Uniden Bearcat Bct15x Programming Software

Product Description The new Uniden BCT15X may look the same as its similarly named predecessor the BCT15, but inside it's a whole lot different! The new scanner offers more features and doubling the memory! For those who like GPS scanning, a feature no other manufacturer offers, you can now enable and disable not only Systems but Groups as well depending on your location (the optional GPS antenna that we sell is required).

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The radio now offers a band-scope feature, a Fire Tone Out search feature to help you determine the tone out frequencies being used and improved Close Call. Included in the Box.

Features. TrunkTracker III - tracks the following trunked systems:. Motorola Type I 800. Motorola Type II 800, 900, UHF, VHF (including rebanded 800 MHz systems). EDACS Wide (standard), Narrow, SCAT (including systems that use an EDACS System Key).

LTR. BearTracker warning system. Location-Based scanning automatically selects programmed systems based on your location when connected to a compatible GPS receiver. Temporary lockout automatically unlocks channels when you cycle power. Startup Configurations let you automatically lock out or unlock systems on power up to quickly configure the scanner for a different area or application. Alert Plus mode - silences the scanner except for channels that have assigned alerts. Channel Number Tagging - lets you quickly select a channel.

State-by-State Preprogrammed Channels - let you easily keep up with activity on local police, Department of Transportation, and Highway Patrol frequencies when you travel, without having to program any channels. Close Call, with Close Call Do Not Disturb, Close Call Priority (or Primary), and Close Call Temporary Store. Fire Tone Out Alert. Fire Tone-Out Search - determines the tones received for easy tone-out programming. Copyright 2009, Richard Carlson/Scanner Master Corporation Introduction The Uniden Bearcat BCT15X is the follow-up to Uniden's premier analog mobile scanner, the BCT15, which has been discontinued. The 'XT has more memories (up to 9,000 channels!) and many new features while retaining the BCT15's DIN form factor and price.

The BCT15X directly competes with the GRE PSR400 and RadioShack Pro163. The BCT15X adds such new features as allowing up to 500 talkgroups per trunked system (compared to 200 for the BCT15), Fire Toneout Search and GPS Support. Some of these features have never been available on any scanner before. In addition to all this the latest firmware version even allows individual Unit ID's for identifying specific radios in trunked systems. The BCT15X uses Uniden's Dynamic Memory Architecture (DMA) instead of fixed Banks and Channels.

This method of programming was introduced a few years back with the BC246T and is also used on such scanners as the BCD396T and BCD996T. While it has a similar effect as the GRE 'Memory Object' system, the Uniden method is somewhat easier to fathom and program for many people.

DMA allows you to program as many Channels, Systems and Groups as you can until the memory runs out instead of locking you into a fixed amount of banks and channels. The radio resembles the older BCT15 and retains the black faceplate. Otherwise the general layout is identical, with a single multi-function control knob on the right, 17 button keypad on the front and 2 side buttons alongside the multifunction knob. The front panel has the same computer interface jack and earphone jack, the earphone jack is on the bottom next to the multi-function knob. The back of the radio has a RS-232 serial port that is intended for GPS units, but it could also be used for programming if used with a null-modem adaptor.

(It is much simpler to use the front port for programming.) Also on the back of the radio is separate external speaker and record jacks as well as a BNC connector for the antenna. Also in the box is the same antenna, serial programming cable and DIN sleeve as the older radios. The radio includes a cigar cord and special power cord to allow connection into the vehicle dash light wiring to allow dimming of the display with the car's interior lights. The owner's manual for the radio is contained on a CD-ROM, in PDF format. There is no printed manual. The BCT15X also continues the BCT15’s feature set of State By State preprogrammed frequencies.

You can select to monitor common State Police/Highway or DOT channels across the USA by selecting the type and state. The BearTracker feature in addition checks for Mobile Extenders often used by state law agencies, kind of like a radar detector without the radar. Features & Functions System, Group & Channel Memory Architecture The BCT15X allows you to program up to 9,000 channels. (Remember the days when 20 channels were plenty?) While few would ever need this many available channels, it leaves a nice cushion to allow you to program in all your local and travel scanner frequencies and still have plenty of room left over to explore new channels. The actual total channel capacity is based on total memory usage, so the amount of alpha tags and other items you have programmed will affect the total number of channels you have available. Average users will likely never fill up the radio but you can have many systems kept in the radio for future use without worry that you will run out of memory space. You can see what percentage of available memory you have by using the menu system.

