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adding tlkgrp scan to Maxtrac 888 type2 ?

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Looking to make my type2 trunking maxtrac888 do talk group scan. The radio is a 16pin logic bd w/display head. model D35MWA5GF6AK. what would I need to do to convert it to scan?. Just blank and re-initialize w/a scan model codeplug (B7, C7maybe?) or does the firmware need to be changed? ifso, does anyone have the CP and the eprom data file?

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I loaded a C5 cp into the radio w/out a problem. Now the maxtrac is a type2 smartnet model w/talkgroup scan. The problem I have now and also had prior to conversion is That it only randomly picks up transmissions.( I am monitoring a type2 system) All four control channels,sys id & talkgroups are programmed properly yet it does not receive activity all the time. I had programmed w/the same info as my mtx8000 which received the tg's just fine all of the time. anyone have any idea on the problem? I tried this w/a couple of different type2 maxtracs and still the same results.
 

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Maxtracs can't handle Splinter sysems. So if any of the frequencies on the system you are trying to moniter ends in a 0, the Maxtrac will either skip over that channel or do a squelch sounding like sound.
 

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Thanks for the info... I was going crazy trying to figure out why it would not rx all the time. You are correct. did they not have splinter freq's back in the maxtrac days? or- was a maxtrac available that could handle splinter freq's
 

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I just don't think the Maxtracs were available when the splinter freqs came around. Now we use Spectras
 
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