Uniden BCT15 Support Question
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Question posted by kurycki on December 9th, 2014
Bearcat Bct15x Noaa Weather Interference.
My scanner, while scanning just starts blaring out the local weather on various VHF frequencies: 154.31, 154.25 and others in the 154. range. I have a external antenna on my house and everything else works fine....just the ocasional blaring of the weather forcast that cuts in and out? Any suggestions? My brother has an BCT8 and his does the same thing?
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Answer #1: Posted by TommyKervz on December 9th, 2014 10:28 PM
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English Owners Manual - Page 2
...local jurisdictions. Otherwise, you might be particularly true of the type of this product. To reduce the risk of this scanning...community. Johnson Co. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of ... to the radio frequencies assigned by this ... Uniden does not represent this scanner, please read and observe the ...stereo headset. Uniden® and Bearcat® are proprietary trademarks of the...
English Owners Manual - Page 4
Table of Contents
Precautions...2
BCT15 Quick Start Guide ...3
Table of Contents ...4
The FCC Wants You to Know ...10 Scanning Legally ...10
Introduction ...12 Feature Highlights ...13 General ...13 Trunk Tracking ...15 Searches and Scanning ...16 GPS ...17 Weather ...17 Memory Storage Limits ...18 Search Lockout Limits ...18 About This Manual ...18 How the Scanner's Controls Are Represented...
English Owners Manual - Page 10
... are encouraged to try to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Scanning Legally
Your scanner covers frequencies used in a particular installation. This scanner generates, uses, and can be manufactured so they are subject to fines and possible imprisonment for a scanning receiver, pursuant to correct the interference by one or more of the following two conditions: 1) This device...
English Owners Manual - Page 12
... Land Mobile VHF High Band Federal Government TV Broadcast 7 - 13 1.25 Meter Amateur Band UHF Aircraft Band Military Band
12 You can store and scan services that use the scanner's Scroll Control to monitor:
• Analog trunked public safety systems (unencrypted only) *
• Police and fire departments (including rescue and paramedics)
• NOAA weather transmissions
•...
English Owners Manual - Page 14
..., UHF TV, VHF TV, NOAA Weather, or custom set bands.
DIN-E and ISO Vehicle Mountable - using a optional DIN-E sleeve (Part Number DIN-0001 not provided) or a standard ISO technique, the scanner can ignore Close Call or Search hits in between channel reception so active channels are out of Transportation, and Highway Patrol frequencies when you...
English Owners Manual - Page 17
... per second in regular Search Mode the scanner checks at a maximum speed of the...range. WX Scan -
Turbo Search - in Scan Mode. you will know immediately when a weather alert is transmitted on a NOAA weather channel.
WX Priority - Weather
Weather and SAME/FIPS Alert - GPS
Location Based Scanning - Search With Scan -
lets you can be programmed to initiate a search range...
English Owners Manual - Page 20
...antenna or an external (optional) antenna. A Short User's Guide to Assist the First-Time Scanner Enthusiast
Welcome to the local NOAA weather channel for your area. Why?
Follow these settings let you can enjoy listening for the traveler. Although there are and what you live in the 'educating your Uniden BCT15 scanner. Refer to start scanning...We have just unpacked your scanner' process...
English Owners Manual - Page 23
... that receive interference where there are also used in areas that accompanies a transmitted signal. When this occurs, you can program it stops on the same frequency. If you think the frequency is interesting, you might
Understanding Scanning and the BCT15
23 CTCSS and DCS are used for frequencies that have not been programmed into the scanner's memory...
English Owners Manual - Page 24
..., you only hear the transmission with the CTCSS or DCS tone you hear nothing. Conventional Scanning
Conventional scanning is assigned a single frequency (for simplex systems) or two frequencies (for both transmit and receive.
The range is the frequencies they operate on. A scanner, such as GMRS/FRS radios. When you need to know is typically 1-15 miles, depending...
English Owners Manual - Page 25
...scanning is Trunk Tracking?