Go to the Settings menu and select '%Memory Used' to see how much memory the radio has in a percentage basis. If you are running low you can delete unused Systems. With the DMA style programming you do not waste memory on unused channels since bank sizes are not fixed. Instead, Systems only use the amount of memory needed, space is not wasted on unused channels.

On older scanners if you had a bank reserved for railroads in your area and they only used 10 channels the rest of the 40 or 90 channels would have been unused and the memory space wasted. The BCT15X uses two special buttons, labeled as 'Function' and 'Menu'. (The Function button is actually the Multi-Function knob that you press.) The Menu button starts various programming tasks, and will bring you to the various menus pretty much no matter what the radio is doing. When in the Menus the Menu button acts as a Back button. The Function button acts as a modifier, the Function icon appears for about 3 seconds after you press it and during that time it allows you to perform various tasks, such as turn on and off options like CloseCall or toggle between modes, such as Scan or Search. The BCT15X also has special Highway Patrol and other quick service searches that allow quick access to common highway services channels.

These features replace the WX and Priority buttons on the 996 series of scanners, these features have then been delegated to menu items. You can use Quick Keys, Startup Keys or Search Keys. These allow you to turn on and off systems or options quickly. Quick Keys turn on and off Systems or Channel Groups assigned to them while scanning. System Quick Keys work the same way but at a radio-wide level.

Startup Keys turn on all Systems and Searches assigned to it and turns off any of these assigned to other Startup Keys. Search Keys allow you to set up a few Searches for quick use. To program a new system from scratch you follow several steps: Press the Menu button on the left side of the radio and select 'Program System' Select 'New System' Select the 'System Type' (Conventional or one of the trunking flavors) If you select EDACS you will be asked if you want SCAT or Wide/Narrow After you select the system type and sub type you will be asked to confirm. This is because once you create a system you cannot change the system type from the radio. You then can edit or create the System Name and various options.

Trunked systems require you to then create Sites, these have their own frequencies but share the Talkgroup Lists. Conventional Systems let you go right into Groups, these contain the actual frequencies you want to use. Under the System Options menu you can set Quick Keys or Channel Tags.

These allow faster access to the various Systems, Groups and Sites. A representative set of systems are pre-programmed into the scanner, including several of the large statewide trunked systems.

You can use these as is, edit them from the radio or with software or just delete them. While older radios would allow one to program up to 200 talkgroups (trunked 'channels') per system the BCT15X allows up to 500, in as many as 20 Groups. This is great news for those wishing to monitor the large trunked systems used by many states, counties and cities. In conventional (non-trunked) systems you can have up to 1000 channels, again in up to 20 groups. The BCT15X will scan about 100 channels per second, depending on how the channels are arranged.

While most people would never notice the difference some people with lots of time on their hands report that Uniden DMA scanners scan faster when the channels are sorted in frequency order. Modulation Modes The BCT15X can monitor communications in AM or 4 variations of FM. When you program the channels you can set the Modulation Type to either 'Auto' or specify one of the below modes: AM is used mostly for Aircraft operations in the 108-137 MHz and 225 thru 400 MHz. Ranges, as well as CB radio.

NFM is used for many Public Safety channels and will be the standard for almost all Public Safety and Business operations by the start of 2014. FM is the standard 2-way communications mode for most older Public Safety and business systems as well as ham radio operations.

WFM is used on low band (30 thru 50 MHz.) and some specialized operations. FMB is used on FM Broadcast and TV audio channels. The Auto mode selects the mode that is most often used on that range of frequencies, due to new rules, many operations will be converting to narrower bandwidths over the next few years so you may need to change the mode. The BCT15X does not handle digital modes, if this is needed consider the BCD996XT. Encryption Federal Law prohibits the monitoring of encrypted communications, and even if it were legal, it is nearly impossible to do so without equipment much more expensive for anyone who doesn't work for a three letter agency. Priority Modes The BCT15X has new features for Priority, including the ability to set the interval from 1 thru 99 seconds. This tells the radio how long between checks of the priority channel there should be.

