JoeyDetroit
Member
Hello.
I'm new here. My last scanner was a PRO2030 that I've been using since I bought it 20 years ago.
I'm excited to have my new BCD996XT and am in the learning process.
Anyway, when I load all my data into the scanner via RR/Freescan, I would get errors about no band plan for Detroit and others. I spent a while trying to figure it out.
Finally, I loaded the scanner data back into Freescan on my PC and the band plans are there now (though only one or two lines worth). I later read that the scanner automatically 'gets' the band plan from the frequencies when scanned.
Example: For the site DetroitCity, the band plan that appeared after scanning for a few minutes is
Position 0 Freq 851.00625 Spacing 6.25
1 762.00625 6.25
And the rest are still all zeros.
Does this look right? I ask because Detroit seems unusually quiet on my scanner.
It also might help when I put my scanner antenna outside instead of my small attic, but it's too cold at the moment... I was thinking I'd be better off just using the small antenna that came with the scanner rather than the bigger, $45 antenna that is enclosed in the attic with snow covering the roof...
Thanks for any help or suggestions...
JoeyDetroit
I'm new here. My last scanner was a PRO2030 that I've been using since I bought it 20 years ago.
I'm excited to have my new BCD996XT and am in the learning process.
Anyway, when I load all my data into the scanner via RR/Freescan, I would get errors about no band plan for Detroit and others. I spent a while trying to figure it out.
Finally, I loaded the scanner data back into Freescan on my PC and the band plans are there now (though only one or two lines worth). I later read that the scanner automatically 'gets' the band plan from the frequencies when scanned.
Example: For the site DetroitCity, the band plan that appeared after scanning for a few minutes is
Position 0 Freq 851.00625 Spacing 6.25
1 762.00625 6.25
And the rest are still all zeros.
Does this look right? I ask because Detroit seems unusually quiet on my scanner.
It also might help when I put my scanner antenna outside instead of my small attic, but it's too cold at the moment... I was thinking I'd be better off just using the small antenna that came with the scanner rather than the bigger, $45 antenna that is enclosed in the attic with snow covering the roof...
Thanks for any help or suggestions...
JoeyDetroit