Input Frequencies

[kevin390]

I was just resetting my BCT-15. I have a pro-2055 I use for trunking and the BCT-15 for conventinal scanning. I listen to Ulster and Orange Counties the most. Orange County has allot more public saftey on a trunk system then Ulster. I program my scanners by hand and to me the pro-2055 is allot easier and faster to program by hand. Here is my question. With all those input frequencies for Ulster County Sheriff's on all those different towers, do you really need them? I know this sounds petty but it takes awhile to program that Uniden by hand. My hand feels like it is going to fall off with all that turning back and forth. Sorry for a long letter for one simple question. Thanks for any input..............Ray

[cookiend15]

Originally Posted by kevin390

I was just resetting my BCT-15. I have a pro-2055 I use for trunking and the BCT-15 for conventinal scanning. I listen to Ulster and Orange Counties the most. Orange County has allot more public saftey on a trunk system then Ulster. I program my scanners by hand and to me the pro-2055 is allot easier and faster to program by hand. Here is my question. With all those input frequencies for Ulster County Sheriff's on all those different towers, do you really need them? I know this sounds petty but it takes awhile to program that Uniden by hand. My hand feels like it is going to fall off with all that turning back and forth. Sorry for a long letter for one simple question. Thanks for any input..............Ray

Fellow scanner, I may be wrong on this but I would like to try and help you out. My experience with input frequencies is as follows. If there is an input frequency and a repeater frequency all that you should have to monitor is the repeater frequency and you should hear both sides of the conversation. Usually you will only hear input frequencies when the unit is real close to you, however if you have the repeater frequency programmed in you will hear both the output and the input side of the conversation. My advice would be to find out if these input frequencies have a repeater frequency attached to them. The way to find this out is to check the FCC's database for the callsign's that you are wondering about, then find your input frequency it should have a MO next to it meaning Mobile, If there is a frequency on that list for the callsign in question that has FB2 next to it, that means that that frequency is a repeater. Program both the input frequency and the repeater frequency into your scanner in channels next to each other. When you hear the input frequency come to life move to the repeater frequency as soon as you can. If you hear the same thing on the repeater that you just heard on the input than I would say that you would not need to have the input frequency programmed in, just the repeater. Another trick is, if you have 2 scanners, leave 1 on the input frequency, and the other 1 on the repeater frequency. If when the output frequency keys up you hear the same thing on the scanner set to the repeater frequency than you know that you are all set. Give this a try I hope that I helped you out.

Thanks