396XT Technical Specifications
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Channels: 25,000 maximum
- Systems: 500 maximum
- Groups per system: 20 maximum
- Talkgroups per trunked system: 500 maximum
- Channels per conventional system: 1000 maximum
- Scan Rate: 100 channels per second (conventional mode)
- Search Rate: 300 steps per second (on 5 kHz steps)
- System Quick Key range: 0-99
- Group Quick Key range: 0-9
- Custom Search Ranges: 10
- Startup Keys: 10
- System Number Tagging: 999
- Channel Number Tagging: 999
- Preprogrammed Service Search Bands: 12
- Band Scope Span Range: 0.2 Mhz To 500 Mhz
- Band Scope Step: 5 Khz To 100 Khz
- 25.0000 - 512.0000 MHz
- 763.0000 - 775.9875 MHz
- 793.0000 - 823.9875 MHz
- 849.0125 - 868.9875 MHz
- 894.0125 - 960.0000 MHz
- 1240.0000 - 1300.0000 MHz
Power Requirements
- Power requirements: 3 AA batteries or 6V DC 800mA AC adapter.
Features
Bold features are newly added in this model over the
BCD396T.
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Rebanding supported? YES
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APCO25 Digital Audio decoding
- Support for P25 Conventional channels that include NAC and TGID user
differentiation (P25 One-Frequency Trunk)
- Adaptive Digital Threshold - Automatically sets the digital decode
threshold for APCO 25 systems
-
TrunkTracker IV with Control-Channel Only
scanning and
I-Call monitoring
- EDACS
ESK support
- Control Channel Data Output – allows the analysis of control channel
data without the need to perform invasive modifications to the scanner
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Close Call -
[1]
- Close Call Temporary Store (last 10 hits)
- GPS Support for
location-based scanning, location alerts, and
crows-flight navigation -
[2]
- Independent GPS Control of Sites and Channel Groups -
[3]
- Supported step sizes: 5, 6.25, 7.5, 8.33, 10, 12.5,15, 20, 25, 50 or 100
kHz
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Fire Tone Out Alert -
[4]
- Fire Tone Out Search - built-in frequency counter displays the received
tones.
- Band Scope - gives a graphic representation of signal activity. -
[5]
- Multi-color display backlight
- Motorola
Control Channel Only trunking
- Multi-Site support
-
DCS/CTCSS
Rapid Decode
-
NAC decoding
- Ability to flag a channel as Digital, Analog, or All
- Temporary Lockout
- Startup Configuration
- System / Channel Number Tagging - provides rapid access to a specific
system or channel.
- Scan and (selected) Service Search simultaneously
- Frequency/ID AutoStore - automatically store frequencies from a service or
limit search into a conventional system or store talk group IDs into a trunked
system
- 16 character text tagging for each system, group, channel, talkgroup,
search range, and
SAME group
- Compatible with
BC-RH96 Remote Head
- Analog and Digital
AGC
- Quick Search
- Individual channel volume offset
- Intermediate Frequency Exchange - changes the IF used for a selected
frequency to help avoid image and other mixer-product interference on a
frequency.
- Key Safe Mode - lets you hand the scanner to a novice user and prevent
programming from being modified.
- Private Systems - lets you flag a system so that it cannot be read out
of the scanner or modified.
- 12 Service Searches - Public Safety, News, HAM Radio, Marine, Railroad,
Air, CB Radio, FRS/GMRS, Racing, FM Broadcast, and Special (Itinerant)
- Custom Search — lets you program up to 10 search ranges
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SAME Weather Alert
- Weather Priority
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Priority Scan with Priority Plus -
- Priority ID Scan on trunked systems
- Preemptive Priority on Motorola analog systems
- Quick-Access Search Keys
- Negative Channel dropout delay (forced resume)
- Signal Strength display
- Battery level display
- LCD and Keypad Backlight
- Adjustable (0-5 sec) scan delay
- Adjustable Hold (scan duration 0-255 sec) per system, custom or service
search
- Strong signal attenuation
- Upgradeable firmware
-
Channel Alert
- Independent Alert Tone Volume – lets you set the volume level of the
following tones: Key Beep, Emergency Alert, Channel Alert, and Close Call
Alert.
-
Repeater Reverse
- Broadcast signal ignore while searching (TV and radio station frequencies,
pagers, etc)
- Duplicate Channel Alert
- Key Lock
- PC Programming and Control
- Wired Cloning (Will only Clone to another BCD396XT)
- Battery saver
- Antenna Connector: SMA
- Supplied Accessories: RS-232 PC
Cable, Wrist Strap, AC Charger/Power Supply, 3 AA NiMH , Belt Clip, SMA
Antenna, SMA-BNC Adapter.
RR System Compatibility
This scanner is compatible with the following Trunking System Types and
System Voices used in the RadioReference Database, of course you must verify
that the scanner will cover the appropriate frequency range:
- System Types:
- Motorola Type I
- Motorola Type II
- Motorola Type IIi Hybrid
- Motorola Type II Smartnet
- Motorola Type II Smartzone
- Motorola Type II Smartzone Omnilink
- Motorola Type II VOC
- EDACS Standard (Wide)
- EDACS Standard Networked
- EDACS Narrowband (Narrow)
- EDACS Narrowband Networked
- EDACS SCAT
- EDACS ESK (not ProVoice)
- LTR Standard
- Project 25 Standard
- System Voices:
- Analog
- Analog and APCO-25 Common Air Interface
- APCO-25 Common Air Interface Exclusive