Okay thanks for all the help on the last posts…..!! now another question how many Talk groups / channels can you have in your scan list…? i know on my Motorola XTL radios it’s 10…. Will the Harris allow more or less.?
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M7300 scan members
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Harrris allows a max of 127 active scan members in RPM. Technically about 1024 TG's can be programmed and set to scan, however there is a longstanding undocumented software glitch in which you can only program 127 TG's in the scan list. When you get to 128 or more the radio will never unmute; it's a little deceiving because no errors come up during programming or writing to the radio; the radio just never unmutes during scanning. I believe this "glitch" even carried over to RPM 2.
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snoopyII
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Just keep in mind - a professional grade radio is not a scanner. If you have 127 TG's in your scanlist, you're probably missing all kinds of traffic.
i’m just needing to monitor 14 lol
The XTL/XTS 5000s do 15. I'm guessing you have a 2500, those only do 10.
my xtl will do 14 + selected = 15. in a conventional radio…. but in a trunked radio even with a 5k it’s limited to ten TG’s / channels
Not the XTL & XTS 5k's that I use, they all come from the radio shop with a 15 TG scan list capacity.
The XTS 5k User guide states at p. 47" The maximum number of members for a trunking priority monitor scan list is 15; for a conventional scan list, 15; and for a talkgroup scan list, 10.". The guide defines trunking priority monitor as a scan list of TG's from the same trunking system. A "talkgroup scan list" is defined as a scan list of conventional channels & trunking channels, the name seems a bit inaccurate.
None of my radios scan conventional & trunked stuff together, I guess if I was doing that I would be limited to 10 TG's.
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It's on our list, hopefully sooner than later. I dare say that where I'm at (a very rural area) some folks will be using XTS/XTL stuff until the day before LLA or some other firmware update gets pushed that makes them a door stop.
Okay can someone explain how to set up custom scan.? i have a phase 1 system and some 700 conventional repeaters i would like to have in a scan list…
BMDaug
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You just create a custom scan list and select channels from any system. You do NOT include any control channels in this list. You are not entering frequencies into the custom scan list, only selecting from the pool of channels already in any system (sets assigned to systems). This scan list can then be assigned to any system.
When assigned to a trunked system, trunked TGs, as well as conventional P25 and analog channels are scanned. When assigned to a conventional system, trunked channels are skipped.
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When assigned to a trunked system, trunked TGs, as well as conventional P25 and analog channels are scanned. When assigned to a conventional system, trunked channels are skipped.
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SO No cake and icecream both.
TNX
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
I'm not aware of a means to scan both conventional and trunked in the same scan list on a Harris radio.
But with a Harris radio you have the luxury of being able to directly program all channels and talkgroups as true receive only, thus making it easier by far to scan a trunked system without revealing your radio's presence, compared to any Motorola trunked radio.
I still like Motorola radios better but I choose Harris for non-affiliated scanner duty.
But with a Harris radio you have the luxury of being able to directly program all channels and talkgroups as true receive only, thus making it easier by far to scan a trunked system without revealing your radio's presence, compared to any Motorola trunked radio.
I still like Motorola radios better but I choose Harris for non-affiliated scanner duty.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
It’s called a “custom scan list”. This list will allow you to create a list containing trunked TGs, P25 conventional channels, and analog conventional channels across all bands supported by the radio. This list must be assigned to a trunked system to scan trunked TGs, otherwise, you will only be scanning across P25C and analog channels.
I use these all the time and as long as you keep the conventional channels under 10, you won’t miss traffic.
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ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
Never tried, it, never needed it, never explored it....so that explains why I didn't know about it. Thanks for letting me know that this option exists.
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