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Specifications Certificated accordance with FCC Rules and Regulations Part 15 Subpart C as of date of manufacture. Dynamic Allocation Capacity Systems : 500 max Groups : 20 per system Site : 1000 max (All) 256 per system Channels : up to 2500 Channels per Trunked System : up to 250 Band Coverage : 31 Bands Frequency Range : Range (MHz) 25.0000 to 26.9600 26.9650 to 27.4050 27.4100 to 27.9950 28.0000 to 29.6800 29.7000 to 49.9900 50.0000 to 53.9800 54.0000 to 71.9500 72.0000 to 75.9950 76.0000 to 87.9500 88.0000 to 107.9000 108.0000 to 136.9750 137.0000 to 143.9875 144.0000 to 147.9950 148.0000 to 150.7875 150.8000 to 161.9950 162.0000 to 173.9875 174.0000 to 215.9500 216.0000 to 224.9800 225.0000 to 379.9750 380.0000 to 399.9875 400.0000 to 405.9875 406.0000 to 419.9875 420.0000 to 449.9875 450.0000 to 469.9875 470.0000 to 512.0000 Step (kHz) 5 5 5 20 10 20 50 5 50 100 25 12.5 5 12.5 5 12.5 50 20 25 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 Mode AM AM AM NFM NFM NFM WFM FM WFM FMB AM NFM NFM NFM NFM NFM WFM NFM AM NFM NFM NFM NFM NFM NFM Petroleum Prods & Bcst pickup CB Class D Channel Business & Forest Prods 10 Meter Amateur Band VHF Low Band 6 Meter Amateur Band VHF TV Intersystem & Astronomy VHF TV FM Broadcast Aircraft Band Military Land Mobile 2 Meter Amateur Band Military Land Mobile VHF High Band Federal Government VHF TV 1.25 Meter Amateur Band Military Aircraft Band Military Land Mobile Miscellaneous Federal Government Land Mobile 70 cm Amateur Band UHF Standard Band UHF TV 140

