Waterford MI Tone Outs

[subter]

I just got a BCD396T and I'm trying to set up the tone outs for Waterford Fire Dept. I've searched endlessly and am having a hard time coming up with the freqs and tone settings. Does anyone know where I might find them or others in my area (Oakland County-Michigan)?

 

[DaveIN]

You may want to check the Scan Michigan Yahoo group or record the tones to yor hard drive and use a counter program to find the tone frequency. There is a thred covering that:

http://radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17245

 

[Dubbin]

You may want to check the Scan Michigan Yahoo group or record the tones to yor hard drive and use a counter program to find the tone frequency. There is a thred covering that:

http://radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17245

Care to help out on finding this counter program? The link in Pauls post is no longer valid.

 

[DaveIN]

http://radioreference.com/forums/showpost.php?p=274874&postcount=471

 

[Dubbin]

Thanks Dave!!!

 

[subter]

I guess I was looking for a clear explanation of the tone outs listed in the database. It's my understanding you need the frequency, Tone A and Tone B. In the database here it lists the frequency and one tone. When I enter that one tone in my 396t, it says tone out of range and won't allow me to enter it.

 

[rdale]

You are probably looking at the PL tone, you need to click the link at the bottom (if one exists) that says pager tones.

 

[subter]

Thank you very much. That works now. Just for my knowledge, what are the PL tones for?

 

[rdale]

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/PL