Need help with programming my Whistler 1065

[GWnAZ]

Good Morning everyone. I just received my Whistler 1065 but this is all new to me. I use to own a Uniden many, many years ago but that was before trunking was used. Is there any certain tip you can offer me to connect with my local (Scottsdale, Phoenix Arizona) police departments?
Thank you and have a great holiday!

 

[fxdscon]

then down Ez Scan and hook scanner up to your pc and start to program your scanner.

EZ Scan is not compatible with the WS1065.... It is not a database type scanner.

 

[hiegtx]

Good Morning everyone. I just received my Whistler 1065 but this is all new to me. I use to own a Uniden many, many years ago but that was before trunking was used. Is there any certain tip you can offer me to connect with my local (Scottsdale, Phoenix Arizona) police departments?
Thank you and have a great holiday!

I would suggest that you request your thread be moved down to the Arizona forum. There, you'll get more area=specific information on the systems you are interested in.

However, I will caution you that the WS1065 might not work well for you. Your county, Maricopa, is on this system:

Maricopa County Trunking System, Maricopa County, Arizona

Maricopa County Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

That system is P25, Phase II, which your scanner cannot receive (it can only handle P25 Phase I).

Phoenix & Scottsdale are on this system:

Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) Trunking System, Phoenix, Arizona

Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

That system is also listed as Phase II, but many of the talkgroups are still P25 Phase I, which your scanner is capable or receiving. Talkgroups labeled with a D in the mode column are Phase I, ok for your 1065. But those labeled as T are Phase II, not in your scanner's capability.

Scottsdale appears to be mostly Phase I, though a number of the PD talkgroups are tagged as encrypted (indicated by the inclusion of an E in the Mode column).

For Phoenix, some of the Police dispatch talkgroups are using P25 Phase II (T in the Mode), and quite a few are encrypted

On a more problematic note, many of the trunked systems sites are Simulcast, which, unfortunately, the WS1065 does not handle well.
Look at the Scottsdate site:

Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) Site: Simulcast H: Scottsdale

Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) Site: Simulcast H: Scottsdale Details

www.radioreference.com

The signals from those multiple sites create serious problems for your scanner. For more on Simulcast, see this Wiki page:
Simulcast digital distortion - The RadioReference Wiki

As already noted, EZ-Scan will not work for your WS1065. For details on the correct software for your scanner, see this:
Object Oriented Scanner Software - The RadioReference Wiki

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[GWnAZ]

Good Morning and thank you.......so would you recommend I download or buy a software program for my 1065 which I will be receiving this week? I am VERY new to scanning so need a lot of help I am in Scottsdale, AZ

 

[cmjonesinc]

I like arc500 myself but there are others. All of the ones I'm aware of have a trial period. I would recommend giving multiple ones a try before you purchase one to see which one you like.

Here's the most popular ones. I would recommend searching the forums for reviews as well

SALE Whistler WS1040 WS1065 software RadioShack PRO-106 PRO106 PRO-197 PRO197 PSR-500 PSR-600 PRO-106 PRO106 PRO-197 PRO197 PSR500 PSR600 PRO651 PRO652 Software not win500

GRE Radioshack software

www.butel.nl

Win500: WS1040, WS1065, PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-651, PRO-652, PRO-106, PRO-197, PSR-310, PSR-410 Scanner Software for Data Management, Monitoring, and Control

Win500: Management and Control Software for the PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, and PRO-197 Digital Scanners, and PSR-310 and PSR-410 Analog Scanners

www.starrsoft.com

PSREdit500 - Configuration Editor for the WS-1040, WS-1065, PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, and PRO-197 Scanners

 

[hiegtx]

I like arc500 myself but there are others. All of the ones I'm aware of have a trial period. I would recommend giving multiple ones a try before you purchase one to see which one you like.

Here's the most popular ones. I would recommend searching the forums for reviews as well

SALE Whistler WS1040 WS1065 software RadioShack PRO-106 PRO106 PRO-197 PRO197 PSR-500 PSR-600 PRO-106 PRO106 PRO-197 PRO197 PSR500 PSR600 PRO651 PRO652 Software not win500

GRE Radioshack software

www.butel.nl

Win500: WS1040, WS1065, PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-651, PRO-652, PRO-106, PRO-197, PSR-310, PSR-410 Scanner Software for Data Management, Monitoring, and Control

Win500: Management and Control Software for the PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, and PRO-197 Digital Scanners, and PSR-310 and PSR-410 Analog Scanners

www.starrsoft.com

PSREdit500 - Configuration Editor for the WS-1040, WS-1065, PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, and PRO-197 Scanners

Just to add slightly to the above:

There is a user guide for ARC500 in the Wiki:
ARC500 User Guide - The RadioReference Wiki

There is also an online guide for Win500:
WIN500 - UtahRadio
(Note- I'm getting a certificate error on that, but the page itself still exists.)

While, as far as I recall, there is no specific User Guide out for for PSREdit500, it does have built-in Help resources.

Also as mentioned, all three do have a 30 day free trial period, so you can see which you like best before purchasing,

 

[GWnAZ]

Will I be able to just let the scanner search for available frequencies to listen to?

 

[hiegtx]

Will I be able to just let the scanner search for available frequencies to listen to?

You can set up a search for a range of frequencies. However, that will not be effective in dealing with the trunked systems in your area.

 

[just1bob]

You could try monitoring wild card

 

[cmjonesinc]

If I'm traveling and don't have an area programmed I do band search in the 700-800mhz range. I've got one bank that just has a wildcard programmed in. I'll just program by hand and modify the existing control channel for the new one. It's not always great but it's something to listen to and I don't have to preprogram an area I don't frequent.

