The BCT8 is a state-of-the-art Trunk Tracking Scanner with BearTracker technology which will alert you when the highway patrol is within approximately a 3 mile radius. It can store 250 frequencies such as police, fire/emergency, marine, railroad, air, amateur, and other communications into 5 banks of 50 channels for a total of 250 channels.
FEATURES
• Pre-programmed frequencies specific to each state (except Hawaii), Trunked and conventional Highway Patrol frequencies.
• Highway Patrol Priority Alert - Receive audible and visual alert when within three miles of many Highway Patrol/State units.
• Pre-programmed for: Local Police and County Sheriffs; Fire and Emergency Medical Service; News Media; Weather (continuous NOAA weather and Canadian Coast Guard broadcasts); CB Radio; Aircraft; Railroads; Marine Band; Department of Transportation
• Trunk Tracking – Follow VHF High Band UHF 800MHz trunked public safety and public service systems just as if conventional two-way communications were used.
• Multi-Track – Track more than one trunking system at a time. Scan conventional and trunked systems at the same time.
• 250 Channels – Program one frequency into each channel.
You must have at least one channel programmed to use
the Scan mode.
• 13 Bands – Includes 13 bands, with aircraft and 800 MHz.
• 5 Banks – 5 banks with 50 channels each are useful for
storing similar frequencies to maintain faster
scanning cycles or for storing all the frequencies of a trunked system.
• 25 MHz-956 MHz – Indicates the range of frequencies
that can be searched within the bands of your scanner.
Note: The frequency coverage is not continuous and excludes the cellular
telephone Band.
• 5 Priority Channels – You can assign one priority channel in each bank. Assigning a priority channel allows you to track activity on your most important channel(s) while monitoring other channels for transmissions. You can also assign trunking priority talkgroups.
• Data Skip – Allows your scanner to skip unwanted data transmissions and reduces birdies.
• Direct Channel Access – Go directly to any channel without entering programming mode.
• Turbo Search – Increases the search speed to 300 steps per second. This applies only to transmission bands with 5 kHz steps.
• PC Programmable – Allows you to easily program all frequencies and Trunking Talk Groups into your BCT8 through Uniden BCT8 Scanning software running on your PC. (RS232C cable not included)
Supplied Accessories:
AD 140U-AC Adapter, DC Power Cord, CD007 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Plug, Telescopic Antenna, Window Mount Antenna, Operating Guide, Trunk Tracker Frequency Guide, BCT 8 Software V 1.0 (OS W98SE, ME, 2000, XP)
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Monitoring Times Review February 2004
MOUNTING BRACKET IS NOT INCLUDED WITH UNIT AS STATED IN UNIDEN MANUAL
Firmware Update
http://www.uniden.com/productsupport_downloads.cfm?product=BCT8. This firmware update corrects a problem with the scanner that could cause it to mute all channels. To apply the update, the customer downloads the provided file, connects their scanner to their PC using a standard RS232 cable, and follows the on-screen instructions provided with the download.
BCT8 BUG NO SOUND If you go into the pre-programmed D.O.T mode and activate the DELAY, when you turn the scanner off and back on, transmissions sounds will be completely muted (keypad beeps and all other sounds will be heard). Once you turn the DELAY off, and turn the unit back on everything works normally.
Thanks to W. Joslin for researching this information. It has been passed on to Uniden.
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Optional Accessories