system. I see Ebay for example has companies selling 800 Mhz high-gain antennas for better reception. Will the 800 Mhz antenna work on my scanner with the 500 Mhz system?
Any assistance for the above topics will be appreciated as myself & others that have recently purchased the same scanners all have just about the same questions. Thank you.
GEORGE
#1. I have the correct fire tone out A & B tones programmed with 154.220 as the monitoring frequency for my station. I followed all directions in the owners manual. My station has had at least 2 calls since the tones were programmed. The scanner has not activated like a pager would. I have had the scanner both in scan & on hold on 154.220 which is programmed in as a conventional channel & the scanner has not activated. I have had the channel on hold prior to the tones activating so that the channel & scanner would not miss them. Any suggestions?
#2. I have each section of the county programmed in a different system in the scanner (8 trunked systems & 1 conventional system). I have all 9 systems scanning as #'s 1 thru 9 are showing on the LED of the scanner. When sitting in my house (Burlington Twp.), the scanner scans systems 1, 2 & 3 for longer periods of time than system 5. The scanner jumps over systems 4, 6, 7, & 8. When there should be radio traffic on systems 4,6,7 & 8, I manually switch to the appropriate talkgroup ID. When holding on that ID, "Finding Control Channel" appears on the LED of the scanner & nothing is heard. On Thanksgiving night, I took the scanner with me while visiting relatives in Berlin, Camden County. While in Berlin, systems 3, & 5 were scanning for longer periods of time than the others while jumping over some systems as well. While in Berlin, I was manually holding on a talkgroup ID in system 1, "Finding Control Channel" appeared, which does not occur when inside of my residence. Is this a reception problem & will I be able to sit in by Burlington Twp. home & hear Bass River as if they were right next to me? (I can't hear the other end of the county, but I can hear State Police cars in Bridgeton!!)
#3. What does "Finding Control Channel" mean & what are Control Channels?
#4. When the scanner is scanning normally & in ID Search mode, when activity is picked up, the ID numbers appear. However sometimes for example, the ID numbers for a talkgroup that is programmed in system 5 shows up & can be heard in system 3, which it is not programmed in.
#5. The Burlco system is a 500 Mhz system. I see Ebay for example has companies selling 800 Mhz high-gain antennas for better reception. Will the 800 Mhz antenna work on my scanner with the 500 Mhz system?
Any assistance for the above topics will be appreciated as myself & others that have recently purchased the same scanners all have just about the same questions. Thank you.
GEORGE
