Uniden BC860XLT technical specifications Types of Communications, Frequency Range

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Types of Communications

Monitor communications such as:

Police and fire department (including rescue and paramedics) Aircraft

NOAA weather broadcasts (preprogrammed channels) Business/industrial radio

Motion picture and press relay

Utility

Land transportation frequencies, such as trucking firms, buses, taxis, tow trucks, and railroads

Marine and amateur (ham radio) bands

And many more in the following 12 Bands:

Frequency Range

29.0-29.7 MHz

29.7-50.0 MHz

50.0-54.0 MHz

108-137 MHz

137-144 MHz

144-148 MHz

148-174 MHz

406-420 MHz

420-450 MHz

450-470 MHz

470-512 MHz

806-956 MHz

Transmission

10 Meter Amateur Band VHF Low band

6 Meter Amateur Band AM Aircraft

Military Land mobile

2 Meter Amateur Band VHF High Band Federal Govt. Land Mobile 70 cm Amateur Band UHF Standard Band UHF “T” Band

Public Service Band except Cellular Band

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Contents Contents Introduction What is Scanning? What is Searching?Frequency Range Types of CommunicationsFeature Highlights Scanner Care & Safety Tips Included with your Scanner Where to Obtain More Information Setup Page How Squelch Works Basic OperationSetting the Squelch Auto SquelchManual Squelch Programming Select the frequency Enter Manual mode Select the channelProgramming Tips Scanning Banks Channel Lockout Locking a Channel in Manual ModeLockout Tips Locking a Channel While ScanningRestore All Locked-out Channels Restore a Locked Out ChannelPriority Scan Changing the Priority Channel Scan Delay To remove the delay from any channel Search Begin Search When a transmission is detected, Turbo Search To access frequencies Manually To Mark an Undesired Frequency To Skip Undesired FrequenciesTo return a frequency to Search Storing Search Frequencies To Restore all Skipped FrequenciesEnter Manual mode Select the channel Enter Search Search Delay On that channel, disrupting the scanning cycle Weather ScanData Skip General Use Location Cleaning Care and MaintenanceRepairs Birdies Problem Suggestion Scanner won’t work TroubleshootingPage Sensitivity nominal Technical SpecificationsPage Uniden America Corporation Optional Accessories and Replacement PartsBC860XLT Precautions Controls & Display Uniden America Corporation One Year Limited WarrantyUBUD01243ZZ