my first trucking scanner... eekk help.. info overload...

[mparker]

i just picked up a bct15 and ive got it all set up... lol thats about as far as i have got...

i installed FreeSCAN and succsefully connected to the bct15 via usb...

now what..

how do i go about programming trunked systems? all the talk about id's, systems, site numbers, types, groups... its all a little confusing...

if anyone has a free sec or could maybe point me in the right direction id be very happy...

thanks

 

[ka3jjz]

mparker, welcome.

You can start by reading the following article from the wiki. There is a link there for the PDF file from our own Paul Opitz of Uniden that introduces the concept of trunking very well. Another link describes getting a premium subscription that allows you to download data from the database. Please go into your user profile and supply the county/state of where you live.

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Scanning_101

If you go to that state's forum, you might find folks that have UASD (Uniden Advanced System director) or ARC files that you can use as an import source. Just be careful with the ARC import as it will not always supply all the information you need to set up.

Finally we have the user manual for FreeScan in our wiki. It will guide you as to the basics of how to set it up for programming. The link is below;

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/FreeScan_User_Guide

Finally bookmark this article. It's a FAQ for the DMA radios, of which the BCT15 is one. There are a lot of options and other things that are new, and this will start to explain many of them. Don't be concerned about the terminology for now - just keep it handy so when you're ready to tackle them, you have it...

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Uniden_DMA_FAQ

73 Mike

 

[mparker]

thanks for the fast good info...

i went a head and became a subscribing member, that took care of my programing problem... pretty easy... but now i want to learn what i just did..lol

i guess i need to read up on the terminologys and how they all work...

thanks so much...

on a side note...

when i imported into freescan lets say i selected my local county PD but in the groups it also includes the water dept, can i just go into freescan and delete the whole water dept group without disrupting anything? (hope that makes sense)

 

[UPMan]

There are also a number of links to references and articles about Uniden scanners at:
ScannerManuals < UnidenMan4 < TWiki

 

[Caesar]

Easier to Read BCT-15 Manual

 

[cpuerror]

when i imported into freescan lets say i selected my local county PD but in the groups it also includes the water dept, can i just go into freescan and delete the whole water dept group without disrupting anything? (hope that makes sense)

You can delete or lockout groups you are not interested in, and it wont hurt anything.

 

[mparker]

Easier to Read BCT-15 Manual

wow lots of reading here..lol all looks good though..

You can delete or lockout groups you are not interested in, and it wont hurt anything.

thanks :thumbs up: