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Ok, were getting closer. I have managed to connect the scanner to my 
desktop computer and the little devil came to life for a brief 
second. I heard what I can only assume was a call by my local PD as 
it mentions a local bank. I was only half done programing the scanner 
and it has once again gone silent. A couple of ARC250 questions. For 
a frequency of 868.875 what "mode" should I be in? It is in NFM now. 
Should I go to FM? The step is set at "12.5". Should it be set 
at "auto"? Those two parameters sort of set themselves up as I 
programed in the frequencies. Also my frequency list includes a 
control channel. The most obvious band is "Motorola Type 2 800mhz". 
Does this sound correct? The "M" does appear before the channel 
number so I think I got that right. Again thanks for any help. I will 
attempt to attach a link to the site I found my frequencies. Brian

http://www.rfwiz.com/Frequencies/RhodeIsland/RI_TownsCounties.htm

--- In [email protected], "Roger 
Strohmeyer"<roger.stroh@...> wrote:
>
> First of all, as discussed before on the list you need to go to 
Radio
> Reference for your particular city\county and make sure you have 
*every*
> frequency for that particular P-25 system entered *correctly* into 
*one*
> bank with *no* other frequencies\data entered in to that particular 
bank.
> For P-25 systems the banks are *dedicated* for that P-25 system 
whether the
> system has 3 frequencies or 15 frequencies.
> 
> Below is how I used to program my BC296 (the 250 and 296 are very 
similar
> radios) manually before I started using the Butel ARC250. *Note* 
the offset
> and spacing are critical when programming manually!
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -Roger
> 
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 5:51 PM, <zaxdad6@...> wrote:
> 
> OK then here's a not dumb question. Is there any indicator on the 
display to
> 
> signify that the scanner is looking for digital signals? Inside the 
manual
> it
> show a P25 icon and on the manual cover it show a frequency and 
APCO 25
> displayed right in the middle. I have seen neither of those and 
when I
> program
> the channels I don't see either indication anywhere. I am still 
programing
> manually with the manual. Brian
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Nick in SLO [mailto:nelhelou@...]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 17, 2004 12:42 AM
> *To:* rstroh@...
> *Subject:* Re: [bayscan] Scanning Marin County (San Rafael PD)?
> 
> Roger,
> 
>     You need to first re-enter all those frequencies you have listed
> "Trunked frequencies"  and not as "Conventional frequencies" if you 
have not
> already done so.
> 
> *1. Turning on the Trunking Feature:*
> 1.) Menu button
> 2.) Scan Option
> 3.) Trunk
> 4.) Trunk Type
> 5.) On
> 6.) Type2/P25 UHF
> 7.) It's going to ask you about Base Config & you need to enter the
> following info:*
> *    1 2 Base: 482.0000  488.0000  Offset: 12.5  12.5  Spacing: 
380  570
> 8.) There is only two sets of configurations, so just leave the 
third blank.
> 
> *2. Programming the trunked frequencies properly:*
> 1.) Menu button
> 2.) Scan Option
> 3.) Trunk
> 4.) Trunk Channel
> 5.) Frequency (this is where you want to re-enter *all* the 
frequencies &
> not where you originally entered them as conventional frequencies.)
> 6.) Hint when prompted to enter an alpha tag for this frequency, 
don't just
> leave it blank. The place you'll want to enter the alpha tag later 
will be
> on the specific talk group.
>   Site Description Freqs                 001 East Zone 482.3500 
482.6250
> 482.6500 482.7875 482.9375 483.0250* 483.1250* 488.7000* 489.0750* 
002 West
> Zone 482.9750 483.0500 483.1500* 488.4250* 488.8500* 
489.1000*       101 Sonoma
> Mtn IR 482.3250 488.4000 488.4750 488.7250 488.8750         102 
Bolinas Fire
> Sta IR 482.6250 482.7875 483.0250 488.4750 489.0750         103 
Bodega Bay
> IR 482.3500 482.6500 482.9375 483.1250 489.0750
> 7.) You'll know when you have programmed the frequencies in right, 
because
> instead of seeing a "C" for Conventional next to every frequencies, 
you'll
> see a "M" next to each frequency which signifies that you have 
properly
> programmed a Motorola Trunked frequency in.
> 
> 
> *3. Programming the talk groups:*
> 1.) Menu button
> 2.) Scan Option
> 3.) Trunk
> 4.) Talk Group
> 5.) Select the proper group to correlate with bank that you have 
all the
> frequencies stored.
> 6.) Now you will store the 4 or 5 digit numbers know as the Decimal 
or DEC
> number that you were asking about  earlier.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> 
> 
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