Re: Need a little help programming talk groups

Not sure if anyone has answered this, so my 2 cents.  (Note that I do not 
know anything about the particular system you're trying to receive, so this 
is just a general comment based on my own trunking system scanning.)

> I try to hold trunk button in ...

You can't hold the trunk button in (pressed) and expect to do anything else. 
The button is only held in for a couple of seconds (to enter trunk 
programming mode), and is then released.

> The scanner will not let me enter talk groups and I can't pick up the 
> police calls.

In order to enter talk groups, the scanner needs to be running in trunking 
mode.  I.e. it needs a good receive of the control channel.

You can receive talk groups without entering them, and that is what you 
should try first.

With the scanner in trunking mode, hit the search (SRCH) button.  This will 
place the scanner in ID Search mode.  The display should then show a line of 
dashes while it searches for active talkgroups and show the talkgroup 
numbers when they go active.  You should also hear active talkgroups.

If it shows frequencies instead, then your scanner is either not programmed 
correctly for the trunking system, or is simply not receiving the control 
channel solidly enough.  Take the scanner back out of trunking mode, and it 
should stop at the control channel with a good solid data noise.  That will 
at least verify whether your scanner can hear the control channel reliably.

If you can hear the control channel well, but the scanner will not ID 
Search, then you have probably entered the tower frequencies as normal 
(non-trunking) frequencies.  You need to start again, and make sure that the 
frequencies are entered as part of the trunking system programming.

Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Kaiser" <musicman11160-/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:46 AM
Subject: [BC245XLT] Need a little help programming talk groups


Hi Everyone-

I have a 245xlt and am having some trouble programming in the talk groups 
for Barberton, Police.

I have visited www.radioreference.com and have the following frequencies 
programmed into the unit on bank 1.

866.77500c 867.45000c 868.28750c 868.85000

That works fine but I'm still not getting anything.

I try to hold trunk button in, select Type 2 system, which is the default 
and then go to enter the talkgroups. 16,48.

Barberton Police Talkgroups


DEC
HEX
Mode
Alpha Tag
Description
Tag
16 001 A PD DISP Police Dispatch Law Dispatch
48 003 A PD CH 2 Police Channel 2 Law Tac


The scanner will not let me enter talk groups and I can't pick up the police 
calls.


Thanks in advance,


Bob





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