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Introduction
Introduction
Your BCD396T scanner is a state-of-the-art scanner
radio with TrunkTracker IV™ and automatic scanning
capabilities. You can store frequencies such as police,
fire/emergency, marine, air, amateur, and other
communications into the scanner. You can carry it with
you wherever you go. You can use the scanner’s scroll
control to quickly select channels and frequencies,
and you can automatically program channels in a
system using the AutoStore feature. Use your scanner
to monitor:
• Analog and digital trunked public safety systems
*
• Police and fire departments (including rescue and
paramedics)
• NOAA weather transmissions
• Business/Industrial radio and utilities
• Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands
• Air band
• Railroad
Your scanner can monitor the following bands.
* Motorola
®
Astro
®
, SMARTNET
®
,SMARTZONE
®,
and PRIVACY PLUS
®
,
M/A-COM Private Radio Systems Inc. EDACS
®
Wide, Narrow, and SCAT,
and E.F. Johnson Co. LTR systems.
Frequency (MHz)
Lower Edge Upper Edge Modulation
Step
(kHz)
25.0000 27.9950 AM 5.0
28.0000 29.6800 NFM 20.0
29.7000 49.9900 NFM 10.0
50.0000 53.9800 NFM 20.0
54.0000 71.9500 WFM 50.0
72.0000 75.9950 FM 5.0
76.0000 87.9500 WFM 50.0
88.0000 107.9000 WFM 100.0
108.0000 136.9750 AM 25.0
137.0000 143.9875 NFM 12.5
144.0000 147.9950 NFM 5.0
148.0000 150.7875 NFM 12.5
150.8000 161.9950 NFM 5.0
162.0000 173.9875 NFM 12.5
174.0000 215.9500 WFM 50.0
216.0000 224.9800 NFM 20.0
225.0000 399.9500 AM 50.0
400.0000 512.0000 NFM 12.5
764.0000 775.9875 NFM 12.5
794.0000 805.9875 NFM 12.5
806.0000 823.9875 NFM 12.5
849.0125 868.9875 NFM 12.5
894.0125 956.0000 NFM 12.5
1240.0000 1300.0000 NFM 25.0
Introduction
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