[MilCom] BCD396T

[Joe Cobb]

I had a smiliar problem with mine. Worked good for about a year after i bought it.  I use an earpiece and wear it at work so we don't get caught with out pants down so to speak when some unannounced GA aircraft rolls in.  It started intermittently then now it pretty much doesn't work at all.  The speaker jack that is.  Occasionally it will after i leave it alone but then it goes back to it's old ways.

Joe
Nashville, Tn.


--- On Sat, 10/4/08, RICHARD L. KRAMER <N3VMY at prodigy.net> wrote:

> From: RICHARD L. KRAMER <N3VMY at prodigy.net>
> Subject: [MilCom] BCD396T
> To: "Milcom list" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 3:11 AM
> Hi All; I have 2 of these scanners, both of which I use
> lapel speakers while 
> carrying around and mobile speakers in the radio room and
> while mobile in 
> the car. I have had trouble with both speaker jacks working
> intermittently. 
> I also notice a groove being worn in the shaft of both
> lapel speaker plugs. 
> I sent the first scanner back to Uniden a year ago and it
> worked great for 
> awhile; now I'm having the same problem again. I did
> take the scanner apart 
> and soldered the flanges of the jack of which one side was
> loose; but the 
> jack still works intermittently. I've been in radio
> communications for 
> almost 40 years, and never had problems with a speaker jack
> on any other 
> scanner.
> 
> Do any of you that use the 396 have similar problems?
> I'm sending Uniden an 
> e-mail about the problem and hopefully it can be resolved;
> but if I can 
> mention that other owners are having problems with the jack
> it may have more 
> pull in getting something done. Thankyou all for your time
> in reading this.
> 
> Rich - Reading, PA 
> 
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