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scanner. Now, the Fort Worth systems are locked out and System Quick Keys [1], [2], and [3] allow selection between the Phoenix-area systems. Multi-Site Trunking Some systems covering a very large geographic area use multiple antenna sites that each operate on different frequencies, but that use the same Talk Group ID's for traffic. When programming such a system, you program each site's frequencies and other settings into the system, then program the channels into channel groups within that system. Each site can have its own quick key, so you can turn each individual site on or off while you scan. Since all sites share all the channels within the system, multi-site trunking is much more efficient than programming each site as a separate system. Not only does your BCT15 scan channels like a conventional scanner, it actually follows the users of a trunked radio system. Once you know and program a talk group's ID (TGID), you won't miss any of the action. If you are a new scanner enthusiast, you might want to read the first part of this manual and use your scanner in conventional mode before you begin trunk tracking. Understanding scanning fundamentals and terminology will make trunk tracking much easier. If you are already an experienced scanner operator, you can review the programming worksheets and their associated pages in the Reference Section of this manual. Types of Trunking Systems Trunking systems divide a few frequencies among many different users, but the way that each system does this is slightly different. This section describes some of the technical data behind Motorola, EDACS, and LTR trunked radio systems. Motorola Trunking All Motorola trunking systems use the same basic trunking method. The system consists of one control channel (or as many as 4 per system but only one is active at any one time), plus one or more voice channels (typically 10, 20, or 28 total channels). When a user presses Push To Talk (PTT) to transmit, their radio first sends the person's talk group information to the control channel. The computer then assigns that talk group to a specific voice channel and transmits that data over the control channel. All radios in that talk group switch over to the assigned voice channel and the user can begin speaking. This all typically takes place in about a second...the person transmitting hears a beep from their radio when the channel is assigned and then it is OK to start talking. Understanding Scanning and the BCT15 27

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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Understanding Scanning and the BCT15

scanner. Now, the Fort Worth systems are locked out and System Quick Keys

[1]

[2]

, and

[3]

allow selection between the Phoenix-area systems.

Multi-Site Trunking

Some systems covering a very large geographic area use multiple antenna sites

that each operate on different frequencies, but that use the same Talk Group ID’s

for traffic. When programming such a system, you program each site’s frequencies

and other settings into the system, then program the channels into channel groups

within that system. Each site can have its own quick key, so you can turn each

individual site on or off while you scan. Since all sites share all the channels within

the system, multi-site trunking is much more efficient than programming each site

as a separate system.

Not only does your BCT15 scan channels like a conventional scanner, it actually

follows the users of a trunked radio system. Once you know and program a talk

group’s ID (TGID), you won’t miss any of the action.

If you are a new scanner enthusiast, you might want to read the first part of this

manual and use your scanner in conventional mode before you begin trunk

tracking. Understanding scanning fundamentals and terminology will make trunk

tracking much easier. If you are already an experienced scanner operator, you can

review the programming worksheets and their associated pages in the Reference

Section of this manual.

Types of Trunking Systems

Trunking systems divide a few frequencies among many different users, but the

way that each system does this is slightly different. This section describes some of

the technical data behind Motorola, EDACS, and LTR trunked radio systems.

Motorola Trunking

All Motorola trunking systems use the same basic trunking method. The system

consists of one control channel (or as many as 4 per system but only one is active

at any one time), plus one or more voice channels (typically 10, 20, or 28 total

channels). When a user presses Push To Talk (PTT) to transmit, their radio first

sends the person’s talk group information to the control channel. The computer

then assigns that talk group to a specific voice channel and transmits that data

over the control channel. All radios in that talk group switch over to the assigned

voice channel and the user can begin speaking. This all typically takes place in

about a second...the person transmitting hears a beep from their radio when the

channel is assigned and then it is OK to start talking.