Local Police Miami BHD436HP

[Terrymiami]

I am new to this unit and looking for help on how to program for Miami Dade Police and also Coral Gables Police. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Hi & welcome to the RR forums:
Please refer to the easier to read 436HP manual to get a grasp on the scanner's functions. I'd also recommend using Uniden Sentinel for programming, guide to use it here

Miami-Dade County Trunking System, Miami, Florida

Miami-Dade County Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Coral Gables Trunking System, Coral Gables, Florida

Coral Gables Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

The Coral Gables system is simulcast so you may experience a phenomenon known as simulcast distortion when trying to monitor it with a 436HP. In a simulcast system, a site is not a single transmitter at a specific location, but rather a collection of transmitters spread out over a certain area that all transmit on the same frequency at the same time. It's all those signals coming to your scanner at the same time that cause most scanners to lock up, stutter, miss transmissions, etc. Ultimately the only scanners designed to mitigate the effects of simulcast distortion are the Uniden SDS100 (portable) or SDS200 (base). Yes they are the most expensive but they do the job right. There are a number of workarounds for other scanners mentioned in the wiki I linked but they work in very few cases.

All law enforcement is encrypted in Coral Gables, as denoted in the database as mode "DE". No receiver is capable of monitoring encrypted transmissions. Only those ID'ed here as mode "D" are "in the clear" and can be monitored (Fire-Rescue, Public Works & University of Miami only)

 

[Terrymiami]

Thank you so much for the help. Did not know about the encryption for CG. Funny I have the CG radio equipment on the roof where I live. So I figured I would get a great signal. I will play with the Miami Dade and try and figure that out.

 

[Terrymiami]

Just a quick question, On the Miami Dade 102, do I program all of the frequencies listed under 102?

 

[APX8000]

Yes. Harris can use any channel as a control channel so you have to program all.

 

[Ezra]

102 works for everything for MD County PD (101 for county services) it's just the 436 has problems with simulcast so in some parts of town and reception is lousy. Using a yagi pointed at a site clears up that problem but not a good solution for mobile. I find when I'm on the edge of town the 436 receives the system fine but when I get into town the simulcast messes things up. The SDS 100 does much better on simulcast and receives everything just fine, even driving around. It's the same for City of Miami and Miami Beach, not so good on the 436, fine with the SDS100