Hello everyone, I just went out and bought a Pro-97 1,000 channel Triple Trunking Hand Held Scanner. Radioshack programmed my radio for the county we are in. I help out for a local PD by my house and I would like to listen to their radio frequency. Is there any way I can find that frequency for my local town? Ive tried looking online, but I cant find it. Its popped up once while it was scanning but it wouldnt let me pause it. Any help would be great, thank you!
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Analog Man
Welcome to the site!Shimy3 said:
Click "Database" at the top of the screen.
Yeah I've looked on this site before for the frequency, but its not here. I did find a Talkgroup for it, but Im not sure what it means.
Village of Elm Grove Talkgroups
DEC HEX Mode Description
20816 515 A Fire Dispatch
22448 57b A Fire Tac A
22480 57d A Fire Tac B
22576 583 A Fire Training
22640 587 A Police A4
22672 589 A Police A1 Dispatch
22704 58b A Police A2 Car to Car
22736 58d A Police A3
22768 58f A EMS
22800 591 A Fire Administration
22896 597 A DPW
Village of Elm Grove Talkgroups
DEC HEX Mode Description
20816 515 A Fire Dispatch
22448 57b A Fire Tac A
22480 57d A Fire Tac B
22576 583 A Fire Training
22640 587 A Police A4
22672 589 A Police A1 Dispatch
22704 58b A Police A2 Car to Car
22736 58d A Police A3
22768 58f A EMS
22800 591 A Fire Administration
22896 597 A DPW
KE5BCP
Analog Man
It's part of a trunked system (TRS).Shimy3 said:
You can read up on how trunking systems work in the Wiki, located here:
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Trunking_Basics
RayK
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Read the manual or read this :http://myweb.cableone.net/marksscanners/97/97.html
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yep, just turn the squelch know until the hissing stops.
Yeah that was the problem earlier, thanks a lot everyone! Now whenever I want to keep a channel on and listen to it, the PSE button dosent work and Mot: None pops up and it dosnet pause the channel. ive also tried holding down the Trunk button to pause it, but that hasent worked. Any clue how to fix this? thanks
Shimy3 said:
It sounds like you are trying to monitor a trunked system, but your scanner is programmed to receive the frequencies in conventional mode.
You had mentioned talkgroups in a previous post, and you talked about the squelch control. If the scanner is programmed correctly, the squelch will have no effect in trunked mode.
Before anyone can help you , tell us the name of the state and the county you are located in, and what exact agency you're trying to monitor.
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
And I am trying to monitor the Village of Elm Grove Police (or Brookfield)
The guy at radio shack told me that the squelch is very important and that he programmed it for a trunked system. I'm not sure if he knows what hes talking about though...
Thanks for the help
Waukesha County
And I am trying to monitor the Village of Elm Grove Police (or Brookfield)
The guy at radio shack told me that the squelch is very important and that he programmed it for a trunked system. I'm not sure if he knows what hes talking about though...
Thanks for the help
Shimy3 said:
Look at the database here:
http://radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&sid=605
It appears that your county police are using a Motorola trunked system, and you should be able to receive it on the PRO-97.
You need to program the control channels (the ones in red). The mode must be set for "MO" (for Motorola). The bank must also be set to Motorola. If you do these things, and scan the system in open mode, you should hear the traffic on the system.
Look at the talkgroups at the link above; select and enter the ones you want and scan the system in closed mode, and you will only hear the traffic on those talkgroups.
Alright so i programmed those channels into the scanner. I don't know what I should put in for the text though, but thats alright. I also put in the talkgroups, and scanned in closed mode. I'm so confused though because so many of my frequencies have no text, so I dont know whos talking and where its coming from.
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Shimy3 said:
Your frequencies don't need any text, your talkgroups would benefit from having text tags. A text tag on a talkgroup would identify who is using the talkgroup. For example, instead of seeing the talkgroup number like 4240, you could label it "PD Dispatch", or anything you want.
Entering text tags is much easier if you use the WIN-97 programming software. You can get it here:
http://www.starrsoft.com/
Get the programming cable from Radio Shack, part number 20-047.
Also, you might want to read the wiki elsewhere on this site on the PRO-97.
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