You can set any Channel or Talkgroup as a Priority Channel and as many as you need. The more Priority Channels you set the less chance that you will catch important traffic however, so be careful not to set too many channels as Priority. In regular Priority mode the radio checks the Priority Channels at the intervals you specify, say every 5 seconds. The radio then reverts back to whatever it was doing before if there is no traffic on the Priority Channels, or after traffic has completed if there was traffic. In Priority Plus mode the radio checks only the Priority Channels. You can also set the maximum amount of Priority Channels the radio checks in the MaxChs/Pri-Scan menu.

This limits the checking of Priority Channels to limit the disruption time while checking them. Weather Alert Most scanners these days, the BCT15X included, allow you to set them up to alert on NOAA Weather Radio channels with SAME or single tone codes.

SAME codes allow the radio to monitor weather alerts for a specific area, on a county basis. Enter the SAME FIPS Codes (available from NOAA's website) for your county and, if you want, other nearby counties to have the radio alert you when there is a severe weather alert in your area. Up to 8 county codes can be entered.

You can also set up to 5 sets of FIPS codes as 'Regions', helpful if you use the radio at different locations. Weather Alert Priority: While most scanners allow you to monitor Weather Alert only to the exclusion of doing anything else the BCT15X allows you to check for weather alerts while scanning, searching or in CloseCall. Trunking The BCT15X supports the 3 most popular analog trunking types in North America: Motorola trunking Within the overall title of Motorola Trunking are several variations. Older Type I systems are occasionally still seen, these will be phased out as Motorola no longer supports them. Motorola replaced that with Type II trunking. What does all this mean?

Well, basically it was a way for talkgroups and radio ID's to be assigned. Early Type I systems used a more rigid method, until they figured out how to relax these restrictions in Type II systems, during the conversion there were systems that had characteristics of both Type I and II, these were called Type Iii or Hybrid. Another variation on Motorola trunking is digital. This combines the use of P25 digital voice on a standard Motorola Type II trunked system. These systems can thus use both digital and analog radios. Since the BCT15X is an analog only radio you will not be able to monitor the digital conversations with this radio. EDACS EDACS(r) Trunking, formerly sold by G.E., is now sold by Harris Communications and may be used by business or government users.

There are a few variations that the BCT15X supports, including 'Wide' (most 800 MHz. Systems) 'Narrow' (most UHF and 900 MHz. Systems), SCAT (Single channel sites) and ESK (EDACS Security Key). EDACS systems can be set up as a single site or networked. The ESK feature allows managers of trunking systems to control what radios operate on the system and changed the data format that scanners use to track the system.

Older EDACS scanners would not track ESK systems, the BCD396XT was the first Uniden to do so, the BCT15X continues. LTR Logic Trunked Radio is used mostly by businesses, often on UHF. It is different from Motorola, APCO25 and EDACS in that it does not used dedicated control channels, but sends system information on the voice channels. You can tell when an LTR system is in use by the occasional silent transmissions sent on an otherwise unused channel. Trunking Notes Trunked System Search The BCT15X and some other Uniden scanners have a Search feature that allows you to look for Motorola trunked system control channels and then track the systems it finds. Since Motorola systems control channels transmit the information needed to track the system in most instances the radio will automatically track the trunked system and display active talkgroups.

When editing a Custom Search set the 'C-CH Only' option in the Search Options menu to make this feature work. The radio will also work in a similar method with LTR systems.

It will not work on EDACS systems. Automatic System Identification One feature that Motorola trunked systems has is an identification number for each trunked system.

These are called System ID's, or SysID for short. Each Motorola trunked system has a unique 4-digit ID code that is in a Hex format. This ID code is used to allow only radios with the correct programming from accessing the system.

