Re: {Some tags disabled} Re: {Some tags disabled} Re: APCO-25

"Maggie OConnor" <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:31:21 -0500
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I guess as long as something works =E2=80=93 now that this stuff has gotten=
 way too hard to just hand program!  Hopefully the new scanners connect via=
 USB!

From: James R. Hay=20
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:28 PM
To: [email protected]=20
Subject: Re: {Some tags disabled} Re: {Some tags disabled} Re: [BC245XLT] A=
PCO-25

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I believe I saw that FreeScan does work with it although I've been using=20
UASD from Uniden.

Jim.

On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Maggie OConnor wrote:

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> Thanks very much Jim.  Can you use FreeScan or some other software with i=
t?=20
> I just downloaded that the other day after majorly messing up my 346 =E2=
=80=93 and
> it looked pretty cool =E2=80=93 but at this point it=E2=80=99s not worth =
my time for that
> scanner.. but if the new ones are just as complex, I might really benefit
> from it =E2=80=93 now that I have actually seen it =E2=80=93 and =E2=80=
=9Calmost=E2=80=9D used it!
> Thanks for your thoughts.. I really will just have one or two trunked
> systems and some conventional ones.. not a ton of stuff.
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> - Maggie
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> From: James R. Hay
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:06 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: {Some tags disabled} Re: [BC245XLT] APCO-25
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> The BCD396T can handle P-25 systems. I use it to listen to the Montreal
> Fire Department.
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> Jim.
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> On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Chuck in Missouri wrote:
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> >
> > It may be a combination of both analog and digital.
> > See http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=3D736
> > Springfield, Missouri has (or had?) the same system
> > and they only used digital for situations that called for
> > high security, so most talk groups were analog, and
> > my BC245 worked with it fine.
> >
> > At 1/23/2014 20:30 -0600, Chuck in Missouri wrote the following:
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> > If it is indeed a digital system the BC245XLT will not be able
> > to receive it. It receives analog only.
> > According to the Uniden website(http://www.uniden.com/scanners/bc346xt-=
portable-compact-handheld-scanner/i
> n
> > vt/bc346xtg )
> > the BC346XT is also analog only, so it won't either.
> >
> > At 1/23/2014 21:11 -0500, Maggie OConnor wrote the following:
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> > Hi there,
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> > I think my state (Mass) police changed to a Digital
> > Trunking System. I can=C3=A2??t figure out what it=C3=A2??s exactly
> > called, might it be APCO-25 or Project 25.  That=C3=A2??s
> > what=C3=A2??s listed in the =C3=A2??Type=C3=A2?? column on RadioReferen=
ce,
> > where other systems say Motorola or EDACS.  (I=C3=A2??m
> > looking for the Commonwealth of Mass (Project 25)
> > System.  It=C3=A2??s listed here:
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> > http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?stid=3D25&tab=3Dtrs
> >=20
> > Does anyone know if I can program my BC 245XLT for
> > this?  and if not, anyone here know if I can do this
> > on a BC346XT?
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> > Thanks much.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> James R. Hay [email protected]
> Hay-Net Networks http://www.hay-net.net
> P.O. Box 46051
> Pointe Claire, QC
> H9R 5R4
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James R. Hay [email protected]
Hay-Net Networks http://www.hay-net.net
P.O. Box 46051
Pointe Claire, QC
H9R 5R4

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<DIV>I guess as long as something works =E2=80=93 now that this stuff has g=
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<DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A [email protected]=20
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<P><BR>I believe I saw that FreeScan does work with it although I've been u=
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<BR>UASD from Uniden.<BR><BR>Jim.<BR><BR>On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Maggie OConno=
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wrote:<BR><BR>&gt;&nbsp; <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Thanks very much Jim.&nbsp; Can =
you=20
use FreeScan or some other software with it? <BR>&gt; I just downloaded tha=
t the=20
other day after majorly messing up my 346 =E2=80=93 and<BR>&gt; it looked p=
retty cool =E2=80=93=20
but at this point it=E2=80=99s not worth my time for that<BR>&gt; scanner..=
 but if the=20
new ones are just as complex, I might really benefit<BR>&gt; from it =E2=80=
=93 now that=20
I have actually seen it =E2=80=93 and =E2=80=9Calmost=E2=80=9D used it!<BR>=
&gt; Thanks for your=20
thoughts.. I really will just have one or two trunked<BR>&gt; systems and s=
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conventional ones.. not a ton of stuff.<BR>&gt;&nbsp; <BR>&gt; -=20
Maggie<BR>&gt;&nbsp; <BR>&gt; From: James R. Hay<BR>&gt; Sent: Thursday, Ja=
nuary=20
23, 2014 10:06 PM<BR>&gt; To: [email protected]<BR>&gt; Subject: Re:=
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{Some tags disabled} Re: [BC245XLT] APCO-25<BR>&gt;&nbsp; <BR>&gt;&nbsp;=20
<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; The BCD396T can handle P-25 systems. I use it to=
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listen to the Montreal<BR>&gt; Fire Department.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Jim.<BR>&g=
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;=20
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digital.<BR>&gt; &gt; See http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=3D736<=
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&gt; Springfield, Missouri has (or had?) the same system<BR>&gt; &gt; and t=
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most talk groups were analog, and<BR>&gt; &gt; my BC245 worked with it=20
fine.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; At 1/23/2014 20:30 -0600, Chuck in Missouri=
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wrote the following:<BR>&gt; &gt; <BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; <BR>&gt;=20
&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; If it is indeed a digital system the BC245XLT will not be=
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onnor=20
wrote the following:<BR>&gt; &gt; <BR>&gt; &gt; Hi there,<BR>&gt; &gt; <BR>=
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&gt; I think my state (Mass) police changed to a Digital<BR>&gt; &gt; Trunk=
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&gt; <BR>&gt; &gt; Does anyone know if I can program my BC 245XLT for<BR>&g=
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R. Hay [email protected]<BR>&gt; Hay-Net Networks http://www.hay-net.net<BR>=
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P.O. Box 46051<BR>&gt; Pointe Claire, QC<BR>&gt; H9R 5R4<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt;=20
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