 

[GWnAZ]

You can set up a search for a range of frequencies. However, that will not be effective in dealing with the trunked systems in your area.

looking for police in scottsdale/phoenix

 

[GWnAZ]

I just opened the box of my Whistler WS 1065. I had a scanner many, many years ago....could just enter a frequency and have it scan for police calls. This is way beyond what I know what to do! I even subscribed to the radioreference thinking I could just download something so I could scan....but I am so lost. I think I will just try to re-sell and let it be.

 

[hiegtx]

looking for police in scottsdale/phoenix

For your county, Maricopa, there are a few conventional channels listed on the page. If you set up a search for a range of frequencies, you might stumble across a few of these if they are active. But the majority of public safety agencies in your county are on one or more of a number of trunked systems that include your area.

Yes, you could simply search across a range of those frequencies, but your results would be very poor. There are a number of users that your scanner cannot listen to at all. That includes Maricopa County agencies on their trunked system. That system is P25 Phase II. Your scanner is incapable of monitoring those at all, neither by programming the system, nor by seraching the frequencies in use.

Phoenix & Scottsdale are also on a trunked system. Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) Trunking System, Phoenix, Arizona - Scanner Frequencies

If you tried to simply scan those frequencies, you'd get a hot mess of control channel data, and voice traffic with zero information what you are actually hearing.

I just opened the box of my Whistler WS 1065. I had a scanner many, many years ago....could just enter a frequency and have it scan for police calls. This is way beyond what I know what to do! I even subscribed to the radioreference thinking I could just download something so I could scan....but I am so lost. I think I will just try to re-sell and let it be.

With software, you can download and program what you want to hear. See the Easier to Read manual for your scanner. More help in the Wiki: Programming Shortcut PSR-500/600 RS Pro-106/197 - The RadioReference Wiki

Software that works with your scanner (and used for importing): Object Oriented Scanner Software - The RadioReference Wiki
There are also a number of videos that cover programming.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whistler+scanner+ws1065

While you still can enter, or search, one or more specific frequencies, that does not work for trunked systems. There is a learning curve, to be sure, but thee is also a lot of help available to access. But of you want a scanner such as one where you enter "a few numbers", such as your location, then you should be looking, instead, at one of the database scanners from Uniden or Whistler, However, as I have cautioned above, the agencies in your area mostly use trunked systems with simulcast sites. That's a difficult challenge for scanners other than Uniden's SDS100 or SDS200. The Unication pagers and the BlueTail Receiver also handle simulcast, but those are more limited than a true scanner.

 

[GWnAZ]

For your county, Maricopa, there are a few conventional channels listed on the page. If you set up a search for a range of frequencies, you might stumble across a few of these if they are active. But the majority of public safety agencies in your county are on one or more of a number of trunked systems that include your area.

Yes, you could simply search across a range of those frequencies, but your results would be very poor. There are a number of users that your scanner cannot listen to at all. That includes Maricopa County agencies on their trunked system. That system is P25 Phase II. Your scanner is incapable of monitoring those at all, neither by programming the system, nor by seraching the frequencies in use.

Phoenix & Scottsdale are also on a trunked system. Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) Trunking System, Phoenix, Arizona - Scanner Frequencies

If you tried to simply scan those frequencies, you'd get a hot mess of control channel data, and voice traffic with zero information what you are actually hearing.

With software, you can download and program what you want to hear. See the Easier to Read manual for your scanner. More help in the Wiki: Programming Shortcut PSR-500/600 RS Pro-106/197 - The RadioReference Wiki

Software that works with your scanner (and used for importing): Object Oriented Scanner Software - The RadioReference Wiki
There are also a number of videos that cover programming.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whistler+scanner+ws1065

While you still can enter, or search, one or more specific frequencies, that does not work for trunked systems. There is a learning curve, to be sure, but thee is also a lot of help available to access. But of you want a scanner such as one where you enter "a few numbers", such as your location, then you should be looking, instead, at one of the database scanners from Uniden or Whistler, However, as I have cautioned above, the agencies in your area mostly use trunked systems with simulcast sites. That's a difficult challenge for scanners other than Uniden's SDS100 or SDS200. The Unication pagers and the BlueTail Receiver also handle simulcast, but those are more limited than a true scanner.

Thank you Steve. This is so difficult for me......I just want to sell the unit and forget about it. I thought my WS 1065 would be like my old Bearcat units with turn them on and listen....but not so

 

[hiegtx]

Thank you Steve. This is so difficult for me......I just want to sell the unit and forget about it. I thought my WS 1065 would be like my old Bearcat units with turn them on and listen....but not so

To successfully listen to the systems in your area definitely is much more of a challenge than 'in the old days' and with much simpler scanners.

One of the more capable database scanners would be a much better choice and easier to set up, though much more expensive.

In the meantime, you can listen to at least some of the activity in your area via online feds:

Maricopa County Arizona Live Audio Feeds

Maricopa County Arizona Live Audio Feeds

www.broadcastify.com

While you have no control over what a specific feed is hearing, and no way to hold on something of greater interest to you, at least you can monitor some of the activity either online, or on a smartphone or tablet.

 

[scannerizer]

Good Morning everyone. I just received my Whistler 1065 but this is all new to me. I use to own a Uniden many, many years ago but that was before trunking was used. Is there any certain tip you can offer me to connect with my local (Scottsdale, Phoenix Arizona) police departments?
Thank you and have a great holiday!

As many may have told you, Scottsdale and Phoenix both are on the Regional Wireless Cooperative (RWC) network. Many other police agencies are on there a la Chandler, Tempe, Peoria, Avondale, Buckeye, Goodyear, etc. Maricopa Sheriff operates a separate, countywide P-25 system.