[Scan-DC] CC Do Not Disturb Re: PRO-197 Update

[Dewey3]

Andy... I can't see why the XT will not have it.  It was added to the 396 in
one of the previous firmware updates.

Dewey

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Andrew Clegg <w4jecom at w4je.com> wrote:

> Sorry for assuming everyone knew! Close Call is a feature that will lock on
> and tune into a strong "local" signal. It works about several hundred feet
> away from a low-power handheld, perhaps a mile or two from a high-power
> base
> station, and farther under some circumstances. I have had luck with it
> locking onto and tuning into airplanes passing overhead at 25,000+ ft! It
> is
> a really nice feature, supported by the Bearcat scanners, and by the
> GRE/RadioShack scanners under a different feature name ("Signal Stalker").
> Say you visit a mall, or a sporting event, or a museum, where you have no
> idea what the local venue is using. If you turn Close Call on, it usually
> eventually finds the signals.
>
> On the 996 (and 215 I believe) base/mobile model scanners, Uniden went one
> step further, and added a feature called Close Call Do Not Disturb. This
> feature searches for local signals to lock onto, but only when it isn't
> busy
> listening to something else. This is unlike the 396 and some other models,
> where you can use Close Call while scanning, but when you are actually
> monitoring a signal, Close Call would cause regular drop-outs while it went
> and did its thing for a short period. So when I am driving around in the
> car
> with the 996, I leave CC DND on, and when the scanner is scanning and
> otherwise silent, it is looking for local signals, but when it is stopped
> on
> a normal programmed channel, CC does not cause annoying drop-outs. It is
> really cool -- I have captured police mobile repeaters, people passing by
> with FRS radios, local business comms, lots of baby monitors and cordless
> phones, airplanes overhead, you name it.
>
> I like CC DND so much, but unfortunately, none of Uniden's (or
> GRE/RadioShack) models supported it in a handheld model. I am really hoping
> that the 396XT does. There was mention on the 396XT Yahoo site that Uniden
> will issue a firmware upgrade for the older 396 that will add CC DND, so I
> presume this means that by default the newer 396XT will support it
> out-of-the-box, but I haven't yet found somewhere where it says this in
> black-and-white. In the list of features for the 396XT on the RR forum, it
> does not specifically mention CC DND, but it does mention lots of other
> features similar to the 996, like support for GPS, support for the remote
> head, etc.
>
> Anyway, given that the older 396 street price is slightly more than $500, I
> can only imagine the street price for the 396XT will be well over $600,
> maybe approaching $700. Ouch! But with 25,000 channels, dynamic memory,
> band
> scope, signal strength meter, CC DND (I hope...), and lots of digital
> trunking enhancements, it may be "worth it" (at least that's what I will be
> telling my better half).
>
> Happy listening,
> Andy
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