I am still experimenting with the Uniden Fire Tone Out function and a call a few minutes ago sort of puzzled me. The scenario is FFD # 2 gets a medical and they get toned out. Sounds pretty straight forward right. What is interesting is that this is the discrepancy between the tow Unidens:
-BCD396XT In Tone Search Logs: A : 726.7Hz / B : 727.3Hz TONE-OUT 3:51:10 AM 1/23/2012
-BCD996XT In Tone Standby decodes A : 726.8Hz / B : 1513.5Hz
Now, I understand with analog tones that they vary a little bit, perhaps as much as 5 Hz, and that part doesn't concern me. What I am trying to figure out is why the BCD396XT displayed on one pair of tones, since it was in the Tone-Out Search mode with the delay at zero seconds. The BCD996XT, on the other hand, had A : 726.8Hz / B : 1513.5Hz programmed in (A : 726.8Hz / B : 726.8Hz was NOT programmed in.) Now if the communications center sent out BOTH sets of tones, shouldn't the BCD396XT have logged both sets since the delay was set at zero? Or, is the Uniden not fast enough to decode both sets, even with the delay at zero? Also, the BCD396XT is running under Butel ARC-XT-PRO. I am assuming that the BCD996XT performed properly, since it alerted. Is it common for communications centers to send out two sets of tones even though they are alerting just one station? I was sort of even thinking that maybe one of the pairs is an ALL CALL (Probably Long Tone B: A : 726.7Hz / B : 727.3Hz) and the other is the specific station, but if the did the ALL CALL, they wouldn't need to alert a specific station.
-BCD396XT In Tone Search Logs: A : 726.7Hz / B : 727.3Hz TONE-OUT 3:51:10 AM 1/23/2012
-BCD996XT In Tone Standby decodes A : 726.8Hz / B : 1513.5Hz
Now, I understand with analog tones that they vary a little bit, perhaps as much as 5 Hz, and that part doesn't concern me. What I am trying to figure out is why the BCD396XT displayed on one pair of tones, since it was in the Tone-Out Search mode with the delay at zero seconds. The BCD996XT, on the other hand, had A : 726.8Hz / B : 1513.5Hz programmed in (A : 726.8Hz / B : 726.8Hz was NOT programmed in.) Now if the communications center sent out BOTH sets of tones, shouldn't the BCD396XT have logged both sets since the delay was set at zero? Or, is the Uniden not fast enough to decode both sets, even with the delay at zero? Also, the BCD396XT is running under Butel ARC-XT-PRO. I am assuming that the BCD996XT performed properly, since it alerted. Is it common for communications centers to send out two sets of tones even though they are alerting just one station? I was sort of even thinking that maybe one of the pairs is an ALL CALL (Probably Long Tone B: A : 726.7Hz / B : 727.3Hz) and the other is the specific station, but if the did the ALL CALL, they wouldn't need to alert a specific station.
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