I have a new one with the appropriate plug for the 396 for sale if anyone needs one. Email me off-list doc wb2eqe@... ... From: "MCH" <mch@...> To:...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Oct 28, 2009 5:24 pm
I think you said you tried a Motorola speaker. Motorola also makes amplified speakers that will go loud enough you won't want to be in the same vehicle. Get...
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Clark Rennie
cerennie2000
Oct 28, 2009 4:45 pm
Why re-invent the wheel. Do you have any old (amplified) computer speakers hanging around. Clark...
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clovisb31
Oct 28, 2009 4:30 pm
OK...that all makes sense. My older handheld scanners seemed to drive an external speaker...this one aparrently won't. So...any recommendations on an...
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Bob Arenella
ra10541
Oct 28, 2009 4:05 pm
I believe the jack was designed for an external earphone. Use to be you could use an external earphone jack to drive a speaker..........before bottom feeder...
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djfred600
Oct 28, 2009 3:56 pm
The headphone jack is only limited to low watts the speaker inside the 396 im sure is rated no more then 10watts. Any thing more then a headphone will not work...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Oct 28, 2009 3:38 pm
That's because it's a headphone jack, and not an external speaker jack. It has audio levels sufficient to drive a headset without damaging your hearing. You...
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clovisb31
Oct 28, 2009 3:36 pm
I connected an external speaker to the headphone jack. Poor (as in low) audio. The internal speaker was louder. Thinking it was a stereo vs. mono issue I used...
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Mark Levine, D.C.
mlevinedc3
Oct 27, 2009 9:58 pm
Well in any case, the external charger is still the way to protect and serve the cells along with not risking the scanner. M ... From: "mobnj"...
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mobnj
Oct 27, 2009 9:53 pm
Mark, what I meant was that you could resume charging at the 0.1C rate. The internal timer would think that it's charging a different cell and would do so for...
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Mark Levine, D.C.
mlevinedc3
Oct 27, 2009 6:27 pm
Actually Ken when you remove the charge plug, the internal timer resets it does not resume. ml ... From: "mobnj" <mobnj@...> To:...
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mobnj
Oct 27, 2009 5:58 pm
I hope this will help regarding charging the batteries. When compared to lower capacity batteries, a higher capactiy cell (a battery is made of multiple...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Oct 25, 2009 10:10 pm
If you're driving, you're likely using the 996 model. Press the Scroll knob until it beeps (display shows FUNCTION HOLDING), scroll to the System (can take...
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Mark Levine, D.C.
mlevinedc3
Oct 25, 2009 10:10 pm
If you are charging them in the scanner, realize there is no sensing circuit and that Charge Complete comes on based on the timer setting. You may never be...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Oct 25, 2009 10:06 pm
The scanner will not let the cells run all the way down. It will cut them off at about 1.13V per cell. The scanner's data is retained. I've had them run down...
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djfred600
Oct 25, 2009 7:41 pm
Taking the batteries out of the unit will not erase the data on the scanner. Yes the more mAh you have on the batter the longer it will take to charge but it...
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johnstark
inscan43
Oct 25, 2009 7:40 pm
Actually I have done it while driving, it helps to have the scanner in a mount where you don't have to take your eyes off the road though. John ... From: "Jim...
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Richard A. Victor
richardavictor
Oct 25, 2009 7:27 pm
The time to recharge batteries is proportional to the amount of charge that you have to put into the battery so a 2900 mAh battery which is fully discharged...
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djfred600
Oct 25, 2009 7:15 pm
Thank you for all the reply guys it makes much more sense now. I have tired the 486.9875 freq and wasnt able to pull anything up on that, but like you have...
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David Nordmann
djnordmann
Oct 25, 2009 7:14 pm
Got a question about the 2900 mAh batteries. Is it my imagination or do they require a longer time to recharge. Also how long can you wait until after you hear...
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Paul Opitz
pmanu44
Oct 25, 2009 7:11 pm
That is a good tip. For those who don't follow the tip, restoring scanning is actually pretty simple and is consistent across all DMA models: FUNC + Scroll to...
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Jim Walls
k6ccchome
Oct 25, 2009 6:32 pm
... Try and do that while driving sometime... -- 73 ... Jim Walls - K6CCC jim@... Ofc: 818-548-4804 http://home.earthlink.net/~k6ccc AMSAT Member 32537...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Oct 25, 2009 10:32 am
The procedure for re-enabling Groups when all are disabled is not as hard as you make it out to be, and it's the same for all three scanners. Press the FUNC...
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Jim Walls
k6ccchome
Oct 25, 2009 9:18 am
Many of you will get this several times as I'm cross posting it to three groups. However it is relevant to all three. One of the few problems with the Uniden...
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Jim Walls
k6ccchome
Oct 25, 2009 8:19 am
... That is the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept channel for Altadena and Cresenta Valley. All of the LASD dispatch channels do that. They are repeater...
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Jason W. Watts
neonattack027
Oct 23, 2009 4:43 pm
Here in Iowa, Des Moines Police will put a beeper on a channel if they are closing it due to a chase or some other incident that requires a clear channel....
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Rich Carlson
n9jig
Oct 23, 2009 12:58 pm
The CHP used to send beeps over the base freq to let mobiles know the mobile channel was busy in the absence of repeaters on the low band system. I wonder if...
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Walter Jinright
kg4bvd
Oct 23, 2009 12:00 pm
That also sounds like what the Maritime Telephones sound like, I know they are 2 freq. duplex but not on a repeater, but when the ship talks to shore while on...
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MCH
NCC74656_USS...
Oct 23, 2009 8:10 am
Sounds like they are using a repeater that is set to mask the signals on the input. To hear them, enter 486.9875 in your scanner, but the cars will have to be...
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djfred600
Oct 23, 2009 7:52 am
Hey, I have a question regarding a freq i listen to Disp1-CV-Alta - 483.98750 I can hear the Dispatch fine but the other end all i hear is beeps, and the...
