You can set the radio to search for digital signals only, analog only or both. You can also set the radio to find CTCSS or DCS codes during
CloseCall. CloseCall may be set up to run at the same time as other scanning or search occurs, with "Do Not Disturb" (DND) so that it only
check for Close Call when there is no other traffic being heard, or with CloseCall Only.
When you set the radio to "Close Call Only" mode the display shows the numbers 1 thru 7, and relative signal strength bars. When a signal is
found the number that corresponds with the number flashes, so you can tell what band the hit was from. When you press a key the frequency is
displayed, along with the CTCSS or DCS code if that mode is on. The bands are numbered:
1 VHF Low 25 to 54 MHz.
2 VHF Low 54 to 108 MHz.
3 Aircraft 108 to 137 MHz.
4 VHF High 137 to 225 MHz.
5 VHF High 225 to 320 MHz.
6 UHF 320 to 512 MHz.
7 800 763 to 1300 MHz.
Close Call Temporary Store
A new Close Call Feature is the Temporary Store. This saves the last 10 Close Call hits in an easy to find memory space. This is great for
finding new frequencies at the mall or around town, even if you don't have a pad to write them down.
Repeater Find
The BCT15X has the Uniden "Repeater Find" feature. When the radio detects activity on frequencies it recognizes as repeater inputs in the
UHF and 800/900 MHz. bands it will check for activity on the corresponding repeater output channel. If traffic is heard there then the radio will
monitor the output channel instead, assuming that the traffic is being heard thru a repeater.
This allows you to hear traffic from responding units that may be out of range of your radio but being rebroadcast on the repeater. Since UHF
and 800/900 MHz. have dedicated input/output frequencies this feature applies there, VHF repeaters do not have dedicated inputs so this
feature does not work on VHF.
CloseCall DND
While CloseCall is a great feature many people are bothered by the constant interruption of regular scanning when CloseCall checks for
activity, the radio will be interrupted in much the same way Priority does.
Close Call DND (Do Not Disturb) allows you to use the CloseCall feature but it restricts the radio from checking for a CloseCall hit if it is
already busy listening to something else. This feature was first seen on the BCD996T and added to a firmware upgrade on the BCD396T and is
standard on the XT series.
Broadcast Screen
This allows you to restrict the radio from hearing CloseCall hits on specified frequencies or frequency ranges. You can turn these bands off
individually or all at once, and even set up ranges of your own. For example, you want to use CloseCall on VHF but have no interest in the
railroad freqs, just set up a Broadcast Screen on 160.215 thru 161.595 and off you go.
Search
The BCT15X allows many types of Searches so you can find frequencies and channels you never knew existed. In addition to the CloseCall
searches, you can set the radio to search between specific frequencies, check bands or perform several searches consecutively. You can even set
it to search one range, then scan some groups and then return back to searching. Temporary and regular lockouts also work for most searches.
Service Search
Service Search allows you to quickly search thru frequencies commonly allocated to specific types of users. Service Searches include:
