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[Beethovens5th]

I have the BC 235 and about every fourth day I am unable to pick up any traffic from the talkgroups. I have all of the "known" 800 freqs programmed. It is all in one bank and it works great for three days and then on the fourth-nothing.

Any help is appreciated in this matter.

J

 

[pro92b]

There is probably a control channel they rotate to that you do not have programmed in the radio.

 

[Admin0140434]

There is probably a control channel they rotate to that you do not have programmed in the radio

I have ALL of the "known" 800 freqs programmed

EMPHASIS ADDED BY ADMIN0140434



you are prob right though pro92b, but if he has all of the 800 freqs, there should be no reason why the radio does this

 

[Beethovens5th]

I found the following channels making the loudnoise:

860.2375

859.7625

858.8375

I thought I had an idea of the system but I guess I know far less than I previously thought. Since I have the BC 235 I am only able to program in 30 channels per bank. I have all thirty programmed but am lost as to where the other CC could be.

 

[pro92b]

You should not be hearing more than one control channel in the bank. That means you have several systems programmed in the bank when you should only have one. Each system has a maximum of 28 channels so the 30 channel capacity is enough.

Have you looked up the system in the database here?

 

[eyes00only]

I have ALL of the "known" 800 freqs programmed

EMPHASIS ADDED BY ADMIN0140434

you are prob right though pro92b, but if he has all of the 800 freqs, there should be no reason why the radio does this

I dont see how he could have ALL the known 800 freqs. put in one bank !
Emphasis added by me.

Jerry

 

[Beethovens5th]

Yes I have looked up the system here and it lists 20 freqs from the county system that I want to monitor and that is the freqs I have in plus I obviously added more. So let me check that out. Still, even with the goof on my part why do I hear all of the talkgroups I want to hear on three days and then not on the fourth day?

As for all known freqs I mean the ones I know of.

 

[W4KRR]

Please post the system you are trying to monitor.

What you are describing sounds like you are missing a control channel, or perhaps you weren't in trunking mode when you programmed all the frequencies in. If you already have 30 frequencies programmed in, then something is already wrong, there is a maximum of 28 per system. You have too many programmed in, possibly parts of two different systems.

 

[Beethovens5th]

Indeed I did have too many frequencies programmed. Thanks so much for pointing that out. Now I am picking up the talkgroups again here on the fourth day.

Many thanks.

 

[W4KRR]

Out of curiosity, what is the trunked system in question?

 

[loumaag]

It would still be helpful if you told us what system you are trying to monitor. Also, since you are using a BC235, putting in any frequencies other than the ones for the system is a waste of time. You cannot monitor them. You can either monitor that one trunking system, or you can monitor other conventional programmed banks.

Based on what you are describing, it sounds as if every 4th day the control channel changes to a frequency you don't have programmed in. Another facet of missing a frequency, is that you may notice you are missing parts of conversations, since the BC235 requires that all frequencies be entered.

 

[Beethovens5th]

Charleston County SC

I have 28 programmed frequencies and I am picking up all of the talk groups I have entered and wish to listen to: Fire, EMS, Rescue.

 

[loumaag]

Okay, there are a couple of points here.

First, you listed 3 frequencies above, one of those (859.76250) does not seem to be in this system. Of course I am not there, but that frequency does belong to the Charleston City Public Safety System and is listed by us as a control channel, so indeed you would hear "loud noise" on it. So you should take that frequency out of that bank of your radio.

Next, looking at the Charleston County Public Safety System here on tbe site, I see we have 20 frequencies listed for the system, but the license WNVH447 lists a total of 28 frequencies. Now I am not there but if I were you I would take the 20 we have listed, add the 8 not listed on the system into the bank and try that. They are: 856.4625, 856.7625, 857.4625, 857.7625, 858.4625, 858.7625, 859.4625, & 860.4625.

Also, you say that you have all the TG's you want programmed, and I have to assume that you do. However, it appears that both the City and County system have some interesting TG's listed and since the radio you have can only do one system at a time, as well as it cannot be updated to handle the 800MHz rebanding, you might consider starting to put some money by to get a new scanner in the future. But that is the subject of a differnt topic.

Hope this helps.

 

[Voyager]

I have all of the "known" 800 freqs programmed.

(other issues aside about having more than one system programmed)

You need to have all the control channels programmed for it to work correctly - known AND UNKNOWN. Of course, once you find the missing CC, you should report it so the next person won't have the same problem.

Joe M.

 

[loumaag]

You need to have all the control channels programmed for it to work correctly - known AND UNKNOWN.

As he is using a BC235, he must have all the frequencies programmed, CC and voice, for it to work properly.

 

[Voyager]

You need to have all the control channels programmed for it to work correctly - known AND UNKNOWN.

As he is using a BC235, he must have all the frequencies programmed, CC and voice, for it to work properly.

Which does not contradict what I said about the need for all the control channels. :wink:

Joe M.

 

[kb2vxa]

And God reprogrammed the bank and on the fourth day there was trunking and it was good. (;->)

 

[rtripp]

And God reprogrammed the bank and on the fourth day there was trunking and it was good. (;->)

That made me giggle.

And to those saying only one contol channel per bank, what are you talking about? I have 18 control channels programmed into one bank, and everything works fine. Is this digital trunked you are on about?

 

[loumaag]

... to those saying only one contol channel per bank, what are you talking about? I have 18 control channels programmed into one bank, and everything works fine. Is this digital trunked you are on about?

:?:
I don't find anyone here saying anything like that. Did you notice that he has a BC235XLT. Do you know how the BC235XLT works? I don't think so or you would not have mentioned "digital."

 

[rtripp]

Ah. Ok. I'm just used to everyone using a digital system. An analog trunked system seems foreign to me. Sorry.