Boston - Ted Williams Tunnel Programming

[scomeau1]

Hi,

I'm trying to program Ted Williams Tunnel for Boston in my Radio Shack Pro-106
Can I just add the control channal or do I have to add the talk groups also ?

Thanks for any help that you can give me.

Scott

[qlajlu]

Originally Posted by scomeau1

Hi,

I'm trying to program Ted Williams Tunnel for Boston in my Radio Shack Pro-106
Can I just add the control channal or do I have to add the talk groups also ?

Thanks for any help that you can give me.

Scott

Of course you need to enter the CC(s), but without any TGs you will get an error, "Nothing Enabled." You need to add at least a Wild Card TG and it must be assigned to a scan list. That will allow you to hear all the other TGs without regard to who they are. Doing it this way creates an Open System. If you only want to listen to certain Talk Groups, then, by all means, enter the TGIDs for those groups.

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[scomeau1]

Thanks for you reply.

Scott

[ecps92]

Yes, you can just add the CC, but unless your actually in the Tunnel
you are not going to hear that Zone. You can listen to the Turnpike traffic on Zone 5 when outside the Ted.

Originally Posted by scomeau1

Hi,

I'm trying to program Ted Williams Tunnel for Boston in my Radio Shack Pro-106
Can I just add the control channal or do I have to add the talk groups also ?

Thanks for any help that you can give me.

Scott

[scomeau1]

Originally Posted by ecps92

Yes, you can just add the CC, but unless your actually in the Tunnel
you are not going to hear that Zone. You can listen to the Turnpike traffic on Zone 5 when outside the Ted.

Whay you say zone 5 do you mean Mass State Police Zone 5 ? Do you have a freq you can send me ?

Thanks Scot

[chuck1960]

Zone 5
Mass State Police Trunking Zone - SmartZone 05

Main Page
http://home.comcast.net/~kc1ho/ematrunk/msp/msp.html

(Steve Johnson's site)

[ecps92]

As posted by others the Steve Johnson web site, but also the RR DB is available too...

Massachusetts State Police Trunking System, Statewide, Massachusetts - Scanner Frequencies

Originally Posted by scomeau1

Whay you say zone 5 do you mean Mass State Police Zone 5 ? Do you have a freq you can send me ?

Thanks Scot

[scancapecod]

Don't forget we have some extensive information at Scan New England, which is hopefully up to date and accurate.

Massachusetts State Police - Scan New England Wiki

[scomeau1]

So if you in the Tunnel you can hear that Freq just by entering the CC and nothing else ?

[TBennettcc]

You need to program in the TGID you want to hear while in the tunnel, or program in a Wildcard for that scan list.

[garys]

Originally Posted by TBennettcc

You need to program in the TGID you want to hear while in the tunnel, or program in a Wildcard for that scan list.

Bill (or somebody) will correct me if I'm wrong, but the only time you will hear traffic in the tunnel is if someone is on a particular talk group while in the tunnel. Traffic from the regular A/H trunk is not simulcast in the tunnels on a regular basis. This is to keep the limited number of frequencies on that site from being tied up with traffic that no one who actually uses the system will hear.

[ecps92]

Unless something has changed, I had always heard traffic [running Trunker while Mobile] I think some T/G's are always on for those zones.

It's been awhile since I ran trunker thru the Tunnels

Originally Posted by garys

Bill (or somebody) will correct me if I'm wrong, but the only time you will hear traffic in the tunnel is if someone is on a particular talk group while in the tunnel. Traffic from the regular A/H trunk is not simulcast in the tunnels on a regular basis. This is to keep the limited number of frequencies on that site from being tied up with traffic that no one who actually uses the system will hear.

[garys]

Originally Posted by ecps92

Unless something has changed, I had always heard traffic [running Trunker while Mobile] I think some T/G's are always on for those zones.

It's been awhile since I ran trunker thru the Tunnels

Very well could be, but I never hear anything in the tunnel. Well, I used to when they were running radar in the northbound I93 tube on morning watches. E Patrol 5, as I recall, but I haven't heard that since I went back to nights.