For scanner users it can act as a type of Trunked System fingerprint. Several scanners and software applications can decode this 4-digit ID code, you then look it up in your files or by searching the Internet to see who it is. The BCT15X and some other Uniden scanners (including the BC346XT, BC330, BCD396XT and BCD996XT) take this a step further. Set up a 'Custom Search' and select the 'C-CH Only' option and set the radio to search a band segment. The radio will search for Motorola trunked control channels and when it finds one will look into its internal database for that systems SysID. If it is listed (and it probably is!) it will display the System's name while the system is tracked. This feature only works on Motorola 3600 Baud trunked systems, it does not work on EDACS or LTR systems.

Unit ID's: Look Who's talking now The BCT15X now allows one to view trunked Unit ID's. With Firmware version 1.03.00 or later, available from Uniden at you can turn on the Unit ID feature by going to the Settings menu and selecting 'Disp Unit ID'. This allows you to view the individual radio ID's when listening to trunked systems using EDACS and Motorola protocols. Every radio on a trunked system has a unique number assigned to it that allows the system to determine if it is allowed to use the system, what talkgroups it is authorized to use and, in some larger systems, what towers it will work on. They are also used to set up Private Call conversations. You can use Unit ID's to help figure out what talkgroups are used for by comparing known ID's and the talkgroups they use.

For example, lets say that you know that radio ID's 1 thru 100 are fire units, 200-300 are police and 500-600 are Street department. You know the regular talkgroup assignments, but are hearing odd car-car communications on a new talkgroup. Now that you have upgraded your radio to the latest firmware you can see the Unit ID's and see that the cars talking have Unit IDs of 214 and 251. It is safe to assume then that the talkgroup is likely a Police Car to Car assignment. To upgrade the firmware on your scanner you need to download the actual firmware itself as well as the firmware updater program.

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Both are free downloads from the above web address at Uniden. You will need a Windows computer and the Uniden serial cable or USB-1 cable (available from ScannerMaster). When you download the updater program install it following the instructions.

After downloading the firmware update note that it comes as a '.zip' compressed archive. You must remember to extract the '.scn' file from the Zip file FIRST! This is the most common cause of firmware updates not working! After extracting the archive remember where on the computer you put it (it doesn't really matter where you put it, just be able to find it!).

Run the Updater program and follow the instructions, browse to the.scn file (Not the zip file!) and install the update. The Unit ID feature is a neat feature, but if you get distracted by the various numbers you might want to turn it off. You may also note that some transmissions do not show up with a Unit ID. If you don't happen to be on channel at the very beginning of the conversation or if the signal drops for an instance during the ID portion of the transmission then the ID won't appear. Multi-Site trunking support Networked trunking systems use the same talkgroups at a number of trunking sites that use different frequencies.

Multi-Site allows you to set up these systems with an additional layer within a System called 'Sites'. This allows you to share a single set of talkgroups among many Sites instead of having to have each Site programmed as a System like older radios. Since the Talkgroups are the same across the entire Networked System this saves you from having to duplicate the Talkgroup list.

Combine this with the GPS feature and you can use the scanner all over the area and never have to touch it, just let the radio turn Sites on and off as you approach them or leave the area. Motorola's version of Networked trunking is called SmartZone and there is even a version of SmartZone called OmniLink. SmartZone takes several or many trunking sites and connects them so that users can roam around an area larger than what could be covered by a single site. OmniLink takes this one step further and extends the reach to an even larger area.

The BCT15X handles Networked Trunking in the Motorola or EDACS modes. When programming these systems you program the talkgroup list once for the System and then the frequencies for each individual Site. Simulcast Trunking Sites Motorola and EDACS trunking systems can have Simulcast Sites, set up either as a Single Site Simulcast or as a Networked system with simulcast sites. Some networked systems use a combination of simulcast and single sites. Some systems have simulcast sites in the larger metro areas and in more rural areas are mostly single sites. A Simulcast Site has from 2 to 16 towers, each tower has exactly the same frequencies assigned to it and every bit of data and voice message is sent on the same frequency from each tower. When programming Simulcast sites treat it the same as you would a single Site.