Section	Page
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 in This Manual	18
A Short User’s Guide to Assist the First-Time Scanner Enthusiast	20
Understanding Scanning and the BCT15	22
Understanding the Scanner’s Memory	22
Understanding Quick Keys	22
What is Scanning?	23
What is Searching?	23
What is CTCSS/DCS?	23
Conventional Scanning	24
Simplex Operation	24
Repeater Operation	25
What is Trunk Tracking?	25
Trunked Scanning	26
Startup Configuration	26
Multi-Site Trunking	27
Types of Trunking Systems	27
Motorola Trunking	27
EDACS Trunking	28
LTR Trunking	29
Where To Get More Information	30
Information On The Internet	30
Included With Your Scanner	31
Setting Up Your Scanner	32
Power Related Issues	32
When you turn off the scanner using the power switch, the scanner remembers the last settings and mode. When you turn power back on, it resumes the previous mode.	33
Base Station	33
Setting Up an Audio Recording Device or Computer Recording	34
Vehicle Installation	35
Mounting Using the Bracket	35
Mounting Using the Optional DIN-E Sleeve	36
Removing the Scanner from the DIN-E Sleeve	37
Mounting Using ISO Technique	38
Removing the Display Sticker	39
Connecting an Optional Antenna	39
Connecting an Earphone/Headphone	39
Connecting an Extension Speaker	40
Controls, Keys, and Functions	41
Controls, Keys, and Functions	42
A Look at The LCD Display	48
Tones	50
General Tones	50
Weather Alert Tones	50
Menu Mode Tones	50
Scanner Alert Tones	50
Operation	51
Turning On the Scanner and Setting the Squelch	51
Setting the Display Backlight	51
Setting Alert Mute	51
Temporary Alert Mute	51
Continuous Alert Mute	51
Entering Text Within A Menu Option	52
Startup Key Operation	52
Conventional	52
Trunked	52
Service Range	52
Custom Range	53
Scanning Systems	53
Selecting Systems to Scan	54
Selecting System Channel Groups	54
Locking/Unlocking Systems	54
Locking/Unlocking Channels	55
ID Scan/ID Search Mode	55
Holding On a System	55
Holding On a Channel	56
Quickly Storing an ID During ID Search	56
Quick-Storing Channels or Talk Group ID’s (TGID)	56
Trunking Activity Indicators	57
Toggling the Display Mode	57
Introduction to BearTracker Operation	58
Using BearTracker Scanning	58
The BearTracker Scanning Icons	59
Using the BearTracker Warning System	59
Using the Menu	60
General Operations	60
Display Format	61
Editing a Name	61
Editing A Frequency	62
First and Second Menu Levels	62
Programming General Settings	64
Setting and Using the Display Backlight	64
Setting the Dimmer	64
Adjusting the Key Beep	65
Setting the Audio AGC	65
Setting the Display Orientation	65
Adjusting the Display Contrast	66
Setting the GPS Format	66
Setting the Serial Port Speed	67
Displaying Scanner Information	67
Viewing Memory Used	67
Setting the BearTracker Options	67
Set Hold Time	67
Set Delay Time	68
Set Attenuator	68
Set Alert Level	68
Set Alert Tone	69
Set Record	69
Max Priority Scan	69
Viewing the Firmware Version and Electronic Serial Number	70
Initializing the Scanner’s Memory	70
Connecting Your Scanner to a Personal Computer	70
Volume/Squelch with PC Control	71
Wired Cloning	71
Start of Transfer	72
During Transfer	72
Programming Your Scanner	73
General Notes	73
System Settings	73
System Options	74
Site Option Settings	75
Channel Option Settings	75
Programming Conventional Systems	76
Programming Trunked Radio Systems	76
Programming System Settings	77
Editing the System Name	77
Specifying the Correct System Type	78
Editing the System Name	78
Programming System Options	78
Editing the System Quick Key	78
Setting the Startup Key	79
Setting the System Lockout	79
Setting the System Hold Time	80
Setting ID Scan/ID Search	80
Setting Channel Delay Time	80
Setting Data Skip	80
Setting Location Information	81
Setting the Fleet Map	81
Setting the Status Bit	82
Setting End Code Operation	82
Setting I-Call Operation	82
Setting the Emergency Alert Option	83
Assigning a Conventional System to a State	83
Conventional Systems	83
Setting the EDACS ID Format	84
Setting the System Record Option	84
Reviewing ID Search Lockouts	84
Clearing All Locked Out ID’s	85
Editing Sites	85
Editing Channel Groups	85
Copying Systems	85
Deleting Systems	86
Programming Sites	86
Setting the Site Name	86
Setting the Site Quick Key	87
Setting the Site Startup Key	87
Setting Site Frequencies	88
Setting Site Modulation	88
Setting Site Attenuation	89
Setting Site Lockout	89
Setting Site Hold Time	90
Editing the Band Plan	90
Setting Control-Channel Only Mode	91
Setting Site Location Information	91
Assigning a Trunked System to A State	91
Trunked Systems (Sites)	92
Deleting Sites	92
Programming Channel Groups	92
Setting Up a Channel Group	92
Editing a Channel Group Name	92
Setting the Group Quick Key	93
Editing Channels	93
Locking Out Channel Groups	93
Deleting Channel Groups	94
Programming Channels	94
Creating a Channel	94
Editing the Channel Name (Alpha Tag)	94
Editing Frequencies	95
Editing the Talk Group ID	95
Selecting CTCSS/DCS Tones	96
Quick CTCSS/DCS Save	96
Setting Channel Modulation Method	97
Setting Channel Attenuation	97
Setting Channel Priority	98
Setting Channel Alert	98
Setting Channel Record	99
Setting Lockout	99
Copying a Channel	99
Deleting a Channel	100
Searching and Storing	101
Service Search	101
Quick Search	102
Custom Search	102
Editing a Custom Search Range	103
Search With Scan	104
Editing a Service Search	105
Method One	105
Method Two	105
Set Delay Time	105
Set Attenuator	106
Set Record	106
Assigning a Search Range to a Search Key	106
Saving a Found Channel (Quick Save)	106
Auto Search and Store	107
Selecting a System	107
Conventional Search and Store	107
Trunked Search and Store	108
Using the Close Call Feature	109
Setting Close Call Options	109
Close Call Hits	111
Close Call Hits with Scan	111
Search and Close Call Options	113
Managing Locked-Out Frequencies	113
Unlocking All Frequencies	114
Reviewing Locked Out Frequencies	114
Searching for Subaudible Tones	114
Screening Out Broadcast Sources	115
Finding Repeater Output Frequencies	116
Setting the Maximum Auto Store Value	116
Setting the Modulation Type	116
Setting Attenuation	117
Setting Data Skip	117
Setting the Delay Time	118
Setting the Search Frequency Step	118
Setting Record	118
Priority Scan	119
Using Weather Alert (SAME)	120
Searching For a Weather Broadcast	120
Turning Weather Scan Alert On/Off	120
Programming a SAME Group	121
Setting WX Alert Priority	122
Fire Tone-Out Introduction	123
Setting Tone-Out Standby	123
Setting Up Tone-Out	123
Tone-Out Multi-Channel Monitoring	125
Setting Tone-Out Record	125
Using the BCT15 with a GPS	126
Device Compatibility	126
Connecting Your Scanner to a GPS Device	126
Initial Scanner/GPS Operation	126
Location-Based (GPS) Scanning	127
Another Example of Multiple Site Creation	128
Non-Radio Location Based GPS Features	128
Setting the Options	130
Deleting a Location	130
For POI Only	131
For Dangerous Xing, and Dangerous Road Only	131
GPS Display Mode	133
GPS Review Location Mode	134
Care and Maintenance	135
General Use	135
Location	135
Cleaning	135
Repairs	135
Birdies	135
Troubleshooting	136
Specifications	140
Reference	143
Preset Fleet Maps	143
User Defined Fleet Maps	145
Type I Programming Information	145
Size Code Restrictions	146
Index	147
One-Year Limited Warranty	150

