I'm not sure what I have now. I can tell you that I have 20 channels that include Mansfield, Hill county, Bell County, Johnson County, DPS, Etc. But I have no Ellis county.
Are you hearing Johnson County & Mansfield? If so, they are on the FWRRS system, where Midlothian & Red Oak are now. You would need to add site frequencies & talkgroups.
Download one of the software packages I mentioned earlier, preferably Win500 or PSREdit500. Then, connect your scanner to your PC, using the cable that came with the scanner.
Use the software to read the scanner into the software. Then, save that as a file and attach it to a post, to get a better idea of what you have and what needs to be added.
In order to attach a file to a post, you'll have to modify the file slightly, as the original format is not a valid file type for posting. Win500 uses file type *.P500 files, PSREdit500 *.bin, and ARC500 *.gr5.
What you’ll need to do is one of these two ways (
*.xxx represents the file format of whichever program you are using.):
Compress your file into a *.
zip file, which can be attached. This can be done with a file utility such as WinZip, or the free
7Zip. If your original file was named “
MyFile.xxx”, the compressed file would be “
MyFile.zip”.
The other method is to rename your file, using Windows Explorer. Again, for illustration, if your original file was named “
MyFile.xxx”, find the file on your PC and rename it. <Right><Click> on the file and select ‘Rename’ from the pop-up menu. Rename your file to either “
MyFile.txt” or “
MyFile.xxx.txt”.
The zipped or renamed file can now be attached to a post. Whoever is going to take a look, to see anything missing or incorrect, can then download the file from your post, rename or unzip it, and open with PSREdit500 to view.