W2IRT
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Hi all,
Still having some proverbial teething pains with my new 996xt and not sure how best to proceed:
SCAN DELAYS:
996XT seems to linger on trunked systems for a long time. I have one QuickKey set up with two conventional systems containing several groups (total of about 30 frequencies to scan) and three trunked systems but with only, maybe 20-30 talkgroups between all of them. In any given period of time the conventional group is scanned very infrequently and will miss all sorts of stuff. On one trunked system I'm only monitoring one single talkgroup, yet it displays that system for about 2-3 seconds. Any way to speed things up?
FAST ACCESS?
From the above scenario, I have groups of talkgroups in each TRS, and groups of conventional frequencies stored in two conventional systems under that one SQK. When I'm scanning, how can I bring up one GQK inside one system (any one, any time, not a specific one)? For example, in the LOCAL conventional system, select Group QK 3 and de-select Group QKs 1, 2 and 4, then ONLY scan that one LOCAL conventional system? -- again, this is a general situation, not saying I want to do that one task all the time.
I'm comparing this to my BC780 where it's extremely easy to get to a frequency or TG quickly and likewise it's pretty simple to activate or deactivate a bank of talkgroups. In my current scenario, with only one scanner in the vehicle, I need to be able to get to anything quickly. If there's a pursuit or shooting, I want to quickly eliminate everything non-police. If there's a major incident in my town, I want to quickly disable all the surrounding towns (and enable only PD/FD/EMS for the affected towns and relevant state police talkgroups).
IMPORTING FROM THE RR DATABASE TO AN EXISTING SYSTEM?
Using the RadioReference import function, can I import a change into an existing system? Let's say I have a hundred customized TG names, sites, etc. One TG gets added and one changes description (Dispatch to Tactical). I don't want to import this from RR as a new system. I just want to import the changes, or maybe add a group to an existing system (Adding a different site or fleet to an existing TRS, for example).
FIRE TONE OUT
I'm really confused by this feature. I would like to search for the tone-out tones for my local FDs but I can't make heads or tails out of the various "help" files. After I do eventually find these, what is the procedure to actually *use* these in monitoring? Do I just go into manual mode on the FD frequency and somehow invoke tone-out mode, which will only unsquelch for dispatch? This is clear as mud to me, I'm afraid.
Thanks in advance.
Still having some proverbial teething pains with my new 996xt and not sure how best to proceed:
SCAN DELAYS:
996XT seems to linger on trunked systems for a long time. I have one QuickKey set up with two conventional systems containing several groups (total of about 30 frequencies to scan) and three trunked systems but with only, maybe 20-30 talkgroups between all of them. In any given period of time the conventional group is scanned very infrequently and will miss all sorts of stuff. On one trunked system I'm only monitoring one single talkgroup, yet it displays that system for about 2-3 seconds. Any way to speed things up?
FAST ACCESS?
From the above scenario, I have groups of talkgroups in each TRS, and groups of conventional frequencies stored in two conventional systems under that one SQK. When I'm scanning, how can I bring up one GQK inside one system (any one, any time, not a specific one)? For example, in the LOCAL conventional system, select Group QK 3 and de-select Group QKs 1, 2 and 4, then ONLY scan that one LOCAL conventional system? -- again, this is a general situation, not saying I want to do that one task all the time.
I'm comparing this to my BC780 where it's extremely easy to get to a frequency or TG quickly and likewise it's pretty simple to activate or deactivate a bank of talkgroups. In my current scenario, with only one scanner in the vehicle, I need to be able to get to anything quickly. If there's a pursuit or shooting, I want to quickly eliminate everything non-police. If there's a major incident in my town, I want to quickly disable all the surrounding towns (and enable only PD/FD/EMS for the affected towns and relevant state police talkgroups).
IMPORTING FROM THE RR DATABASE TO AN EXISTING SYSTEM?
Using the RadioReference import function, can I import a change into an existing system? Let's say I have a hundred customized TG names, sites, etc. One TG gets added and one changes description (Dispatch to Tactical). I don't want to import this from RR as a new system. I just want to import the changes, or maybe add a group to an existing system (Adding a different site or fleet to an existing TRS, for example).
FIRE TONE OUT
I'm really confused by this feature. I would like to search for the tone-out tones for my local FDs but I can't make heads or tails out of the various "help" files. After I do eventually find these, what is the procedure to actually *use* these in monitoring? Do I just go into manual mode on the FD frequency and somehow invoke tone-out mode, which will only unsquelch for dispatch? This is clear as mud to me, I'm afraid.
Thanks in advance.