talkgroups

  1. AngWay

    SDRtrunk recordings & talkgroups.

    While using SDRtrunk i'v noticed some things that i just don't understand. I'll attach some pics showing but how come at the bottom of the first pic i have two TG's showing up side by side i'v never seen it do this before is it a bug or is it suppose to do that? In the alias tab i have like 6...
  2. M

    Cottonwood Heights UT Talkgroups

    Hi So, I been listening to the cottonwood heights Police Dept, And I notice they have dispatch, and car to car, but not a tactical channel, I tried listening on other talk groups, but I don't hear anything when they talk. If anyone could help me I would be happy. Thanks! I just wanna be informed...
  3. AngWay

    SDRTrunk Not hearing talkgroups

    I have a question that i hope someone can help me with. i'm using two rtl-sdr dongles with sdrtrunk and i am able to lock onto 3 different control channels but i am only hearing these 4 talgroups. VSP Wyt 2 DWR 3 LAW DOC OP W Buch Sheriff 1 but according to my site their are a LOT more...
  4. K

    Talkgroups not appearing on Pi-star dashboard -- Codeplug is good.

    Realize this is extremely difficult to troubleshoot on a forum, but here are the facts: 1. Been using the Anytone 878II plus for the past year with a code plug provided by my local ham radio club. I added several Talkgroups to the codeplug, and they have been working, and I've been using...
  5. Cashanova48

    Help with Talkgroups

    I have been using Radio reference for a few months now and haven't been able to find Talkgroup frequencys, only the decimals appear. I would appreciate it if someone could please tell me how to find the frequencys. Thanks for any future replies.
  6. L

    So Cal Edison Talkgroups needs Apha Tags ?

    Hi Any of you work or know anybody that work for So Cal Edson that tell me talkgroups apha tags below. Also on https://www.radioreference.com/db/sid/7996 dose not have those talkgroups below. I have some apha tags needs names what they are. 104 125 127 130 200 202 - 208 304 305 400 500 503...
  7. S

    Getting Talkgroups Via Public Records Request

    Hi all, Quick and simple - is it possible to, from either a public records request or some sort of other formal procedure, gather talkgroups? I am local to Lee County, Florida. I have gathered that since radio talkgroups from public safety agencies are technically considered public...
  8. P

    Baofeng DMR-6x2 DMRII vs DMRIII

    Alright so don't hate on me too much as I'm brand new into the radio world outside of what I was told to do in the army which as I'm coming to realize isn't much in the civi world. So here at home I have a handful of SDR dongles and I've been running DSD+ for DMR decoding for some frequencies...
  9. B

    BCD436HP/BCD536HP: Talkgroup Issues

    I am having trouble scanning and programming talkgroups. I have tried reading the manual and have tried doing everything manually and even with the Sentinel software. But the main problem is I cant hear or my scanner wont pick up the talkgroups. I used to use the BC125AT scanner but then I...
  10. J

    Importing Talk Groups from RR CSV Download

    Following up on recent weeks' discussions of problems importing talk groups to PPS, I am having similar problems today. The error message is always "The data format of this file in incorrect." This happens when trying to import the Phoenix RWC system talk groups, and even when I try to import...
  11. villlythekid

    BCD325P2/BCD996P2: Need Help Programming System

    I am using FreeScan to try to program this system: Prince George's County Trunking System, Various, Maryland - Scanner Frequencies (Prince George's County Trunking System) I went onto Reddit to r/policescanner and someone sent me a 996 file through gofile.io with the system set-up, but it...
  12. M

    Wildcard Talkgroups

    Hey, Im pretty new here, i think this is the right board to ask this. Some of the DMR entries in the frequency database list talkgroup as "TG:*". Ive been told this means its a "wildcard". Does this mean that it is a trunked system? And if it is not a trunked system, would anyone have advice on...
  13. U

    Harford CMARC Fire Talkgroups

    I am looking to program a knob position on my Unication G4 to monitor talkgroups as local as possible to where I live and work. I want to program the fire talkgroups that would handle incidents in the Bynum Run Business Center in Forest Hill, and in Street near Forge Hill Rd and Trappe Rd...
  14. K

    Statewide P25 Phase 2 Multi-Site Question

    Hi All! I just had a quick question about P25 scanning. I am very new to P25 trunking and I am trying to learn the basics of the systems setup. I don't really understand how the multi-site trunking works exactly. Are all of these towers linked together on one master controller so all...
  15. K

    Pro-651: PRO 651 Object Not Playing In Scanlist

    Not sure what I'm doing wrong, or if I'm using the correct terms so please bear with me. I'm in Sacramento, CA. I have everything set up and working fine except one object/channel/frequency won't play during scanning but it plays fine during manual mode. I have it selected for the same scan...
  16. D

    Wildcards and IDs

    I hope this makes sense and can get an explanation from someone. I'm learning about trunking systems, Id's ect. Anyways I'm using win500 and when I uploaded freqs from RR to my ws1065 I set most everything to wildcards. I'm getting police traffic on fire IDs and and the reverse on other IDs...
  17. D

    Ailunce HD1 priority vs. address book conacts?

    Before I pull the trigger and buy one of these, I have some questions. I have downloaded the software (v. 1.67, I believe) and I am having troulbe figuring out how talkgroups are supposed to be added. The software indicates there are two kind of contacts: "Priority Contacts" and "Address Book...
  18. kg4ojj

    Road Trip Report: Macon to Augusta

    Howdy, Some of you may benefit from my recent road trip through Macon (Bibb County) and up to Augusta (Richmond County). This is a list of what I heard. Many of the recordings (via my TRX-2 and/or G5) were 1-2 seconds long and made it impossible to tell the user. I'll let the locals confirm...
  19. K

    Buncombe County P25 - Fire Tac

    Hi all, I am a big scanner listener, especially on fire frequencies. I live in Buncombe County, NC. Recently, I heard fire dispatches that told units to go to Fire Tac 3 and Fire Tac 4. However, the RR page for the Buncombe County P25 trunk system only covers Fire Tac 1 and Fire Tac 2, not 3...
  20. R

    Toronto Paramedics Talkgroup IDs

    Hi all, it's been a while since I've listened to the Toronto Public Safety network (last time I listened was 2008 when they were still on the Motorola Trunking), and I just got set up with a P25 scanner. Does anyone know what happened to TEMS old Destination talk groups? (Ie B2-B4, B5-6) To wit...
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