St. Louis P25 System

scannerowner · #1 (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 11:43 AM

Does anyone know what frequencies I need to program in for the St. Louis P25 system, I see that there are new 700mhz frequencies, do I need to program these?? What sites do I need to program if all I want to listen to is all the PD Districts, EMS Dispatch, and Fire Dispatch?? Any help would be appreciated.

shaft · #2 (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 05:59 PM

This would be a good start for you St. Louis City Public Safety (P25) Trunking System, St. Louis, Missouri - Scanner Frequencies

scannerowner · #3 (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 06:13 PM

I've seen this, which of the sites do I program?? That's the only thing holding me up, and I can't figure out which sites to program into the scanner. I have a BCD996T with the latest firmware, so I can do it as a multi site system, is this what I need to do with all the sites? Also under the South Patrol sites' call sign it has a custom table do I program those in too??

dpm3 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 10:18 PM

In what area of the Metro area are you located? I am in the Kirkwood/Glendale/Oakland/Webster area and find that the 700 mHz site provides me with the best reception even if it does seem to skip some of the talkgroups at times.

I simply programmed the control channels listed in the database (along with the various talkgroups) in my PSR-500 and let the scanner do its thing. If you live closer in the 800 mHz P25 system might work better ... and some report satisfactory results on that system further out in West County - though that seems inconsistent with my observations thus far.

Maybe I need to listen to that system out beyond the I-270 perimeter; it does fine for me out as far as Shrewsbury Ave, then quickly deteriorates to only 40% - 50% copy.