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darunimal
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Correct,
But you might want to put 1 System under 1 System Quick Key, then the scanner won't have to scan 4 different groups of ID's since it all under the same system, the scanner doesn't know there the same until it looks the next system up, use Department Quick Keys to separate them, 0-9 St.Pauls, 10-29 Minneapolis, Dakota County 30, .....
Another cool thing is when you have just 1 fav in and just 1 system in instead of the first 2 sets of numbers you just put the 2 decimals in, then the last set of numbers in. "."".""01" or ..01
But you might want to put 1 System under 1 System Quick Key, then the scanner won't have to scan 4 different groups of ID's since it all under the same system, the scanner doesn't know there the same until it looks the next system up, use Department Quick Keys to separate them, 0-9 St.Pauls, 10-29 Minneapolis, Dakota County 30, .....
Another cool thing is when you have just 1 fav in and just 1 system in instead of the first 2 sets of numbers you just put the 2 decimals in, then the last set of numbers in. "."".""01" or ..01
Yeah this quick key thing is tough to grasp at first. The more you mess with it, it eventually sinks in.
Attached is a zip file for my Minneapolis area Favorites List. It should unzip to F81 - Minneapolis.HPE. You can then use Sentinel to import it. (It's what I use for when I travel to my home state of Minnesota.)
Envision a file cabinet. A Favorites List is that file cabinet. Each drawer in the file cabinet is a System. File folders in the drawer are Departments. Each piece of paper in that file folder is either a talkgroup or radio frequency.
Each particular "thing" has its own Quick Key. A Favorites List Quick Key (FLQK), is something that locks/unlocks the file cabient.
A System Quick Key (SQK) opens/closes the file drawer.
A Department Quick Key (DQK) opens/closes the file folders.
The keypress sequence for quick keys is FF.SS.DD (enter). FF is FLQK, SS is SQK and DD is DQK.
If you want to turn on/off the whole Favorites List it is FF (enter). A System is FF.SS (enter). A Department is FF.SS.DD (enter). In other words, how far down you go determines how many buttons are to be pressed.
Just to help me some, I stole an idea from another user. That is to incorporate Quick Key numbers as part of the FL, System and Department names.
Uniden has established sites as being at the Department Level. So what I do is assign Agency Departments with lower numbers and Sites as higher department numbers.
While what you have is fine, my version has ARMER as a system with the Agencies and Sites as being Departments. There are fewer numbers I have to commit to memory. I know anything "Minnesota" is "81.00.xx". From there, the "xx" depends on what I want to monitor, such as State Patrol, Fire, Interoperability, etc. (I usually leave all the sites on).
Attached is a zip file for my Minneapolis area Favorites List. It should unzip to F81 - Minneapolis.HPE. You can then use Sentinel to import it. (It's what I use for when I travel to my home state of Minnesota.)
Envision a file cabinet. A Favorites List is that file cabinet. Each drawer in the file cabinet is a System. File folders in the drawer are Departments. Each piece of paper in that file folder is either a talkgroup or radio frequency.
Each particular "thing" has its own Quick Key. A Favorites List Quick Key (FLQK), is something that locks/unlocks the file cabient.
A System Quick Key (SQK) opens/closes the file drawer.
A Department Quick Key (DQK) opens/closes the file folders.
The keypress sequence for quick keys is FF.SS.DD (enter). FF is FLQK, SS is SQK and DD is DQK.
If you want to turn on/off the whole Favorites List it is FF (enter). A System is FF.SS (enter). A Department is FF.SS.DD (enter). In other words, how far down you go determines how many buttons are to be pressed.
Just to help me some, I stole an idea from another user. That is to incorporate Quick Key numbers as part of the FL, System and Department names.
Uniden has established sites as being at the Department Level. So what I do is assign Agency Departments with lower numbers and Sites as higher department numbers.
While what you have is fine, my version has ARMER as a system with the Agencies and Sites as being Departments. There are fewer numbers I have to commit to memory. I know anything "Minnesota" is "81.00.xx". From there, the "xx" depends on what I want to monitor, such as State Patrol, Fire, Interoperability, etc. (I usually leave all the sites on).