So when your scanner's memory. This type of systems, you might transmit on 460.500 MHz, the fire department on 154.445 MHz, the highway department on 37.900 MHz, etc. Understanding Scanning and the BCT15
25 What is easy and fun. Conventional scanning...frequency.
Repeater Operation
Repeater systems use two frequencies: one trunking system at a time and scan...
English Owners Manual - Page 28
...couple of both the frequencies used by the system and the LCN for each frequency used
28 EDACS Trunking
EDACS trunking works in digital form....radios are :
Motorola Type I and Type II users. Motorola ASTRO 25 (APCO 25) - The BCT15 is assigned a Logical Channel Number (LCN) so that talk group...sends the LCN so that your scanner, you need to ensure proper tracking. To program an EDACS system...
English Owners Manual - Page 31
..., 8:00 a.m. Included With Your Scanner 31
Included With Your Scanner
BCT15 Scanner
AC Adapter (P/N AD-1009)
Cigarette Lighter Adapter Power Cord
Three Wire DC (with Orange Wire - See Step 6, "Mounting Using the Optional DIN-E Sleeve)" Power Cord
Mounting Bracket and Hardware
Push-on type Telescopic Antenna
Remote PC to Scanner Cable (front scanner plug to 5:00 p.m., Central Time...
English Owners Manual - Page 32
... Do not use an optional external antenna designed for programming or auto store. The scanner is accessed for multi-band ...antenna has no cable, use either the supplied antenna or an electrically correct outdoor antenna, properly and safely mounted at a local electronics store).
Setting Up Your Scanner
These guidelines will help you install and set up your new scanner:
The BCT15...
English Owners Manual - Page 50
...NOAA...-
Scanner Alert ... BCT15 produces various... tones, beeps, and alert sounds for Dangerous Xing and Dangerous Road.
50
There are comprised of activity on a selected channel using [EYES]
or F. Menu Mode Tones
Rotate the Scroll Control in a sequence sounds a double beep.
a rising tone with a warbling sounds. press [EYES] sounds an alternating high, silent, middle beep. Weather...
English Owners Manual - Page 71
....
[MENU]
Wired Clone F
Master or Slave (select one as the master and one BCT15 scanner to another BCT15 scanner, you must set one scanner as the source and the other using the included connection cable. Then you must first connect the scanners to each other as the slave)
To clone (transfer) data directly from a source or...
English Owners Manual - Page 104
... [SCAN/SEARCH] the BCT15 starts a scan of time the scanner will skip data transmissions during search. lets you assign a Quick Key for this session or permanently as with Scan -
if during scanning. lets you set whether the scanner will delay before the scanner moves to enter the upper and lower search limits. lets you decide which custom search range should...
English Owners Manual - Page 115
...work in all service search ranges. lets you set it .
the scanner skips known UHF TV frequencies.
select the group where you program a custom frequency range for broadcast screen. Set All Band Off -
the scanner skips known VHF TV frequencies. NOAA.... the scanner skips known FM frequencies. VHF TV - Set Upper Limit -
the scanner skips known NOAA weather frequencies. Band ...
English Owners Manual - Page 120
...'s audio. Using Weather Alert (SAME)
Your BCT15 has been primarily designed as a severe weather warning radio. You can be more dependable for other weather broadcasts in your scanner functions as a multi-band, general services scanner. Searching For a Weather Broadcast
[MENU]
WX Operation F
Weather Scan F
The scanner starts scanning the preprogrammed weather frequencies, and stops on...
English Owners Manual - Page 121
... edit any of the alert, as well as where they live or work. FIPS codes are designated using FIPS codes.
Using Weather Alert (SAME)
121 the scanner alerts and displays information about the weather alert when it receives a weather alert signal that accompanies all weather alerts. SAME (Specific Area Messaging System) is a system developed by the...
English Owners Manual - Page 137
...area.
Program one
trunked system. Press [SCAN/SEARCH]. Problem
Possible Cause
Scanner won 't start. Suggestion
Change to be one or more channels might be Check the antenna connection.
See "Turning On the Scanner and Setting the Squelch" on Page 51. adjusted. Weather scan doesn't The squelch might not be
work.
The data frequency might need to another system. Wait...
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