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Thanks so much Roger for the additional input. I have a few days off 
to "play with my scanner" as my wife says so I'll be trying all your 
tips. I found a new site that shows the 13 channels of the RISCON 
trunk that Radio Reference listed broken down differently. According 
to this list the Westerly Police only use 3 of the channels. I'll 
include the link so you can take a look if you like. Your opinion is 
always valued. It looks to me like the plan was for the Southern 
section of the state to go all APCO with Westerly leading the way. I 
will also program the trunk as a Type 2 UHF as per your suggestion and 
use the ARC250 "Check Data" feature for the fill in. Just getting the 
BC250 to start working and respond to the computer is a huge leap 
forward. I will keep posting as to my results. Thanks again.

Brian

http://www.bearcat1.com/fleetri.htm

--- In [email protected], Roger Strohmeyer 
<roger.stroh@...> wrote:
>
> Oh! This and might help you too. When using ARC250 to program go to 
the
> TRUNK>SYSTEM SETTINGS and choose the trunking system\bank you want 
to
> program. After you do that, start entering the frequencies and tag
> information *only*. When you're done entering the frequency and tag
> information go to OPTIONS>CHECK DATA IN TABLE USING BAND 
PLAN>CURRENT BANK.
> This will fill the data in for you *automatically* and is about 99%
> accurate.
> 
> -Roger
> 
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM, brian.daniels12 <zaxdad6@...> 
wrote:
> >
> > 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
> 
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