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[KD8CES]

I am interested in the fire tone out options on the 396xt/346xt of alert tones and the search function of these, a youtube video would really be appreciated.scannerdweeb

 

[DaveIN]

What information would you like to know? The search feature is easy. Put the local agency frequency in, leave the A and B tone at "0" , put the radio in the tone out mode, and wait for a tone out to display and the squelch to open. If you want the radio to stay put after the tone has been found, set the delay to infinity.

ToneOutFor < UnidenMan4 < TWiki

 

[K5RYA]

Can't wait to try this feature out tomorrow when my 346XT comes in!

 

[KD8CES]

I would like to know what the alert tones sound like when paging as well. sd

 

[Eng74]

I would like to know what the alert tones sound like when paging as well. sd

You get to pick the alert tone, there are 10 in the radio already. You just have to pick whick one you want for each tone out.

 

[SCPD]

The tone out option works GREAT! I have mine set at alert #7. In the Va Beach/Norfolk area there are not alot of freqs to monitor.

Mark

 

[JASII]

Fire Tone Out Search

I am resurrecting this thread because I have sold my GRE PSR-500 and Uniden Bearcat BCD996T and moved up to both a Uniden Bearcat BCD396XT and a Uniden Bearcat BCD996XT, They arrived Thursday, but I just opened the 996XT Friday evening and started playing with it under Butel ARC XT PRO software. Anyway, I have started collecting the two-tone sequential frequencies for several of the area fire departments and I want to configure this for unattended logging. The History Log function on the ARC XT PRO works great for regular scanning, but does not seem to log the Fire Tone Out A and B frequencies. In the meantime I have configured my set up as mentioned in a previous post here the delay set to Infinity. That will, of course, allow me to return and determine the first one (if any) found while I am away, but I would like to log all pairs. Does anybody happen to know if this is possible with this set up?

Also, when reviewing the found A & B Tones, are listeners here finding that the A & B Tones match precisely to those in the published tone charts, or are you finding that they may vary by 1 or possibly 2 hertz from the actually tone chart frequencies? For example, one of the tones I just decoded was 1512.8 hZ. The nearest standard tone is 1513.5 hZ (Reed Code 171). While they could be using non-standard tones, I suspect that the receiver is simply decoding and displaying the frequency without regard to the standard tones.

Any other tips on performing the Fire Tone Out Search would be appreciated. One thing I am considering is simply programming 10 different RF frequencies into Tone-Out Search and then scanning those same frequencies on a separate receiver. Then, when I hear the dispatcher announce, "Standby for Fire traffic..." I can tune the Tone-Out Search receiver to the correct RF frequency. The biggest problems I see with this are being able to select the correct frequency quick enough. Not all agencies announce that a call is pending and, even if they do, I am not sure if I will always be quick enough to tune to the proper channel.

 

[ka3jjz]

If you have additional tricks/tips not documented elsewhere please consider adding them to the wiki. That way as this message eventually is dropped, these tips are not lost.

We have an article already that talks about FTOs - additional data can be placed here...

Fire Tone Out - The RadioReference Wiki

73 Mike