Since all the frequencies are the same, you only need to fill them in once. Rebanding Due to issues with interference from Nextel services, whose frequencies are scattered among the same ranges as some 800 MHz. Systems the 800 MHz. Band is being 'Rebanded'. In other words, frequencies are being rearranged so that Nextel services are being assigned the 866-869 MHz. Range and trunked radio users are being assigned the rest of the 800 band, 851-866. This is resulting in trunked and conventional users of much of the 800 band being relocated to other frequencies.

The project is far behind schedule but is starting to take place or completed in many areas. Current users of the 866-869 MHz.

Band are being changed to frequencies in the 851-854 band, each channel will be exactly 15 MHz. Lower than the original. Prior users of the 851-854 range are being relocated to the 854-861 band, wherever channels can be found in that area.

This will affect scanner users in various ways. Scanners of EDACS, LTR and conventional 800 MHz. Systems will only need to change the frequencies assigned to the System and scanners of P25 systems only need to change the Control Channels listed for the system. The very item that made Motorola systems easy to monitor in the past makes it more difficult to deal with now.

Motorola handles frequency assignments differently than other systems. EDACS and LTR systems assign users to Channels in the system, these channels are predefined as frequencies in the radios. Motorola trunked systems assigns users to specific Frequencies, although by use of conversion 'Tables'. For this reason, Control Channel Trunking works well most of the time on Motorola systems, the scanner understands the instructions from the trunked system's control channel to look up the assignment code in the Table programmed into the scanner and then send the scanner to the proper frequency to look for that conversation. Tables contain the formulas used to determine the frequency from the computer code on the control channel.

Download free mp3 songs app. Standard 800 MHz. Systems have used the same table for years and scanners were built around these Tables. Rebanding changes the Table so scanners will need to be updated for these changes. Since some older scanners do not have the ability to be updated those older scanners will no longer work on rebanded Motorola systems.

During the conversion process however there are multiple Tables in use, the original Motorola Tables used on non-rebanded systems and the new Tables used by rebanded systems. Further complicating the matter is that the final version of the Table may not be etched in stone until the Rebanding project is completed some years down the road. For these reasons scanners of Rebanded Motorola trunked systems in the 800 Band will need to use the Custom Tables feature of the BCT15X to monitor rebanded systems.

Programming a Rebanded System When setting up the scanner for a Rebanded System in the 800 MHz. Band you set the radio up for Motorola trunking then select 'Custom' in the Band Plan section of the Menu.

You then set the Base Frequencies and other parameters as shown below: Band Base Freq Base Freq Offset Polarity Spacing Plan Lower Upper 1 851.0250 854.0000 440 + 25 kHz 2 851.0125 868.9875 0 + 25 kHz Then go back and enter the frequencies used on the system. Search & Scan Trunking Systems When monitoring Trunked systems you can Scan them or Search them. SEARCHing a Trunked system allows you to hear all talkgroups used on the system, regardless of whether you have them programmed in Scan Groups.

If you have a talkgroup in a Group the Tag you programmed will appear when the talkgroup is active, otherwise just the TGID will show. Use Search when you are unsure of all interesting TGID's. When you set the radio to SCAN a trunked system it only checks the talkgroups you have programmed in Groups. Use Scan when you know the specific Talkgroups you want to monitor. I-Call I-Call (stands for Individual Calling) allows users to communicate with only specific users, the traffic would not be shared with other users on the system. Only the two radios involved in the call would hear it. The BCT15X allows you to monitor I-Calls by entering a I-Call number in a Group, or monitor all I-Calls by entering an I-Call number of 0.

This is different than older Unidens that had you turn I-Calls on and off in a menu option. I-Calls work on Motorola and EDACS trunked systems but not on LTR. Not all trunked systems use I-Call, it is up to the system's manager. Hex or Dec or AFS: What's in a number (or letter)? The BCT15X allows you to view Motorola Talkgroup ID's as either Decimal (using numerals 0 thru 9) or Hexadecimal (0-9 plus A, B, C, D, E and F as numerals). Hex is the format in which many trunked systems are programmed in.

This dates from the days when memory was expensive, Hex allowed programmers to save memory by using less characters to represent larger numbers. For example, it takes 4 characters to represent the number 1234 in Decimal yet only 3 in Hex (4D2).

