Right. So apparently the 151.085 repeater was switched over to a DMR repeater that can be shared by many users.
The issue is: it takes more than just knowing its "DMR" to listen to it.
DMR has 3 parameters that need to be known in order to program a scanner to listen to a specific user.
You need to know the (1) Color Code, the (2) Slot, and the (3) Talkgroup number.
On the Bartholomew Co listing it shows the Sheriff's Dept using this DMR repeater utilizing a Color Code (written as: CC) of "4".
The Slot (written as: SL) is an asterisk, meaning someone did not know which Slot they operate on. There are only two options for Slot: Slot 1, or Slot 2.
The Talkgroup (written as: TG) is an asterisk, meaning someone did not know which Talkgroup they were using.
In the programming softwares, an asterisk tells the scanners to search for anything that it hears.
On the County Highway listing, it just says DMR. It doesn't list a CC, SL, or TG; and it doesn't list any asterisks either, so I'm not sure that it's even trying to search 151.085 for any DMR signal at all.
You said you're not hearing anything, but it may be that you haven't programed enough information into the scanner to even attempt to hear it.
So, you're back to square one. To verify that there is DMR radio traffic on 151.085, you can program that frequency into your scanner as an analog FM channel. If you start hearing digital/computer-type noise being transmitted on that channel, then that will tell you that there is, in fact, digital radio traffic on that frequency.
(or you could just skip to the following step)
Program in the Sheriff's Dept's DMR channel. It's the same frequency, with CC:4, and asterisks for SL and TG, meaning it'll let you hear any Slot and any Talkgroup that comes across that frequency.
If the Sheriff's Dept uses SL: 2, TG: 101..you'll hear it.
If the Highway Dept uses SL: 1, TG: 301.. You'll hear it.
If the Health Dept uses SL: 1, TG 116.. You'll hear it.
