skip39
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i am leaving today on the anthem of seas. i am taking my bcd436hp. i will let everyone about what frequencies they use.
Anthem Of The Seas
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Good luck. I couldn't get mine past security.
skip39
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i had mine other times and had no problems
Did they confiscate it? What did you do with the scanner once they found it? Assuming they wouldn't let you board with it...
They gave me 2 options. 1) let them hang on to it until I get back or 2) leave it in the car. I chose #2.
skip39
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i had no problem getting on the anthem of the seas with my scanner
they are using dmr on this ship.
they are using dmr on this ship.
skip39
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most of the crew were walking around with xpr portables
I must look shady because they gave me such a hard time at security with my 436.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
skip39
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the xpr portable are pretty nice looking
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Anthem of the seas
most of the most comms on the ship are on 457.550 dmr TG 1 Color Code 11
most of the most comms on the ship are on 457.550 dmr TG 1 Color Code 11
ecps92
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skip39
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457.575 was also used in dmr mode. i also heard 457.5375 in dmr mode
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Anthem of the Seas Help Needed in a Hurry
So I have read through the thread, looked up the info and even received a DMR signal on 457.55.
The problem is that I find the BCD436HP hard to program and I am new to DMR...also I am onboard the Anthem of the Seas with the BCD436HP.
I am running out of time to figure out exactly what is wrong with my programming...is there anyone who can help me with a file I can just upload to the scanner? I have played with it for a while and I believe I have the system programmed correctly but no decodes.
Thanks in advance for your help---time running out for me to figure this out.
Tom
So I have read through the thread, looked up the info and even received a DMR signal on 457.55.
The problem is that I find the BCD436HP hard to program and I am new to DMR...also I am onboard the Anthem of the Seas with the BCD436HP.
I am running out of time to figure out exactly what is wrong with my programming...is there anyone who can help me with a file I can just upload to the scanner? I have played with it for a while and I believe I have the system programmed correctly but no decodes.
Thanks in advance for your help---time running out for me to figure this out.
Tom
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So the BIG you question is:
have you paid for the DMR upgrade ?
If so have you ever heard DMR at your normal home base or other?
If yes than you might not be on the right frequency,
I am not aware of a downloadable file as what I normally do is put all the known freqs into one file and scan when I get on board.
Put a search bank on between 457-468 Mhz , you will find, good luck
have you paid for the DMR upgrade ?
If so have you ever heard DMR at your normal home base or other?
If yes than you might not be on the right frequency,
I am not aware of a downloadable file as what I normally do is put all the known freqs into one file and scan when I get on board.
Put a search bank on between 457-468 Mhz , you will find, good luck
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Thanks for the reply. I do have the DMR and other upgrades.
It seems that there are a couple of problems. First, the list at Cruise Ship & Maritime Frequencies describes the Anthem frequencies as MotoTRBO. MotoTRBO on a BCD436HP appears to only be available as a trunking mode. So all this time I was trying to setup a trunking system, however carefully reading the posts in this thread it sounds like they are using DMR non trunking, and in fact without trunking setup and the frequencies set as DMR I am getting decodes. So at least for BCD436HP the list at scanmaritime can be at odds with how the scanner should be programmed.
That being said, I am only getting decodes on 457.55 about 50% of the time. I don't know if this is to be expected of a BCD436HP with busy nearby channels or if there is something else wrong.
Most of the time I don't get a decode the scanner just plays the undecoded audio instead of remaining silent.
Is this the difference between the BCD436HP and the SDS100? The 100 decodes 100% of the time?
I have strong signals from the ship while aboard and not much from not on the ship (its a big metal box after all)
Thoughts?
It seems that there are a couple of problems. First, the list at Cruise Ship & Maritime Frequencies describes the Anthem frequencies as MotoTRBO. MotoTRBO on a BCD436HP appears to only be available as a trunking mode. So all this time I was trying to setup a trunking system, however carefully reading the posts in this thread it sounds like they are using DMR non trunking, and in fact without trunking setup and the frequencies set as DMR I am getting decodes. So at least for BCD436HP the list at scanmaritime can be at odds with how the scanner should be programmed.
That being said, I am only getting decodes on 457.55 about 50% of the time. I don't know if this is to be expected of a BCD436HP with busy nearby channels or if there is something else wrong.
Most of the time I don't get a decode the scanner just plays the undecoded audio instead of remaining silent.
Is this the difference between the BCD436HP and the SDS100? The 100 decodes 100% of the time?
I have strong signals from the ship while aboard and not much from not on the ship (its a big metal box after all)
Thoughts?
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Almost there
I have now resolved another issue. Apparently when the BCD436HP scans through a group of channels which includes channels marked as not being DMR, it does not have enough time to switch to DMR mode when activity pops up on a DMR channel.
So for example, I can scan 20 channels that are all marked DMR and 80%+ of the activity will decode, however if I scan 20 channels, and 3 of them are marked not DMR, then while the scanner will stop at all the DMR activity, it will only decode it 50% of the time or sometimes much less than that.
So there you go. The "secrets" to scanning on Anthem of the Seas is to only program in your DMR channels, and mark them as DMR only through the Uniden software (havent figured out if it is possible directly on the scanner). Be sure NOT to program the channels as MotoTRBO as then the BCD436HP will try to scan them as a part of a trunking system, which they do not appear to be.
I have now resolved another issue. Apparently when the BCD436HP scans through a group of channels which includes channels marked as not being DMR, it does not have enough time to switch to DMR mode when activity pops up on a DMR channel.
So for example, I can scan 20 channels that are all marked DMR and 80%+ of the activity will decode, however if I scan 20 channels, and 3 of them are marked not DMR, then while the scanner will stop at all the DMR activity, it will only decode it 50% of the time or sometimes much less than that.
So there you go. The "secrets" to scanning on Anthem of the Seas is to only program in your DMR channels, and mark them as DMR only through the Uniden software (havent figured out if it is possible directly on the scanner). Be sure NOT to program the channels as MotoTRBO as then the BCD436HP will try to scan them as a part of a trunking system, which they do not appear to be.
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