While scanners in the past converted the Hex to a more easily understood Decimal number purists and programmers would prefer the Hex version. For EDACS systems scanners give you the option of using AFS, short for Agency-Fleet-Subfleet or Decimal. Decimal mode uses regular numbers, up to 2047. The AFS system is based upon a binary version if the talkgroup number and is broken up into 2 sections divided by a dash, such as 12-157. In this example '12' is the 'Agency' number, '15' is the 'Fleet' and '7' is the Subfleet. There are up to 16 Agency numbers (00 thru 15), 16 Fleet codes (00 thru 15) and 8 Subfleets (0 thru 7). The BCT15X allows you to program a system with Wildcards so that you can hear all talkgroups within an Agency or a Fleet using the AFS mode.

Some users are more comfortable with one method or the other, and the BCT15X allows users to choose which method you want to use to represent systems. Most scanner information resources use both methods to identify talkgroups, if your reference only uses one then you can change your scanner to match. If you program a System using one method you can change the method and switch over to the other, the radio automatically translates to the other version. Priority ID Scan Now you can include trunked systems and ID's in your Priority settings.

You are no longer limited to conventional channels for Priority. Preemptive Priority on Motorola analog systems When scanning Motorola trunked systems you can set a channel (talkgroup) to Priority to force the scanner to go immediately to that channel even when the radio is already engaged on another voice channel. Firmware Updates The scanner world is a dynamic place, things change all the time. The BCT15X allows you to update the radio to accommodate some of these changes by upgrading the firmware of the radio. This feature allows you to apply fixes and updates provided by Uniden.

Some of these changes might include bug fixes, rebanding fixes, updates due to new FCC rules or allocations, or new features, such as the Trunked Unit ID feature. So far all Uniden Firmware updates have been free, although Uniden has indicated that there might be some future optional updates that you can purchase if you want them. You can view the current Firmware Version in the Settings Menu under 'See Scanner Info' Miscellaneous Settings The BCT15X has a lot of options that you can set, many of which you will never see. Some however obscure, may come up from time to time, and some of these are in the Setting Menu. You can do things like: -Adjust the Keyboard Beep volume so that it follows the volume control or is set to a specific volume level regardless of the regular volume control.Make adjustments to the AGC (Automatic Gain Control) settings for analog signals.Adjust the LCD contrast and color of the display to suit your tastes.Adjust how the radio communicates with the GPS unit and how it will display coordinates.Set the speed of the serial port to match your GPS and computer as needed.Adjust the default step size and modes of the various scanner bands.

When these modes change the radio can change with it. Close Call Like its predecessors the BCT15X has the CloseCall feature that allows you to find nearby transmitters.

This is basically a very fast search thru large chunks of spectrum looking for strong signals. When a signal is detected the search narrows quickly and then stops on the active channel. All this takes place in milliseconds. You can set the radio to search for digital signals only, analog only or both. You can also set the radio to find CTCSS or DCS codes during CloseCall. CloseCall may be set up to run at the same time as other scanning or search occurs, with 'Do Not Disturb' (DND) so that it only check for Close Call when there is no other traffic being heard, or with CloseCall Only.

When you set the radio to 'Close Call Only' mode the display shows the numbers 1 thru 7, and relative signal strength bars. When a signal is found the number that corresponds with the number flashes, so you can tell what band the hit was from. When you press a key the frequency is displayed, along with the CTCSS or DCS code if that mode is on. The bands are numbered: 1 VHF Low 25 to 54 MHz. 2 VHF Low 54 to 108 MHz. 3 Aircraft 108 to 137 MHz. 4 VHF High 137 to 225 MHz.

5 VHF High 225 to 320 MHz. 6 UHF 320 to 512 MHz. 7 800 763 to 1300 MHz. Close Call Temporary Store A new Close Call Feature is the Temporary Store. This saves the last 10 Close Call hits in an easy to find memory space. This is great for finding new frequencies at the mall or around town, even if you don't have a pad to write them down. Repeater Find The BCT15X has the Uniden 'Repeater Find' feature.

When the radio detects activity on frequencies it recognizes as repeater inputs in the UHF and 800/900 MHz. Bands it will check for activity on the corresponding repeater output channel.

