Sentinel: Our Local Prison is on RR database, but Cannot Find it in Sentinel?

[Checkerboard]

We have a local prison called the Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown (Tuolumne County), CA. It uses a trunked system, and I wanted to program it into my SDS200, but I cannot locate the prison anywhere in the Sentinel Database. I just updated (again) the Sentinel db, but no luck - still can't find the prison.

Could it be the frequencies no longer exist? Is there a way to search Sentinel with a keyword to find the frequencies? Thanks, Peter KM6U

Here is the link to to the page with the Sierra Conserv. Center's frequencies Radio Reference:

Sierra Conserv. Center:

And here is what I see on the RR database page:

 

[KevinC]

Systems with no talkgroups listed won't download into Sentinel.

 

[Checkerboard]

Systems with no talkgroups listed won't download into Sentinel.

Thanks Kevin. I'm an absolute neophyte with this stuff; is there a workaround that's easy to do? The only freqs we have out here, by the way, are old-school analog. This was to have been my first attempt at loading and monitoring a trunked system!

 

[awasser1]

you could try pro-scan. there's a free trial. it should download it. make sure to use the search function since there's no tg's listed. try that.


Alec
N1AJW

 

[mwjones]

Just looking at the system and license, what is in RRDB is outdated. Likely as a result of rebanding, the frequencies have changed, but likely are still analog. This makes monitoring the prison a little more work beyond just a drag and drop operation until someone does the work to identify and update the changes from when the system was last updated in 2010.

 

[MtnBiker2005]

Check these frequencies...

856.1625
858.2625
859.2625
https://www.radioreference.com/db/fcc/callsign/WNNR630

 

[n1chu]

…you will need to set TG’s to “Search” instead of “Scan” also. I see RR wants any TG ”finds” to be reported so they can include them also.

 

[Checkerboard]

Check these frequencies...

856.1625
858.2625
859.2625
https://www.radioreference.com/db/fcc/callsign/WNNR630

Thanks- Would I just manually program these three frequencies into a Favorites list and scan them normally, i.e. no talkgroup toggle or setting that suggests trunking?

 

[Omega-TI]

Thanks- Would I just manually program these three frequencies into a Favorites list and scan them normally, i.e. no talkgroup toggle or setting that suggests trunking?

Did you try that? I'm assuming it worked. I'll be getting an SDS100 in a week or two and have a few frequencies I'll want to manually enter as well.

 

[Checkerboard]

Did you try that? I'm assuming it worked. I'll be getting an SDS100 in a week or two and have a few frequencies I'll want to manually enter as well.

Sorry, haven't tried it yet - I would think it needs a control channel. I don't how how to manually key in frequencies into Sentinel

 

[mcjones2013]

I also wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve finally upgraded to P25 and hooked into the multi-site CDCR P25 system.