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The best thing about these scanners (BCDx36HP Series) is: if doesn't "hear/receive" the sites' signal, it moves onto the next one very, very quickly.
I've given your Favorits List a little more thought and have a suggestion. It is based on what I could see in the image, but I suspect there might be more.
(Of course there are many ways to skin a cat - the one to use is the one you are most comfortable with.)
F1 - Twin Cities Favorites List (FQK is 1)
Sites start in the 80s.
This might be easier to remember, because it is consistent in organization.
Something I didn't pick up on at first. You have the Hennepin East site for Minneapolis "stuff". Minneapolis has its own sub-system/site that being Minneapolis NS and infrequently uses Hennepin East. (I suspect you haven't heard any Minneapolsi traffic).
Also I'm not too sure about what sites Metro Transit use. They could affiliate with Minneapolis City Center (which is the "state" site) as they cover a larger area, and not just the Ramsey site.
If you want to, you could export your Favorites List to an HPE file and send it to a zip folder. Then post that zip folder and I can take a better look at everything you have.
(Of course there are many ways to skin a cat - the one to use is the one you are most comfortable with.)
F1 - Twin Cities Favorites List (FQK is 1)
S1 - ARMER System (SQK is 1)
I think this is a better organization for this system. There is a "method to the madness" on Departments and their quick keys. The first digit corresponds to the locality (St. Paul, Minneapolis, etc.) The second digit corresponds to the discipline (Police, Fire, etc.)D11 - Saint Paul Police (DQK 11)
D12 - Saint Paul Fire (DQK is 12)
D13 - City of St. Paul (DQK is 13)
D21 - Minneapolis Police (DQK 21)
D22 - Minneapolis Fire (DQK is 22)
D23 - City of Minneapolis (DQK is 23)
D31 - Dakota Police (DQK 31)
D32 - Dakota Fire (DQK is 32)
D33 - Dakota County (DQK is 33)
D44 - Metro Transit Buses (DQK is 44)
D45 - Metro Transit Light Rail (DQK is 45)
D46 - Metro Transit Metro Mobility (DQK is 46)
D81 - Ramsey County Simulcast Site (DQK is 81)
D82 - Minneapolist NE Simulcast Site (DQK is 82)
D83 - Dakota Simulcast Site (DQK is 83)
D84 - Minneapolist City Center Site (DQK is 84)
D85 - Hennepin East Simulcast Site (DQK is 85)
D12 - Saint Paul Fire (DQK is 12)
D13 - City of St. Paul (DQK is 13)
D21 - Minneapolis Police (DQK 21)
D22 - Minneapolis Fire (DQK is 22)
D23 - City of Minneapolis (DQK is 23)
D31 - Dakota Police (DQK 31)
D32 - Dakota Fire (DQK is 32)
D33 - Dakota County (DQK is 33)
D44 - Metro Transit Buses (DQK is 44)
D45 - Metro Transit Light Rail (DQK is 45)
D46 - Metro Transit Metro Mobility (DQK is 46)
D81 - Ramsey County Simulcast Site (DQK is 81)
D82 - Minneapolist NE Simulcast Site (DQK is 82)
D83 - Dakota Simulcast Site (DQK is 83)
D84 - Minneapolist City Center Site (DQK is 84)
D85 - Hennepin East Simulcast Site (DQK is 85)
Sites start in the 80s.
This might be easier to remember, because it is consistent in organization.
Something I didn't pick up on at first. You have the Hennepin East site for Minneapolis "stuff". Minneapolis has its own sub-system/site that being Minneapolis NS and infrequently uses Hennepin East. (I suspect you haven't heard any Minneapolsi traffic).
Also I'm not too sure about what sites Metro Transit use. They could affiliate with Minneapolis City Center (which is the "state" site) as they cover a larger area, and not just the Ramsey site.
If you want to, you could export your Favorites List to an HPE file and send it to a zip folder. Then post that zip folder and I can take a better look at everything you have.
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darunimal
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I think I stated that in my very first reply slim check it out and re-read b4 posting
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darunimal
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Okay, well you keep fishing for a man and good luck with that.
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