Federal Trunking @ 380 Mhz apco 25 capable scanner

[wb6sub]

is there scanner out there that is capable of doing federal trunking in the 380 frequency area. When I try to enter it on my Digital apco 25 Bearcat scanner and radio shack apco 25 hand held it won't enter.

 

[ka3jjz]

It's hard to diagnose your issue since you didn't name your 'digital apco 25 bearcat scanner', but the BCD996T, BCD396T can trunk in the 380 Mhz band, as I think the GRE PSR 500 and 600 can also.

73s Mike

 

[GM]

380 MHz

The BC250D & BC296D will track the 380 MHz freq's, provided that you have the digital card installed and channel set in the FM mode with 12.5 step size - but will not trunk-track as the others above will (BCD396T, etc). You can only listen to them in conventional mode with the two-stated scanners listed above.

 

[DickH]

is there scanner out there that is capable of doing federal trunking in the 380 frequency area. When I try to enter it on my Digital apco 25 Bearcat scanner and radio shack apco 25 hand held it won't enter.

There is a guy in the Seattle area who monitors that system with a PSR500.
Go to this thread in the Wash. forum and read his comments. You'll have to scroll down to Post #33.
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90559&page=2

 

[DaveNF2G]

Uniden scanners seem to have trouble with M/A-Com's implementation of P25 on VHF and UHF.

 

[poltergeisty]

Make sure you have the correct bas, space and offset programed. I believe people have tried different settings other than what is listed. Do a search on 320 mhz or base, space and offset.

The BCD396T doesn't track properly either? I monitor the Buckley system here, but that's 400 Mhz Mot II SmatZone.

 

[DaveNF2G]

That's what I'm told. The PRO-96 and PSR-500 (both made by GRE) reportedly have no trouble with the West Point system, which is M/A-Com, but the Unidens supposedly can't track it. I'm too far away to test mine.

 

[freqhopping]

I have no problem monitoring these systems with my 396 or 996. There are a bunch to listen to in my area. No need to enter a band plan with these scanners. The scanner fills in the blanks by itself.

 

[jerk]

Uniden scanners seem to have trouble with M/A-Com's implementation of P25 on VHF and UHF.

Perhaps, but the one system I monitor works fine on myBCD396t and tracks the system just fine, and I regularly monitor it from a distance of 40+ miles. It is a military system built by M/A Com Now the audio is not that great, but I don't think it's all that great on any of the systems I monitor. Could that be the issue, the audio sound versus reception?

AL

 

[BaLa]

theres a new MACOM P25 System at a Mil. Base near here. My 396t does ok on it.