programming assistance

[Seanmccray]

Does anybody know of anyone who provides personal tuttering for a uniden 396 hand scanner in the Sacramento area? I just don't get it.

 

[Sac916]

Does anybody know of anyone who provides personal tuttering for a uniden 396 hand scanner in the Sacramento area? I just don't get it.

Greetings,

Welcome to the community --Sorry to hear about your frustration --

Let's get some info from you first -

1. Are you programming by hand or using a PC?
2. What are you trying to program?
3. What area (community) do you live in?
4. Have you ever programmed a modern scanner? Trunking scanner?
5. Do you have a 396XT or 396T?

Here are some resources

Easier to read 396XT manual
Easier to Read BCD396XT Digital Scanner Manual

Easier to read 396T manual
Easier to Read BCD396T/UBCD396T Digital Scanner Manual

Free scanner programming software for 396
FreeSCAN - Sixspot Software


Recent forum posts from new scanner hobbyist
http://forums.radioreference.com/sa...discussion/260761-sacramento-area-newbie.html

Sacramento Meet and Greet (recently had a meetup)
http://forums.radioreference.com/sa...sion/256478-sacramento-area-meet-n-greet.html

Trunked radio basics
Trunking Basics - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[gmclam]

Welcome to RadioReference. A bunch of us in the area just met to help people with issues just like yours. Unfortunately, we've only been meeting about once a year.

Since you are in Sacramento, I suspect you want to program one (or both) of the two trunked radio systems. Regardless of how technical you are, I wouldn't try it by hand. Software can take 99% of the pain out of the process; whether you "download" (import) data from this site or hand enter it into the software, it's the only way to go in comparison to hand-programming these modern scanners.

 

[benca]

I have both Butel and Free Scan programming software. I use both Uniden and GRE/RS platform scanners... While the Butel makes great program's they do cost money... So to start off I would recommend using Free Scan to program the 396XT ...since it is FREE of cost to use, covers the XT options (ie screen color, illumination, volume, tone). Has a good import feature to bring radio reference data easily to your scanner.. PM me if you want me to share a sample file from my 396