Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
-----Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784)

Introduction

The purpose of this web page is to provide detailed configuration files for the BCD396T and BCD996T Scanner Radios manufactured by Uniden. This web page is intended to be used as a companion to the ValleyScan Guide.

The files below conform to the same physical ASCII format as used by both the Uniden Advanced Scanner Director 396 (UASD) software and the Uniden Advanced Scanner Director 996 (UASD) software. The software and the documentation of the file format are both available for download at no charge. Southern California radio enthusiasts may be interested in the SoCalScan group for general frequencies and the SoCalMilCom group for Military Communication frequencies. BCD396T owners may also be interested in the BCD396T group for additional system configuration files and email discussion germane to this particular radio. Similarly, BCD996T owners may also be interested in the BCD396T group.

Enjoy, and happy monitoring.

Wayne Smith, N6LHV

File Usage

In general, the order of the listings follow the general pattern in the ValleyScan Guide--that is, organizationally from national-scope to municipal-scope, followed by general, regional allocations, and finally, followed by miscellaneous systems. The first two digits identify the "Quickkey" setting and also help to maintain the files in an intuitive order. The second two letters identify the organizational-level. The rest of the letters identify the name and type of the organization. Note that the UASD software limits the names of systems, groups, channels, and talkgroups to 16 alphanumeric digits.

Usage of these "System" files is straightforward. Desired files can be viewed on the screen or downloaded to one's own computer. Once downloaded, these files should be placed directly in the "System Database Folder". In a typical UASD software installation, this directory is "..\db\BCD396T\UASD_systems\" (or similar for the 996). In any case, the UASD software can use any directory--this setting is controlled in the UASD software by the "Setup | Options | Database" menu selection.

BCD396T/BCD996T "System" files

Band-specific allocations

00-us-138-144

00-us-138-144.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

00-us-138-144.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

00-us-138-digtal.usd (996, digital only) (Fri. Oct 12, 2007)

This is a complete set of channels from 162-174 MHz at 12.5 kHz steps.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script [ 00-us-138-144-pl.txt (Sat. Sep 15, 2007)].

01-us-148-150

01-us-148-150.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

01-us-148-150.usd (996) (Sun. Dec 9, 2007)

01-us-148-digtal.usd (996, digital only) (Fri. Oct 12, 2007)

This is a complete set of channels from 148-150.8 MHz at 12.5 kHz steps.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script [ 01-us-148-150-pl.txt (Sat. Sep 15, 2007)].

02-us-162-174

02-us-162-174.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

02-us-162-174.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

02-us-162-digtal.usd (996, digital only) (Fri. Oct 12, 2007)

This is a complete set of channels from 162-174 MHz at 12.5 kHz steps.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script [ 02-us-162-174-pl.txt (Fri. Jun 1, 2007)].

03-us-406-420

03-us-406-420.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

03-us-406-420.usd (996) (Wed. Oct 17, 2007)

03-us-406-digtal.usd (996, digital only) (Fri. Oct 12, 2007)

This is a complete set of channels from 406-420 MHz at 12.5 kHz steps.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script [ 03-us-406-420-pl.txt (Fri. Jun 1, 2007)].

04-air-118-137

04-air-118-137.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

04-air-118-137.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 30, 2007)

This is a complete set of channels from 118-137 MHz at 25.0 kHz steps.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script [ 04-air-118-137-pl.txt (Fri. Jun 22, 2007)].

05-rr-160-162

05-rr-160-162.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

05-rr-160-162.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

This is a complete set of channels from 160-162 MHz at 15.0 kHz steps. The channel names include the AAR channel allocation.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script [ 05-rr--160-162-pl.txt (Fri. Jun 1, 2007)].

06-news-allbands

06-news-allbands.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

06-news-allbands.usd (996) (Tue. May 13, 2008)

This is a complete set of Broadcast Auxillary channels in all bands.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script (with four different band settings (some FCC waivers apply though).

07-low-030-050

07-low-030-050.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

07-low-030-050.usd (996) (Fri. Nov 23, 2007)

This is a complete set of channels from 30-50 MHz at 20.0 kHz steps.

Note: This file was generated by a Perl script [ 07-low-030-050-pl.txt (Sat. Sep 15, 2007)].

