Trauma5951
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- Dec 29, 2009
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So, i have the BC350c scanner, two of my buddies have them as well and they are excellent... when mine works atleast it is.
My two friends have no issues with the unit, i bought mine used from a friend, so i cannot even warranty it unless i want to pay for it.
The issue is, that it basically either doesn't work at all, or works sometimes, maybe 1/10 times i turn it out it may pick up a little something. The issue was seemingly diagnosed by members of lightbarn.com as a supposedly common issue with the BNC jack and the small piece of wire that connects it to the circuit board.
So i did as told, re soldered it and it worked wonderfully... for about a day. And then it stopped and i re soldered it, and of course it worked again. Now it does not work, even if i resolder it. So the next fix suggested was to take a piece of wire braid and solder it along the wire, for more flexible fix that i wont need to worry about breaking off or something.
This did not fix the issue.
If someone can help me diagnose this problem i would really appreciate it. I am going to double check for sure with my buddies scanner that the issue is not the antenna somehow, but i doubt it. I have this antenna
Through-The-Glass Mobile Antenna with BNC
Thanks in advance really appreciate it.
Also, if anyone here is true guru and thinks they can fix this, i will gladly sell it to you, it is pretty much in mint condition. I would rather sell it to someone and buy a new one, then deal with sending it to uniden and paying them $60, just to get it back with the same issues.
My two friends have no issues with the unit, i bought mine used from a friend, so i cannot even warranty it unless i want to pay for it.
The issue is, that it basically either doesn't work at all, or works sometimes, maybe 1/10 times i turn it out it may pick up a little something. The issue was seemingly diagnosed by members of lightbarn.com as a supposedly common issue with the BNC jack and the small piece of wire that connects it to the circuit board.
So i did as told, re soldered it and it worked wonderfully... for about a day. And then it stopped and i re soldered it, and of course it worked again. Now it does not work, even if i resolder it. So the next fix suggested was to take a piece of wire braid and solder it along the wire, for more flexible fix that i wont need to worry about breaking off or something.
This did not fix the issue.
If someone can help me diagnose this problem i would really appreciate it. I am going to double check for sure with my buddies scanner that the issue is not the antenna somehow, but i doubt it. I have this antenna
Through-The-Glass Mobile Antenna with BNC
Thanks in advance really appreciate it.
Also, if anyone here is true guru and thinks they can fix this, i will gladly sell it to you, it is pretty much in mint condition. I would rather sell it to someone and buy a new one, then deal with sending it to uniden and paying them $60, just to get it back with the same issues.