http://forums.radioreference.com/ Forum for discussing Radio Information in the State of Nebraska. en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:58 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.radioreference.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.radioreference.com/ http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/165002-996xt-orion-simulcast-sites.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:59:06 GMT I think my 996XT took a crap. It will not decode any audio from the Douglas county simulcast. The DATA will flash on the screen and the signal meter will go from full scale to nothing, both happen within a second. It is not a 800Mhz, trunking or digital issue. The scanner works fine on Sarpy's system decodes Cass's P25 and OPPD's control channels are strong with no drop out. I did drive to Washington county tonight to see if the problem only happens on Douglas county's sites. Unfortunately that same happens with Washington county. The scanner worked fine until Wednesday. The scanner did work fine after the firmware update to display the RID.
It's not a programming issue. I use the same file with my 396XT and that works fine.
So does anyone have any ideas? ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum KG4WHM http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/165002-996xt-orion-simulcast-sites.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164953-study-counties-merging.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:40 GMT Group: Nebraska's 93 Counties Too Many - News Archive Story - KETV Omaha

If this happens, interesting impact to communications at County level. Radio shops would make money on sales to get everyone on same band in those groups. ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum 43g70 http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164953-study-counties-merging.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164916-dawson-county.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:42:06 GMT Any chance anyone can get Dawson County. Would like to hear Police and Fire from Lexington. Any chance anyone can get Dawson County. Would like to hear Police and Fire from Lexington. ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum midwayslime http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164916-dawson-county.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164896-orion-wiki.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:03 GMT Folks, the ORION WiKi has been updated. Feel free to make any changes or let me know if there is any additional information, misinformation, etc. Folks, the ORION WiKi has been updated. Feel free to make any changes or let me know if there is any additional information, misinformation, etc. ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum IrvingtonVFD43 http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164896-orion-wiki.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164265-396xt-question.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:59:47 GMT Howdy, everyone! Tonight, I have a question of opinion for all of you Uniden 396XT / 996XT owners out there!

I've had my 396XT for quite some time now and have been trying to figure out the best way to program the multi-site OPPD system. The goal is to have the OPPD system programmed in such a way that the scanner always stays fixed on the strongest site no matter where one roams!

With my old 396T, I created a system named OPPD and programmed the CCs in the order I preferred. This worked quite well and the scanner always stayed locked on the strongest CC.

Now, on the 396XT, the whole concept of "Sites" comes into play and the idea is to program a system and then create a site object for each site in the system. In this method, one can program a system called OPPD and then program each site along with the corresponding CCs.

The problem is that once you hit the SCAN button, the scanner religiously scans through the collection of sites, looking for traffic, no matter which one is strongest. This, as you might guess, causes many missed conversations while the scanner is potentially off scanning other sites it can't hear.

Needless to say, I've temporarily scrapped the Multi-site configuration in favor of the 396XT equivalent to my old 396T's single-site OPPD system.

Am I missing some great detail here? What is everyone else doing?

Have a GREAT evening and 73s ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum realgeo http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/164265-396xt-question.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/163857-sarpy-trs-down-using-rebanded-i-tac-frequencies.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:37:23 GMT 851.5125. Sarpy dispatch is calling it TAC2, I have it programmed in as I-TAC 1. Sarpy radio channel is "C9"

Tim K. ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum timkilbride http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/163857-sarpy-trs-down-using-rebanded-i-tac-frequencies.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/163380-lancaster-county-feed.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:17:09 GMT Come on, I know someone has an extra scanner to spare. It doesn't take that much to put a live feed up. I know there is livecbradio.com but that scanner isn't that great it doesn't have a delay and it covers everything on the Lancaster TRS not just PD and FD. When I used to live there 3 second delay worked great on PD and whatever on FD. ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum Astrak http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/163380-lancaster-county-feed.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/163017-help.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:11:00 GMT i recently aquired a new uniden bcd396xt scanner. of course could not listen to anything here in omaha. after searching all over the internet I ran across scanner master and radio reference sites. led me to downloading ARC XT software and reviewed a webinare on scanner master"s website which sort of showed how to use the software. i was able to delete sites on the scanner which i would never listen to and then i tried loading some omaha stuff.......police, fire, etc..... dont think i did it right though. i can listen to omaha NE, SE, SW NW police.....seems like dispatch. nothing else ever gets found. no FIre, EMS etc....... so for the most part i am lost and wondering how i can get help with this thing. i know scanner master can program it for me but they dont program some of the other sites that i might want to listen to on occasion. the owners manual is not much help to me.......so much of it doesnt make sense.
Hoping there is someone out there who might be willing to help............Thanks in ADVANCE ! ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum noble http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/163017-help.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/162877-updates-nlmrs-orion-tower-info.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:35:33 GMT Good evening everyone!

After doing some traveling last weekend and this weekend, I'll be submitting updated Primary and Alternate Control Channel information for the 14 Sites in our part of the NLMRS (aka "ORION") system. With the rebanding occurring, there have been other subtle changes that need to be reflected in the DB.

AND, one thing I figured out most recently is that the tower IDs for Telbasta and Cedar Bluffs are reversed in the database. 860.48750 (110) is _definitely_ not at Telbasta, while 859.41250 (112) _definitely_ is. The reverse obeservations apply to Cedar Bluffs.

KG4WHM - when I was asking you to confirm that you were hearing 110 on 860.4870, I couldn't figure out how you were actually hearing Telbasta from Gretna, considering the distance and intervening terrain involved. Turns out that you were hearing Cedar Bluffs, which is closer and on higher terrain.

I still don't know what OPPD is doing by running two sites on the same RF channel so close to each other.

73s all! ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum realgeo http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/162877-updates-nlmrs-orion-tower-info.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/162774-r-c-o-m.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:20:31 GMT With R.A.C.O.M could I pick any thing from omaha, or Nebraska HP if I'm in montgomery Co. Ia? ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum nite0wl http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/162774-r-c-o-m.html http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/162655-lancaster-county-racom-traffic.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:09:01 GMT I am picking up Racom traffic today on 03-065, which is a first for me.

The database shows this a patch to State EOC, anyone else catching this near Lancaster county in Nebraska today? I've been unable to pin-point precisely who it is, but they are using a lot of Nebraska 10 code. ]]> Nebraska Radio Discussion Forum Dak48 http://forums.radioreference.com/nebraska-radio-discussion-forum/162655-lancaster-county-racom-traffic.html