B/C 785 Programming question

[bill60control]

Hi all, my question is can you program motorola type 2 smartnet into the scanner? do you need to have the card to do so? whats the difference between type 2 uhf and type 2 800. and how do i find out who is what? :?

 

[n4voxgill]

First, a type II system can be either analog or digital. If it is analog you don't need the card. If it is digital you do need the card.

Type II UHF would mean the frequencies are in the 400 MHz range, I don't remember if any system have gone above 500 MHz, but if they have up to 512 would still be UHF. A type II 800 system would use 800 MHz frequencies.

How do you find out who is what, well go to the RR Database and look up the systems you wish to scan and it will tell you.

Gill

 

[opus]

Just for your interests sake, in Sydney NSW we have a Type II UHF system in the 502-503 MHz range.

Opus

 

[DJ88]

I have a BC 785D also. You can program this into your scanner as a Motorola TYPE 2 UHF. You will, however,, need to know the base frequency, offset channel and spacing frerquency in order to do it.