If traffic is heard there then the radio will monitor the output channel instead, assuming that the traffic is being heard thru a repeater. This allows you to hear traffic from responding units that may be out of range of your radio but being rebroadcast on the repeater. Since UHF and 800/900 MHz. Have dedicated input/output frequencies this feature applies there, VHF repeaters do not have dedicated inputs so this feature does not work on VHF. CloseCall DND While CloseCall is a great feature many people are bothered by the constant interruption of regular scanning when CloseCall checks for activity, the radio will be interrupted in much the same way Priority does. Close Call DND (Do Not Disturb) allows you to use the CloseCall feature but it restricts the radio from checking for a CloseCall hit if it is already busy listening to something else. This feature was first seen on the BCD996T and added to a firmware upgrade on the BCD396T and is standard on the XT series.

Broadcast Screen This allows you to restrict the radio from hearing CloseCall hits on specified frequencies or frequency ranges. You can turn these bands off individually or all at once, and even set up ranges of your own. For example, you want to use CloseCall on VHF but have no interest in the railroad freqs, just set up a Broadcast Screen on 160.215 thru 161.595 and off you go. Search The BCT15X allows many types of Searches so you can find frequencies and channels you never knew existed. In addition to the CloseCall searches, you can set the radio to search between specific frequencies, check bands or perform several searches consecutively. You can even set it to search one range, then scan some groups and then return back to searching. Temporary and regular lockouts also work for most searches.

Service Search Service Search allows you to quickly search thru frequencies commonly allocated to specific types of users. Average Customer Review: 5 of 5 Total Reviews: 12 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: wow December 31, 2014 Reviewer: Jack Brogan from Acton, ME United States fantastic service,up and running in 5 days, thanks.now i want to get another scanner for the truck. Was this review helpful to you? 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Excellent scanner. November 28, 2014 Reviewer: Timothy Walker from Cooperstown, NY United States Great scanner with a learning curve.

While some may not like the learning curve, I actually enjoy finding something new while I explore the different features. Was this review helpful to you? 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Excellent Scanner For The Money October 18, 2014 Reviewer: Wayne Thomas from Marion, VA United States The BCT15X is serving me needs perfectly! Many of the features it has I don't have a need for currently but the CTCSS / DCS decode and read functions I have really found handy to have!

Sure beats busting out either of my service monitors when I need to know something about a carrier quick! The sensitivity seems excellent and IM rejection is great and I live in an IM unfriendly location for most scanners and even some mobiles! The front programming port is super handy as well,especially since I program in what I need and search on a channel above that. The mobile mounting hardware and cables are a definite plus! Most time you have to fabricate or buy those on your own! All in all for a non digital scanning radio you can't beat the price and useability! And ScannerMaster's quick turn around on shipping is wonderful!!

I am a very happy owner and user! And recommend this scanner highly! Was this review helpful to you? 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Love it January 25, 2014 Reviewer: Kevin Shields from Hamden, CT United States While the scanner is a major pain to program, I love it. It has tons of features and those are the ones I know about.

For programming you could read manual or you could have scanner master do it; I chose the YouTube approach, which had me up and programmed in about an hour Was this review helpful to you? 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: great scanner.

But January 8, 2014 Reviewer: nick sparks from vacaville, CA United States, i chose to also purchase the software so that i could program it with my laptop. I paid an extra $40 for it and when i installed it on my computer it said that it was a DEMO VERSION THAT WAS ONLY GOOD FOR 21 DAYS! It also stated that i could only upload a maximum of 5 systems with the demo version. For $40 i expect to receive the full paid for version.

Who pays $40 for a demo???? Furthermore, i also paid another $40 for a mobile antenna by Comtelco.

It is listed in the MOBILE ANTENNA options tab. When i opened the packaging i noticed that the antenna DID NOT come with a mount OR a cable. Only the antenna itself. I looked up the antenna individually on scannermaster webite and found out i had to purchase the mount separately. It failed to tell me this in the options tab on the bct15x page. You would figure if it lists this antenna in the options for the scanner that it would come complete.

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