Toddler needs help!

Unassuming2

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I'm brand new to this type of scanning. My last scanner was a Bearcat Trunk tracker. I now have a dongle, using HDSDR software. Looking at this interface, it may as well be NASA Nuclear Reactor Control Panel! I have no idea what I'm looking at! I'm trying to get setup to listen to my local PD, South Fulton Police. Can someone point me in the right direction? I spent many days last week trying to get SDRSharp to work, to no avail.
 

Whiskey3JMC

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well, what is your local PD?
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South Fulton Police.
What make & model SDR are you using? You'll need a trunk tracking SDR app like SDRTrunk (free) to bring in your county's TRS. DSDPlus Fastlane is another paid app alternative but it has a much steeper learning curve, more steps to take, files to modify, etc to get trunking to work properly. HDSDR & SDRSharp are only good for conventional (non-trunked) monitoring
 
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Unassuming2

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OP answered...

What make & model SDR are you using? You'll need a trunk tracking SDR app like SDRTrunk (free) to bring in your county's TRS. DSDPlus Fastlane is another paid app alternative but it has a much steeper learning curve, more steps to take, files to modify, etc to get trunking to work properly. HDSDR & SDRSharp are only good for conventional (non-trunked) monitoring
I'm using the Nooelec RTL-SDR v5.

 
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