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  1. hiegtx

    Dallas Fire - Trunked System Rollout 2022

    I went through their city council meeting minutes up to the most recent one posted, and did not see anything related to a ‘start date’ (changeover) listed. I still have a couple of scanners running ID Search on NTIRN, logging activity via ProScan. When & if I see a new set of TGIDs come...
  2. hiegtx

    TRX-1 limit search

    Besides EZ-Scan, you can also use the Universal Scanner Audio Player. That will also show th details saved in the file.
  3. hiegtx

    Question regarding simulcast

    For a simulcast site, each tower that is part of the simulcast has the exact same set of frequencies. For the EDACS system, you must have every frequency for that site in place, with the correct LCNs programmed. For most P25 trunked systems, you only need the control channel frequencies. (That's...
  4. hiegtx

    Question regarding simulcast

    Did you 'program' the system by appending from the main database in Sentinel? That will append all of the sites on the system, even if you only selected a single department, If that's the case, then no, it won't affect the reception of the site in your vicinity. With the exception of Interop...
  5. hiegtx

    Dallas Fire - Trunked System Rollout 2022

    And back on May 15th last year, authorized working with Motorola for obtaining the radio equipment needed for moving to the trunked system.
  6. hiegtx

    Question regarding simulcast

    I see several sites for the EDACS system in your county (Washoe). For the P25 system, here is the site map for the Washoe County Simulcast: Each of those would be transmitting exactly the same radio traffic at the same time.
  7. hiegtx

    Dallas Fire - Trunked System Rollout 2022

    Dallas Layer 1 is the primary site used for public safety agencies, whether Dallas (city) or Dallas County, as well as the smaller cities on NTIRN (Cedar Hill, Desoto, Duncanville, & Lancaster). Layer 2 is used for city agencies & departments other than public safety. However, I am still...
  8. hiegtx

    Question regarding simulcast

    Other than using a directional antenna, pointed at a specific transmit tower, you cannot program & receive a single site that is part of the simulcast. Besides using a directional antenna, sometimes your location, or placement of the scanner in your house or other building means that signal from...
  9. hiegtx

    BCD325P2/BCD996P2: BCD996P2 NXDN Ugrade

    You should not have to use 'all caps'. Make sure that the address you are entering when trying to purchase the key exactly matches how your address appears on your credit card billings. So if your card billings use your street address, use that. The same goes for your postal code. Use however...
  10. hiegtx

    BCD436HP/BCD536HP: Change hold times during full database scan

    ProScan also has that capability.
  11. hiegtx

    BCD325P2/BCD996P2: BCD325P2 with BC-SGPS

    The 325P2, unlike the BCDx36Hzp & SDS series database scanners, does not have the full database available in the scanner. So you must have those 'out of state' systems included in your programming file for them to show up as being scanned. The range settings, when used with location control & a...
  12. hiegtx

    SDS100/SDS200: Database is corrupt. Operation is canceled. Could not find...hpdb.cfg

    Glad you got it working. But I would suggest that you get another memory card, so that you can switch it out if further trouble develops. Cards are cheap & readily available, so it's a low-cost insurance policy.
  13. hiegtx

    SDS100/SDS200: Scanning out of my Zip Code

    What you need to remember that the "range" you set in the scanner, to limit the area covered, is not the same "range" calculation as used by the scanner, If you set a ten mile range, then it will scan any system who's range is large enough to intersect with the one you set. Even with the range...
  14. hiegtx

    HP-1: Uniden HP-1/Sentinel trouble

    Looking at the statewide system, MPSCS, most of the talkgroups shown for your county (Oakland) are P25 Phase II. Those are indicated by a T in the mode column for talkgroups. There are still a few Phase I talkgroups, indicated with a D in the mode column. Your HP-1 can receive the Phase I...
  15. hiegtx

    Police scanning questions with bcd325

    The channels on that page are all conventional (non-trunked) frequencies. The 325P3 would have no problems receiving any of them.
  16. hiegtx

    Sentinel: Uniden sentinal not working on pc

    I checked, & was able to update to 003/24/2024 a few minutes ago.
  17. hiegtx

    SDS100/SDS200: SDS100 GPS CABLE

    No chip. It's just a cable that plugs into a UBS power source, and has one connector for the GPS, the other for the scanner.The GPS data flows into the cable that plugs into the scanner.
  18. hiegtx

    Is BCD325P2 a good purchase?

    None of the Whistler scanners can trunk track a DMR system. They focus on receiving transmissions that have the DMR emissions code, They can be programmed using the talkgroup IDs, but they do not follow a conversation. If the system of interest is not very busy, that may suit your purpose even...
  19. hiegtx

    Win500: My Starrsoft Software Appears to be Dead, What Gives?

    I wonder if the "data protection mode" gremlin has resurfaced, after a Windows update. Several links in this post where it has occurred in the past. Look at post 9 here, & see if the errors look familiar. (That was regarding Vista, but the same problem has surfaced since then on later Windows...
  20. hiegtx

    SDS100/SDS200: Adding Conventional Frequencies

    You would need to add a system for conventional frequencies. It can be in the same scan lisst as your trunked system. Have you looked at the main database in Sentinel? The channels you want to add might already be in a system in the main database, and you could simply append them to either your...
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