[MilCom] Uniden Bearcat BCD996T and FM low band

[Mac McCormick III]

The 151.4 PL will work just fine.  I use that on my 895 and 780
to eliminate local interference.  I would expand my search up
into the 70 and 80 mhz range as well, as there is some traffic
up there, although not as much as in the 30-50 range.  Do not
forget to search through the amateur 6 meter band as well,
the military does use frequencies in that range.  I find my best
results using the FM mode rather than NFM mode.  The WFM
mode is for broadcast frequencies and would certainly be the
wrong one to use.

Mac
Savannah, GA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J&D Schnoor" <jimdianes at frontiernet.net>

>I haven't done much military monitoring for a while.  I recently purchased 
>a Uniden Dearcat BCD996T and I am running it with the Butel ARC996Pro 
>software.  I am thinking of doing a search routine for the VHF low band to 
>catch Arny National Guard Aviation.  I am thinking of programming 30-50 mHz 
>with a PL of 151.4 hZ because I seem to recall the military using their 
>"new Squelch" of 150.0, but that the EIA standard 151.4 hZ would be close 
>enough for monitoring.  Anyway, for those familiar with this scanner, 
>should I select FM or WFM?  I assume NFM is too narrow of a filter.  I 
>thought that the deviation on military Fox Mike is something like 45 kHz 
>wide.  Also, is the band actually just 30-50, or do I extend it up from 
>30-76 or 30-88 mHz. The other thing is steps, of course.  At one time I 
>seem to recall that the steps were about 50 kHz, but have they gone to 25 
>kHz increments now?