I have a weird BC296D question

[firemedic2150]

I have a BC296D that I have a bank that I have only a P-25 CAI TRS programmed into by control channel only mode. When I am mobile and I travel to areas that the scanner loses the active control channel it starts scanning looking for a current control channel. Now for the longest time I was not really paying attention, just noticed the system had gone quiet and I would look down and the display would be stopped/holding on the last control frequency I had programmed. I started paying attention and I noticed it beeps and puts a message in the display when it does this, but it happens so fast and I am not driving looking at the display so I cant ever read it. It seems like to me after it loses the control channel it goes scanning for a new one, but if it does not find one in a set amount of time it quits/gives up scanning and holds on the last programmed frequency. If you press resume it will go back to scanning, and if present will lock onto to current control channel and start tracking again fine. As a test I went back in and programmed all of the voice channels in and turned off control channel ony mode and it works great. Has anyone else discovered this about the BC296D or is it just mine?

Thanks for input,
Mark Mc.

 

[swest90]

Are you in scan mode when you notice this or ID hold. I notice this on my 796D when on ID hold. If it loses the control channel for what ever reason it does not seem to try to find another one it just sits there.. I wrote a script to monitor for that since I am often holding on one talkgroup. Sure sounds like the same issue to me.

Thanks
Shawn

 

[firemedic2150]

Shawn,
This is in scan mode.

Mark Mc.

 

[firemedic2150]

Follow up...
I caught the display on the scanner when it stops, it beeps and reads "CONTROL CH ONLY NOT FOUND". I also have one bank that has several conventional frequencies and one Moto. TRS programmed in control channel only mode in it, it does the same thing while scanning if it does not stop on an active frequency for a couple of Min. I programmed the orginal bank with all of the voice and control frequencies and it works fine, it just continues to scan after loosing the control channel.

Thanks,
Mark Mc.

 

[ronenp]

control chanel not found ...

It happned if ot scan and fall on a freq wich supposed to be a control channel but for somehow dont transmit control channel data ... (such as regular talk channel)
i see it here when the repeater stop to transmit it control channel data (due to failure) then the scaner show this message and stay on the frequency for ever even if the data return after a while ....
yes annoying ... but the solutions to Uniden engineers .. mabe they will release a better software to the scanner that solve this (and a lot of other ) problem ....

Ronen
http://www.ronen.org