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A bit confused on the 796D programming. I have 5 trunk sites programmed in 1 bank but it only seems to scan 1 of them. How can I tell if the others are scanned. Or will the unit not do that. This is the CO state dtrs system, so its one system with multi sites.... but im pretty sure I am only getting the 1 trunk site. I programmed in a vhf channel in the same bank, and can confirm it is definately scanning the bank with regards to VHF, but havent a clue for the trunk.

Help pls...!!!
 

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I think you will need to force another CC by pressing TRUNK then press the up button to the next CC then press RSM. Moving the scanner out of range of a CC is the only other method I know of.
 

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skyview said:
A bit confused on the 796D programming. I have 5 trunk sites programmed in 1 bank but it only seems to scan 1 of them. How can I tell if the others are scanned. Or will the unit not do that. This is the CO state dtrs system, so its one system with multi sites.... but im pretty sure I am only getting the 1 trunk site. I programmed in a vhf channel in the same bank, and can confirm it is definately scanning the bank with regards to VHF, but havent a clue for the trunk.

Help pls...!!!

You cannot scan 5 trunked sites in the same bank. Put the other 4 in separate banks if you must scan them all.
 

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These are all the same system (State of CO DTRS) with different sites, beleive it is infact working but cant prove it for certain :)
 

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skyview said:
These are all the same system (State of CO DTRS) with different sites, beleive it is infact working but cant prove it for certain :)

Doesn't matter. The scanner only follows ONE site at a time per bank.
 

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mmartinfan said:
try adding a non trunked channel in between the different counties works here in Ohio on a 796d

Well of course it will work with any county/site. You can put 10 control channels in the same bank from different systems or the same system but the scanner is only going to track the first control it comes upon.

What I am not sure of though, is if there is no activity on the trunked system being tracked for a certain amount of time, does the scanner drop the control channel and resume the scanning sequence? If thats a fact, then yes, you technically can put all sites ccs in the same bank and eventually they will be tracked, if the system is slow enough. I can't get my scanners to drop the control when theres no activity though. Pay attention to the control locked in when in ID search or ID scan, you'll see you are only monitoring one site per bank.
 

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While the 780 would "drop the control channel" and resume scanning, the 796 will not. The firmware is different and much less user friendly in the 796. I have three moto systems in one bank on my 780 and it will jump around between them.

I also have all sites for San Mateo County in one bank of my 796 but I have to choose which site I want to hear and lock out all the other CC's or the scanner will just sit on the first one it comes across.

If you want to scan all sites at the same time with a 796, and I believe with the 785 also, you have to put the sites in separate banks. Sorry.
 

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JoeyC said:
mmartinfan said:
try adding a non trunked channel in between the different counties works here in Ohio on a 796d

What I am not sure of though, is if there is no activity on the trunked system being tracked for a certain amount of time, does the scanner drop the control channel and resume the scanning sequence? If thats a fact, then yes, you technically can put all sites ccs in the same bank and eventually they will be tracked, if the system is slow enough.

Hence, mmartinfan's comments above or my comment of forcing the CC by pressing TRUNK, HOLD (to next CC) then RSM. The new system is the forced CC until it, is without activity for a period of time. Though ID scanlists can be a problem using this proceedure in ID SCAN.

I drove down I-85 through Atlanta towards Montgomery AL less than a year ago and tracked Gwinnett, Cobb, De Kalb, Fulton, Fayette and La Grange Mot Systems all in one bank scanning ID SEARCH. Worked very well.
 

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mmartinfan said:
try adding a non trunked channel in between the different counties works here in Ohio on a 796d

This sounds interesting. I have not tried it, but it sounds as if it might work. I think I'll give it a shot this weekend.
 

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This is good information....
Here in CO were have a state system, so many sites within range, heck perhaps 20 or maybe more, havent spent the time to track them all.
I know I can have different systems in different banks, and it will scan each system in sequence, though tough to follow much.
What I really need to do is put in the closest site, and then the furthest, and see if I get unit ids typical of the further ones... I still think it does move on to the others in the bank, but with as much traffic as is on the system, perhaps not.
Appreciate the replies, had held off on the Digital Trunking bit till now, radio is certainly a bit tougher to master than any other I have used....
 
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