My G4 kept operating as if the Receiving Mode was Trunking TG-Monitor. I knew it was set for Trunking TG-Scan. The problem was that I had created a talk group 65535, which is a wildcard in decimal. I must have skipped entering a talk group somewhere. Everything worked once I changed the service to the correct talk group.
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Talk Group 65535
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troymail
Silent Key
Yup - nice to have that wildcard in the latest firmware.... just wish it worked like other talkgroups (record - it doesn't). Would also be really nice to someday get an option to auto-mute encryption - both for those talkgroups that you find (the hard way*) are encrypted and/or those that are partially encrypted. It sure would make a wildcard talkgroup more useful.
I recently used the wildcard talkgroup (the only talkgroup programmed) in conjunction with frequency band searches (rather than specific system frequencies) when traveling trough South Carolina from Asheville. I was able to listen to Palmetto P25 across 9 counties with very limited programming (no alpha tags of course but my other radios were monitoring the system with alpha tags).
* when traveling, I use the RRDB to program. I don't program talkgroups marked encrypted and I tend to find lots of encrypted talkgroups that are not marked as such in the RRDB.... and then all I can do is turn the radio down.
I recently used the wildcard talkgroup (the only talkgroup programmed) in conjunction with frequency band searches (rather than specific system frequencies) when traveling trough South Carolina from Asheville. I was able to listen to Palmetto P25 across 9 counties with very limited programming (no alpha tags of course but my other radios were monitoring the system with alpha tags).
* when traveling, I use the RRDB to program. I don't program talkgroups marked encrypted and I tend to find lots of encrypted talkgroups that are not marked as such in the RRDB.... and then all I can do is turn the radio down.
mdsxfire
EDBM
I have gotten 2 different answers to this, what is the difference between TG scan and TG monitor
troymail
Silent Key
To my knowledge:
TG Scan - only monitors the specific talkgroups you have programmed in that knob position (scan list)
TG Monitor - will monitor any talkgroup that is determine to be active on the current control channel
Now- if you add a talkgroup with an ID of 65535 (or FFFF hex), that knob position will function the same (or very similar) to 'TG Monitor" even if set to "TG Scan"
What other answer did you get?
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