08-milair225-375

08-milair225-375.usd (396) (Sat. Oct 6, 2007)

08-milair225-375.usd (996) (Sun. Oct 7, 2007)

This is a set of channels from 225-375 MHz at 25.0 kHz steps (this fills up a 396 or 996 entirely).

09-milair375-380

09-milair375-380.usd (396) (Sat. Oct 6, 2007)

09-milair375-380.usd (996) (Sat. Oct 6, 2007)

This is a set of channels from 375-380 MHz at 25.0 kHz steps.

09-us-380-digtal

09-us-380-digtal.usd (996, digital only) (Fri. Oct 12, 2007)

This is a set of channels from 380-400 MHz at 12.5 kHz steps.

United States

10-us-mil-misc

10-us-mil-misc.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

10-us-mil-misc.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

(tbd)

11-us-fed-misc.usd

11-us-fed-misc.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

11-us-fed-misc.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

(tbd)

12-us-usfs.usd

12-us-usfs.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

12-us-usfs.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 30, 2007)

(tbd)

13-us-navy-380.usd

13-us-navy-380.usd (996) (Sat. Oct 6, 2007)

nationwide P25 trunked system (and can hear Camp Pendelton Provost in SFV)

19-us-noaa-wx.usd

19-us-noaa-wx.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 23, 2007)

19-us-noaa-wx.usd (996) (Sun. Oct 28, 2007)

This file simply contains the standard, nationwide allocations.

State of California

20-ca-chp.usd

20-ca-chp.usd (396) (Thu. Nov 22, 2007)

20-ca-chp.usd (996) (Thu. Nov 22, 2007)

Only the local SFV stations and tactical systems are defined.

21-ca-dot-t.usd

21-ca-dot-t.usd (396) (Sun. Nov 25, 2007)

21-ca-dot-t.usd (996) (Sun. Nov 25, 2007)

The California Dept. of Transportation (CalTrans) trunked system for Districts 7, 8, and 12 is defined.

22-ca-dot-c.usd

22-ca-dot-c.usd (396) (Sun. Nov 25, 2007)

22-ca-dot-c.usd (996) (Sun. Nov 25, 2007)

The entire California Dept. of Transportation (CalTrans) is defined. Most of the channels are either in the trunked system or not used in SoCal, so only a few of the channels are "UNLOCKED".

23-ca-csun.usd

23-ca-csun.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

23-ca-csun.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

Note: (none)

24-ca-parks.usd

24-ca-parks.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

24-ca-parks.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

Note: (none)

25-ca-justice.usd

25-ca-justice.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

25-ca-justice.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

Note: (none)

26-ca-fishgame.usd

26-ca-fishgame.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

26-ca-fishgame.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

Note: (none)

County of Los Angeles

30-co-la-sd.usd

30-co-la-sd.usd (396) (Fri. Nov 23, 2007)

30-co-la-sd.usd (996) (Tue. Nov 27, 2007)

The entire LA Sheriff Dept. system is defined, but non-Valley channels are initially set to "LOCKOUT".

31-co-la-fd.usd

31-co-la-fd.usd (396) (Fri. Nov 23, 2007)

31-co-la-fd.usd (396) (Tue. Nov 27, 2007)

The entire LA County Fire Dept. system is defined, but non-Valley channels are initially set to "LOCKOUT".

32-co-la-muni.usd

32-co-la-muni-1a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-2a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-3a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-4a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-5a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-6a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-a.usd (996) (Sun. Nov 4, 2007)

The entire LA Countywide EDACS system is defined and includes talkgroups A-H.

32-co-la-muni.usd

32-co-la-muni-1b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-2b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-3b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-4b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-5b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-6b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

32-co-la-muni-b.usd (996) (Sat. Dec 8, 2007)

The entire LA Countywide EDACS system is defined and includes talkgroups I-Z.

32-co-la-muni.usd

32-co-la-muni-i.usd (996) (Mon. Mar 31, 2008)

The entire LA Countywide EDACS system is defined.

33-co-la-mta.usd

33-co-la-mta.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

33-co-la-mta.usd (996) (Mon. Oct 15, 2007)

The entire LA MTA trunked system is defined, but non-Valley talkgroups are initially set to "LOCKOUT".

