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thaibjj

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Just recently got a job as a tow truck driver and we all have scanners for Fire Dispatch. I live in Tallahassee (Leon County FL). When I got the scanner from radio shack they programmed it for Leon County but it only has TFD's channel 1 (main dispatch). Most guys have dispatch 1 dispatch 2.... I simply can't figure out how in the world to get it to the right freq.

Scanner Frequencies: Tallahassee / Leon County Trunking System, Tallahassee, Florida

^^ that's the web page that shows the fire talk groups.

I guess my question(s) is how do I "read" this? I don't really get it there's no freq. just DEC, HEX, Mode.
Do I need to get some sort of software to plug these into my scanner? If so, what software?

Dispatch 2
DEC- 1232
HEX- 04d
Mode- A

Any help would be great!

-Macfarlane
 

DickH

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... When I got the scanner from radio shack they programmed it for Leon County but it only has TFD's channel 1 (main dispatch). Most guys have dispatch 1 dispatch 2.... I simply can't figure out how in the world to get it to the right freq. ...

I guess my question(s) is how do I "read" this? I don't really get it there's no freq. just DEC, HEX, Mode.
Do I need to get some sort of software to plug these into my scanner? If so, what software?

Dispatch 2
DEC- 1232
HEX- 04d
Mode- A

Any help would be great!

-Macfarlane

To hear everything that's going on you should also put in the TAC (Tactical) channels.
I've put them all in, below.

This how to do it (copied from the manual).

Saving a Talk Group ID
Each of the 10 banks contains 5 sub-banks
that each hold 30 Talk Group IDs. (You can
save up to 1,500 Talk Group IDs.) When the
scanner receives a trunked transmission, it
searches the associated sub-bank for the
Talk Group ID
To define a Talk Group ID:
1. Press PROG, then press TRUNK to enter
the ID program mode.
2. Press FUNC, then use an arrow to select a
bank.
3. Repeatedly press MODE to select a
trunking mode (Motorola, EDACS, or LTR).
4. Repeatedly press TRUNK to select the
sub-bank.
5. Press an arrow to select the location where
to store the Talk Group ID.
6. Use the number keys to enter the Talk Group ID:
Press 1232 (Dispatch 2), press ENT.
7. Press the UP arrow to advance to the next position.
Press 1264 (NO. TAC-1), press ENT.
8. Press the UP arrow to advance to the next position.
Press 1296 (NO. TAC-2), press ENT.
9. Press the UP arrow to advance to the next position.
Press 1328 (NO. TAC-3), press ENT.
10. Press the UP arrow to advance to the next position.
Press 1360 (SO. TAC-1), press ENT.
11. Press the UP arrow to advance to the next position.
Press 1392 (SO. TAC-2), press ENT.
 
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