bought a new bcd996xt scanner to be able to scan hopkins county sheriffs office p25, and can not program it. anyone in the area that can at a low price and help me program it and other channels?
Hi tgbought a new bcd996xt scanner to be able to scan hopkins county sheriffs office p25, and can not program it. anyone in the area that can at a low price and help me program it and other channels?
Hi tg
Welcome to the Texas Forum & RadioReference.
If nobody in your immediate area speaks up shortly, I can create a file for you to load using FreeSCAN. The software is free to download & use, and you use the cable that came with the scanner to connect it to the computer. However, the cable requires a serial port, and many newer computers, especially laptops, do not have one. If that's the case on your pc, your options, covered in this Wiki article, are to either obtain a USB->Serial converter cable, or get Uniden's USB-1 programming cable, which plugs into a USB port.
FreeSCAN can be downloaded here, and it's user guide can be found in the Wiki here on RadioReference.
There are a number of resources available to help you get started with your new scanner. Here are several good links to start with. Most have other links on the page:
Scanning 101 - The RadioReference Wiki
Program your DMA Scanner - The RadioReference Wiki
Uniden DMA FAQ - The RadioReference Wiki
The 'Easier to Read' manual for your scanner can be found on this page.
Even if you have someone assist with programming your scanner, they would need to have an idea of exactly what you wanted to hear. So, start thinking about what channels (frequencies) you'd like to monitor. Besides Hopkins County SO, are there other cities and agencies in the county of interest to you? What about neighboring counties? Rains? Hunt? Wood? Any others? TX DPS?
Think about what interests you, and if need be, I can email you a file that you can load, if you have the software & cable as noted above. Click on my user name on the post, and you'll see an option to 'send private message'. There are several members in your vicinity, so one of them would be closer, if they see this thread.
have a bcd996xt scanner and now, using the p25 settings only get part of the message. do I need an external antenna or is there an adjustment? sqwelch adjustment set to 1.
Are you hearing only one side of the transmission just sometimes and mostly hearing both sides the rest of the time? If so Hopkins County S/O & Sulphur Springs PD both use occasional encryption on their dispatch channels which will explain why you only hear part of the transmission. The 996XT scanner ignores the encryption so you won't hear the annoying noise of the encryption.
Are you thinking of a rooftop antenna?hearing bits and pieces of both sides. happens on some other channels too, but with the old analog scanner it receives all of the old channel conversation. possibly need an external antenna?
If you are using (or at least, can use) FreeSCAN, you can either post your file here, or send it via email. Send me a pm if you'd rather email it, and I'll give you an address. If you want to post it, I can give you more specific instructions on that as well. Just reply to this post, asking how it should be done. (I also have ProScan, but do not have ARC-XT. Those are the other two software programs that work for the 996XT. FreeSCAN is free, and does a good job, so that is usually my first suggestion.)yes, rooftop. I'll try to get one of these and see if it helps. thanks
also check the setup, maybe did something stupid again in the setup.