34-co-icis.usd

34-co-icis-1glen.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

34-co-icis-2oat.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

34-co-icis-3mont.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

34-co-icis-4burb.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

34-co-icis-5pom.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

34-co-icis-6bhls.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

34-co-icis-7cc.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

34-co-icis.usd (996) (Tue. Feb 19, 2008)

34-co-icis-i.usd (I-Calls only) (996) (Mon. Mar 31, 2008)

The entire ICIS trunked system is defined, including all cells ("sites"). It is fairly trivial to LOCKOUT undesired cities/organizations. As for the 396 files, remember that any talkgroup (from any city) can appear on any cell (so it pays to enter your desired talkgroups into *all cells*; that is, into each and every 396 .usd frequency configuration file).

35-co-la-impact.usd

35-co-la-impact.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

35-co-la-impact.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

The entire LA IMPACT is defined, because the geographical boundaries tend not to be highly fixed.

36-co-la-interop.usd

36-co-la-interop.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

36-co-la-interop.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

Many interoperability (Law Enforcement and Fire) frequencies are programmed here. This list is not exhaustive.

37-co-la-schools.usd

37-co-la-schools.usd (996) (Wed. Nov 28, 2007)

(none)

City of Los Angeles

40-ci-la-pd.usd

40-ci-la-pd.usd (396) (Mon. Mar 31, 2008)

40-ci-la-pd.usd (996) (Wed. Apr 30, 2008)

The entire LA Police Dept. system is defined, but non-Valley channels are initially set to "LOCKOUT".

Note: Each Patrol Bureau in the Valley is configured as a "Group".

41-ci-la-fd.usd

41-ci-la-fd.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

41-ci-la-fd.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

Note: The entire LA City Fire Dept. system is defined, but the bulk of the non-Valley (and busy) channels are initially set to "LOCKOUT".

42-ci-la-muni.usd

42-ci-la-muni-2a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

43-ci-la-muni-3a.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

42-ci-la-muni-a.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

The entire LA Citywide EDACS system is defined and includes talkgroups for Department of Transportation.

42-ci-la-muni.usd

42-ci-la-muni-2b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

43-ci-la-muni-3b.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

42-ci-la-muni-b.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

The entire LA Citywide EDACS system is defined and includes talkgroups other than for the Department of Transportation.

42-ci-la-muni.usd

42-ci-la-muni-i.usd (I-Calls only) (996) (Mon. Apr 7, 2008)

The entire LA Citywide EDACS system is defined.

46-ci-la-dwp.usd

46-ci-la-dwp.usd (396) (Tue. Nov 20, 2007)

46-ci-la-dwp.usd (996) (Tue. Nov 20, 2007)

47-ci-la-schools.usd

47-ci-la-schools.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

47-ci-la-schools.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

(none)

Regulated Utilities

50-util-sce-t.usd

50-util-sce-t.usd (996) (Mon. Nov 5, 2007)

50-util-sce-t-i.usd (I-Calls only) (996) (Mon. Mar 31, 2008)

All of the Southern California Edison frequencies are defined, but only a few of the sites can actually be heard in the SFV. More, but not necessarily accurate, information is available at "http://www.radioreference.com".

51-util-sce-c.usd

51-util-sce-c.usd (996) (Mon. Nov 5, 2007)

There are a few conventional ("not trunked") frequencies that are still used occasionally.

52-util-socalgas.usd

52-util-socalgas.usd (996) (Thu. Oct 4, 2007)

SoCalGAS is a large, multi-band, suite of individual conventional systems.

54-util-att.usd

54-util-att.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

54-util-att.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

(none)

55-util-mwd.usd

55-util-mwd.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

55-util-mwd.usd (996) (Sat. Oct 13, 2007)

(none)

For-profit businesses

60-bus-universal.usd

60-bus-universal.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

60-bus-universal.usd (996) (Wed. Oct 17, 2007)

(none)

61-bus-busch.usd

61-bus-busch.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

61-bus-busch.usd (996) (Sun. Oct 21, 2007)

(none)

Not-for-profit Organizations

70-org-cemp.usd

70-org-cemp.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

70-org-cemp.usd (996) (Sun. Oct 21, 2007)

(none)

71-org-getty

71-org-getty.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

71-org-getty.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

(none)

72-org-aaa-socal.usd

72-org-aaa-socal.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

72-org-aaa-socal.usd (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

(none)

Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR)

All of the systems below 800 Mhz are Logic Trunked Radio (LTR) systems. The Logical Channel Numbers (LCN) for the following LTR systems were found with files generated by either of two types of Perl scripts--one for systems that generate morse ID's on talkgroup x-xx-253 [ 99-trnk-lt-253al-pl.txt ] and another for systems that do not generate morse ID's on talkgroup x-xx-253 [ 99-trnk-lt-lcn-pl.txt ]

VHF - 150 Mhz

81-smr-acumen.usd

81-smr-acumen (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

(none)

81-smr-adv-elect.usd

81-smr-adv-elect (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

(none)

81-smr-meese.usd

81-smr-meese (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

(none)

81-smr-vision.usd (Oat Mtn.)

81-smr-vision (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

(none)

VHF - 217 Mhz

82-smr-217unk.usd

82-smr-217unk (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

I cannot find the license(s) for this system in the FCC ULS database.

VHF - 220 Mhz

UHF - 450 Mhz

84-smr-450unk.usd

84-smr-450unk (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-acumen.usd

84-smr-comm (996) (Tue. Jan 1, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-comm.usd

84-smr-comm (996) (Fri. Dec 21, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-fcn-1.usd

84-smr-fcn (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-fcn-2.usd

84-smr-fcn-2 (996) (Tue. Dec 11, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-license.usd

84-smr-license (996) (Thu. Jan 3, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-mra-1.usd

84-smr-mra-1 (996) (Sun. Dec 23, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-mra-2.usd

84-smr-mra-2 (996) (Thu. Dec 27, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-mra-3.usd

84-smr-mra-3 (996) (Thu. Jan 3, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-mra-4.usd

84-smr-mra-4 (996) (Sun. Dec 23, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-mra-5.usd

84-smr-mra-5 (996) (Thu. Jan 3, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-msairwave.usd

84-smr-msairwave (996) (Mon. Dec 10, 2007)

These frequencies are licensed, but I don't hear any trunked system on them.

84-smr-nstn-1.usd

84-smr-nstn-1 (996) (Mon. Dec 24, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-nstn-2.usd

84-smr-nstn-2 (996) (Tue. Jan 1, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-nstn-3.usd

84-smr-nstn-3 (996) (Sat. Dec 22, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-nstn-4.usd

84-smr-nstn-4 (996) (Fri. Jan 4, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-nstn-5.usd

84-smr-nstn-5 (996) (Fri. Dec 28, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-nstn-6.usd

84-smr-nstn-6 (996) (Tue. Jan 1, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-nstn-7.usd

84-smr-nstn-7 (996) (Sun. Dec 23, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-nstn-8.usd

84-smr-nstn-8 (996) (Wed. Jan 2, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-pick.usd

84-smr-pick (996) (Sun. Dec 9, 2007)

(none)

84-smr-ramirez.usd

84-smr-ramirez (996) (Wed. Jan 2, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-touch-1.usd

84-smr-touch-1 (996) (Fri. Jan 4, 2008)

(none)

84-smr-touch-2.usd

84-smr-touch-2 (996) (Sun. Dec 23, 2007)

(none)

UHF - 506 Mhz

85-smr-comm-1.usd

85-smr-comm-1 (996) (Mon. Dec 31, 2007)

(none)

85-smr-comm-2.usd

85-smr-comm-2 (996) (Mon. Dec 31, 2007)

(none)

85-smr-nextel-1.usd

85-smr-nextel-1 (996) (Mon. Dec 24, 2007)

(none)

85-smr-nextel-2.usd

85-smr-nextel-2 (996) (Wed. Dec 26, 2007)

(none)

85-smr-nmdl.usd

85-smr-nmdl (996) (Wed. Jan 2, 2008)

(none)

UHF - 800 Mhz

UHF - 900 Mhz

89-smr-1.usd

89-smr-1 (996) (Sun. Dec 30, 2007)

It is not clear to me from the FCC ULS database who owns this system.

89-smr-fleettalk.usd

89-smr-fleettalk (996) (Sun. Dec 2, 2007)

(none)

Miscellaneous

90-misc-heroes.usd

90-misc-heroes.usd (396) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

90-misc-heroes (996) (Tue. Oct 2, 2007)

(none)

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