Uniden UBCD396XT 25000CH Handheld Digital Scanner

Post by **rally14** » Fri May 30, 2014 4:26 pm

hi all

i just got a Uniden UBCD396XT 25000CH Handheld Digital Scanner. i am trying to put in frequencies and i am getting nothing. where can i get the right frequencies from

thanks

rall14

Post by **Phantom** » Fri May 30, 2014 6:44 pm

Welcome to the forum!

Congrats on the acquisition of the scanner.

Might help if you fill out your profile - so we know where you are from and in particular what area/bands you are wanting to listen to

Post by **rally14** » Fri May 30, 2014 7:17 pm

i am in melbourne i want to listen police and the airport .

Post by **Phil** » Fri May 30, 2014 10:28 pm

Welcome,

All Melbourne police are digital with encryption, regional areas are using VHF and as for airports I would use service searches aswell as using the ACMA Database to find frequencies in your area to listen to, I strongly suggest you read your manual as the 396XT has a steep learning curve if you are used to punching in the frequency and go

Good luck with your hunting

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Post by **melbournefan** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:19 pm

rally14 wrote:i am in melbourne i want to listen police and the airport .

you can not listen to Vicpol easy, you can listen to the MFB

Matt

Post by **conann9** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:40 am

I am in Victoria 3480 erea I love some digital freg for this erea I have the police ok but lost the ambo and fire the main ones I like to listen to maybe som other if available.

Post by **Xstream003** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:44 am

Here is the website i use its great, has analogue and digital TGID's.

http://www.frequency.ws/metropolitan-mobile-radio

Post by **conann9** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 3:12 pm

I am looking for lodden mallee freq that's were I at thanks for those ones I just sorting em out cheers

Post by **Pumper_50** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:06 pm

If you're in Lodden Mallee area forget the MMR Network linked to above, you need the RMR Network.

That website provided above initially had bucket loads of information just copied and pasted from the Vicscan.org site and they put it up when Vicscan ceased. (Little to no credit for where the information actually was sourced from). In recent months it's finally started to take on its own form.

Checkout Vicradio Zone (run by a former Admin of Vicscan, namely ME!) under the RMR Network. You'll find some frequencies of interest for the new RMR Network in your area. Good luck.

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Post by **NakedFaerie** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:50 pm

Vk3nlc wrote:Here is the website i use its great, has analogue and digital TGID's.

http://www.frequency.ws/metropolitan-mobile-radio

Awesome, it looks like there are a few channels we can listen to.
The only problem I have is how do you program them into the scanner?
I use the Uniden software and ProScan.

Do you have the files for them or can explain how I program it?
Thats the main problem with digital, I don't understand what goes where or how to program it? When its all set up and working its ok but still I think I'm blocking channels I shouldn't or something? Its just too confusing for someone coming from analog to digital.

Post by **NakedFaerie** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:17 pm

Here is VicPol, MFB, and ambos. http://rghost.net/60033354
All in Uniden format so just add them to the uniden software then sync with scanner and enjoy.

Post by **NakedFaerie** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:36 pm

Vk3nlc wrote:Here is the website i use its great, has analogue and digital TGID's.

http://www.frequency.ws/metropolitan-mobile-radio

I cant see a frequency on that page. I'm trying to add in the VicPol to Uniden app and it needs a frequency.

Who knows how to program this in? I cant work it out.
http://www.frequency.ws/metropolitan-mo ... ria-police

Post by **chainz** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:04 am

You can't listen to those, Vicpol is encrypted. You can listen to Regional Vicpol

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=4354

Post by **NakedFaerie** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:58 am

chainz wrote:You can't listen to those, Vicpol is encrypted. You can listen to Regional Vicpol

Did you look at that page? It says some channels are open so you can listen to them. those are the channels I want to listen to, the open ones.

Post by **emergen** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:54 am

Congrats on your purchase.. I found a fella named Jim who'll program the scanner for you for a small charge.

For $20 Jim contactable via email at

ubcd396xt@bigpond.com at my request installed my choice of some broad categories (fire, ambos etc in Vic and SA) of frequencies. He did a fantastic job. All you have to do is post the scanner to him and he does the rest.

The Uniden scanner has a steep learning curve I purchased via eBay a user guide produced by http://www.niftyaccessories.com that includes a condensed user manual and a credit card size cheat sheet. The Nifty guides are fantastic.

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Post by **Pumper_50** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:53 am

So Jim is charging $20.00 to program radios with information he got elsewhere for free? I'd like to know where my cut is, along with those who also supplied said information for him to use as a means of earning this money.

Credit to him for helping people but charging $20 to install a file, with information obtained for free and supplied in good faith, is a bit steep.

It takes mere seconds, a minute or two at most, to install and tweak a file.

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Post by **fletchba** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:22 am

It does seem a bit steep, and you would think that most people with a scanner have some nous in which they could figure it out themselves....

Fletch

Post by **7Moonspinner** » Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:28 am

Hey Guys,
Jim {Ozscan} set up my new 396XT. I couldn't have been more grateful. I knew my old Bearcat 120 XLT backwards,but,it was worth getting the digital set up for me. The old Bearcar is still good for Vicpol,and,local CFA Towers,now that the old broomstick Mobile One aerial is now firmly attached to my old chimney.
Anyone in Western Vic who needs help with some frequencies,I might be able to pass on what I've dug up in the last couple of weeks. Congrats to Pumper_50. Love your vicradio one site. Every little bit helps.

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