Re: Need help progaming

"chris" <c_centraldispatch911-/[email protected]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:40:45 -0000
Newsgroups gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.bc250d
Message-ID <[email protected]>

--- In [email protected], Keith <kilowattradio@...> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:13:32 -0000, "chris"
> <c_centraldispatch911@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> > I recently got a 250D and I am trying to listen to my county (49935) Iron County MI) and I have no idea how to program it?  Could someone please help?  
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
>  Are you trying to program for the Statewide MPSCS system? If this is for
> MPSCS system I'm afraid that the 250D can NOT monitor it.
> 
> For the conventional channels programming:
> 
> 155.1900 WAC379 RM 103.5 PL Iron Sheriff Dispatch FM Law Dispatch
> 
> Press the Menu/back Key > Press 2 > Press 1 > Enter Channel No. 1 > Press
> E key > Press 1: Frequency  > 155.1900 > E
> 
> OPTIONAL Alpha Tag setting appears if you want a alpha tag the channel:
> Turn the orange scroll knob to the letter then press RSM key to go right
> or Hold/Man key to go left.
> 
> Otherwise just press E key to just show the frequency
> 1: Other Channel Appears > Press 1 Key
> 
> Now we will program in channel 2 of the Iron County Sheriff
> 
> 159.0900 KSB845	RM iron Shrf 2 Sheriff - Secondary FM Law Talk
> 
> Select a channel using the keypad or orange scroll knob
> select channel 2
> press E key
> Press 1
> Enter 159.0900 > Press E key
> Alpha Tag Appears set it or just press E key.
> 
> 3: Done 
> Will exit to the main scanner screen. Press the SCAN button to monitor the
> police frequencies you just programmed.
> 
> At this point you have programmed in all the necessary info to monitor the
> frequencies 155.1900 & 159.09 MHz.
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards, Keith 
> http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/
>
Keith, That is what I was afraid of.... Can you recomend what scanner I should get to scan the MPSCS system?  Will the Radio Shack pro-90 work?