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Specifications

Certificated accordance with FCC Rules and Regulations Part 15 Subpart C as of

date of manufacture.

Dynamic Allocation Capacity

Systems :

500 max

Groups :

20 per system

Site :

1000 max (All) 256 per system

Channels :

up to 2500

Channels per Trunked System : up to 250

Band Coverage :

31 Bands

Frequency Range :

Range (MHz)

Step (kHz)

Mode

25.0000 to 26.9600

Petroleum Prods & Bcst pickup

26.9650 to 27.4050

CB Class D Channel

27.4100 to 27.9950

Business & Forest Prods

28.0000 to 29.6800

NFM

10 Meter Amateur Band

29.7000 to 49.9900

NFM

VHF Low Band

50.0000 to 53.9800

NFM

6 Meter Amateur Band

54.0000 to 71.9500

WFM

VHF TV

72.0000 to 75.9950

Intersystem & Astronomy

76.0000 to 87.9500

WFM

VHF TV

88.0000 to 107.9000

100

FMB

FM Broadcast

108.0000 to 136.9750

Aircraft Band

137.0000 to 143.9875

12.5

NFM

Military Land Mobile

144.0000 to 147.9950

NFM

2 Meter Amateur Band

148.0000 to 150.7875

12.5

NFM

Military Land Mobile

150.8000 to 161.9950

NFM

VHF High Band

162.0000 to 173.9875

12.5

NFM

Federal Government

174.0000 to 215.9500

WFM

VHF TV

216.0000 to 224.9800

NFM

1.25 Meter Amateur Band

225.0000 to 379.9750

Military Aircraft Band

380.0000 to 399.9875

12.5

NFM

Military Land Mobile

400.0000 to 405.9875

12.5

NFM

Miscellaneous

406.0000 to 419.9875

12.5

NFM

Federal Government Land Mobile

420.0000 to 449.9875

12.5

NFM

70 cm Amateur Band

450.0000 to 469.9875

12.5

NFM

UHF Standard Band

470.0000 to 512.0000

12.5

NFM

UHF TV