On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:26:05 -0600, BILLY wrote:
I have had scanners continuously for more than 20 years and I understand
most of them. Seems that the way uniden has explained their 246 to me
just leaves me hanging, they are assuming that the purchaser of one of
those things alread knows about scat and lcn, ltr, etc.......arrrrgh, i
haven't been able to figure out how to program the damn thing. I get the
conventional channels ok, but damn, I havent figgered out the TT yet.

Well, I'm on the other side of the fence -- I found the BC246T easier to
program than other trunking scanners I've used. (I've been listening to
the local EDACS system for several years, and I've programmed it into
three different scanners.)

Each radio system you want to enter -- trunking or conventional -- has
three levels of detail: system, groups, and channels. Think of it like
storing information in folders and subfolders on your computer. Stuff that
affects the system as a whole goes into the system level, groups are for
your personal convenience, and channels are where the listening happens.

For a trunking system, the system frequencies and other information
(system type, system options, etc.) go into the system level entries. You
divide your talkgroups into whatever groups you fancy. Then each channel
is a talkgroup. All the information you need to program the 246 is
information you would need to program any other trunking scanner, so
there's nothing new -- just different.

I agree that there may be areas where the manual could be improved
(although it's better than others I've seen), but if you've programmed
other trunking scanners, you shouldn't have any problems with this. If you
haven't programmed a trunking scanner before, be glad you're learning on
this one!
--
Gerry Wheeler
Naples, FL