Question on how your scanner is set up?

[zephyrshockey8]

Well, I have a Pro-106, and mine is set up so every control channel and every talkgroup is in only one system, which is set on stationary MultiSite mode. I have been reading around and seen some variations in how to set this up. I am just looking for some feedback on how yours is set up, and advice if mine could change. I am in Mahtomedi, in Washington County.

I have heard that since our ARMER system is simulcast? right? That Roam MultiSite mode would work better, or to make like 4 TSYS and set one close control channel to 3, and the 4th can be everything, I just don't really know what to do to mine.

Its not that I'm not receiving anything, it just comes in very weak and the transmission will quit before its done. Its a miracle if I can hear a whole conversation between two people on the system. Any suggestions, if this makes sense at all? Thank you sooo much!

[mmtstc]

I have no idea how the Pro106 works, so i won't attempt to give you advice on it, but i have 2 different setups for each of my scanners. Essentially, they are both set up to accomidate that fact that I move all over the state on a regular basis.

My BCD396T i have a unique system for every Site ID (not every site, but Site ID). I also have a 8 conventional systems than span everything in the state (NE, NW, W Cent, Central, Metro, SW, S Cent and SE. The unfortuante part is that with the redundancy of all of the systems, it take forever and a half to load it.

My BCD396T has 9 to 12 systems on it depending on my mood. Since it is GPS driven, i have every Site ID programmed in One ARMER system. I still have the same Conventional set up as before, but i typically have a system of a trunked system that is rather unidentified or else a slew of conventional frequencies that i am trying to find CTCSS or DCS tones on.

[smokeyjones666]

In my PSR-500 I have separate v-folders for each county.

For Hennepin county I have Minneapolis in one TSYS with the Minneapolis N-S control channels; the rest of the county in another TSYS with the Hennepin East and West control channels and Multisite set to 'Stat'. For other counties with just one TSYS, everything gets lumped into one TSYS per system. State Patrol I don't understand very well, so I currently have it lumped into one TSYS with all of the metro control channels (and a resulting lack of efficient scanning, so many missed calls...)

With Hennepin I use scan lists 1 through 10 for cities that have their own dispatch (9 and 10 are Minnepolis PD and FD, respectively.) 11-15 are Sheriff (on North), North, East, West, and Fire dispatches with their respective municipalities C2C and Fireground TGs. 16 and 17 are U of M police and MSP Intl. Airport (Police and Fire). 18 is west metro State Patrol, 19 is TAC/Mutual Aid, and finally 20 is MED/Metro EMS.

Other counties are much set up much more simply. I generally have one TSYS for the whole county, with scan lists 1-10 assigned to cities and municipalities that I'm interested in with their respective county dispatches, C2C and fire TGs. 11 through whatever are usually county-wide separated by dispatch TGs and their cities, with the ones at the end reserved for State Patrol, TAC/Mutual Aid and MED/EMS (in scan lists 18-20 whenever possible.)

I try to keep the same format for assigning my scan lists so I don't have to remember so many details as I switch through v-folders while I travel around the metro area. One nagging problem that I haven't completely dealt with yet is how some cities use services in adjacent counties, like Champlin using Anoka for Fire services or cities on the western edge of Hennepin straddling the county line.

Convoluted, I know; but it seems to work for me.