I just got a BCD396XT and I did an archive search for the best antenna to use and it seems the talk was mostly about antennas for the home. It was about...
Do you have certain frequencies in mind that you are looking for or just an antenna for general scanning. I recommend both the RadioShack 800Mhz rubber duckie...
First, if you are hearing the conversations, then the scanner just starts scanning again, that does not sounds like an antenna issue. Are you sure you haven't...
I will help you in anyway I can. An FYI....the files contains mainly County FD/PD and FD/PD Â in cities including and bordering Sterling heights. Â Other areas...
... The stock antenna I find works well for what it is. Your symptoms sound like a combination of the normal operation of a scanner scanning a large number of...
As others have pointed out the original poster's question of receiving partial conversations likely has more to do with scanner settings and programming than...
Please let me know when you do. I also will try to get more and will upload the file. Your file was a GREAT starting spot. Thanks. I want to do a little more...
Using FreeScan, I only see a Hold Tike of 0, P25 Wait Time of 0, Threshold of 9 (don't know what that is), and Delay Time of 2. Should I increase the Delay...
I am mostly looking for public safety in the 800 range. Someone else mentioned the RS 800 Mhz rubber duckie. I'll take a look at the Antennex. Thanks. ... ...
I monitor the 800 Mhz frequencies. I looked at the RS antenna and read the comments. Sounds like the one that I should get and only $20. Hard to lose on that...
I find they have similar performance. The Antenex gives it a 'cleaner' look as it has an SMA connector which alleviates the need for the sma bnc adapter ...
If 800 MHz is your primary band of interest, I would add another endorsement of the Radio Shack 800 MHz antenna. It also does very well on UHF, and about as...
I have found so far that the Radio Shack 800MHz "rubber ducky" is one of the best handheld antennas for 800MHz. Â I live in an area that kinda sits lower than...
Hi, so far I have found the Watson Wsma 889 to be my favourite antenna for size and performance and it is reasonably priced as well. Another favourite is the...
... An antenna tuned to 800 MHz would be a better choice for you. Same principle as the 160 MHz antenna I use on the car. It's tuned to the band of interest,...
http://myweb.accessus.net/~090/antenna.html Antenna Performance ratings The Antenna Challenge Evaluating the Performance Characteristics of Scanner Antennas ...
hello im new to the forum just got my 396xt and love it i know in id scan we can program our wildcards(i.0) to pick up i calls do we need to do that in id...
I do not know if this is normal behavior or not as I am new to the BCD396XT. When the scanner finds a channel/TG, the color light I set will go on and I will...
Check delay settings ... From: Mike Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:29 PM To: BCD386XT Group Subject: [BCD396XT] Not Staying On Channel/TG During Transmission ...
It's normal for the light to go out after about 5 seconds (or return to the default color if you have the display light enabled). But I've never heard of a...
Looking at my 396, when it hits an active transmission, the screen will light up to the color I have set, and the top line will switch between the name of...
It would be sort of possible if the unit is receiving on a trunk system and is set to display both the control channel and the voice channel, but it is a back...
As far as I can see, delay is set to 2. What should it be? Any recommendations? Thanks. Mike ... From: "John" <johnstark@...> Sent: Wednesday, April...
Joe, I am looking at the display and see the scanner has resumed scanning the other channels. I just checked and the light was set to go out after 10 seconds....
Hmm. Interesting. Maybe that is what is happening. I will check it next time and watch it VERY carefully. I'll have to figure out which is which though ...
