Ok, i thought I went into detail about what I am unsure about & what I trying to accomplish, but I guess not as detailed as I thought.
1- I need to figure out how to filter out talkgroups I did not load & I am not interested in listening to.
2- how do I only scan certain talkgroups ie police, fire, ems?
3- Do I set quick keys for the talkgroups, sites , groups or all 3?
I erased all the sites out of the p25 groups & only loaded the Control Channels for my County & I am still getting other Counties talkgroups traffic.
If this is still not detailed enough please let me know exactly what info you need to help me & I will be glad to provide it.
Thanks,
Ron
Montgomery Co, TX
Uniden 996XT
With trunked systems it's better to assign the quick key to the site instead of the system.
If you scan in the "Search" mode you will received ALL talk groups in use by the system.
If you scan in the "Scan" mode you will only receive the TGs you have programmed and not locked out.
To switch between scan and search press function then scan/search. It will show
ID SCAN or ID SEARCH on the display.
There are SQKs, System Quick Keys - for systems/sites 0-99.
There are GQKs, Group Quick Keys - for groups of talkgroups 0-9 in each system.
Example: Police TGs on GQK 1, Fire on GQK 2, EMS on GQK 3. Your county system/site is SQK 1.
Press 1 to scan your system. Press the function knob and press 1 to turn on and off the police GQK, or 2 for fire, etc.
Think of SQKs as banks that you change the number of the bank. Instead of programming frequencies into banks you program them into the scanner then assign them a bank number.
Think of GQKs as "groups" of channels (talk groups) that you can change the channel number. There is no quick key to turn on and off individual talk groups. If you press manual to stop scanning, then scroll through the talk groups you can lock them out, or unlock them individually.
Here is a great manual that explains it all in great detail:
Easier to Read BCD996XT Digital Scanner Manual