BC785D Trunking Woes continue....

[INDY72]

CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPMI526 856.76250 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GP BIG CREEK
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPMI526 856.76250 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E GP BIG CREEK
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WNFB790 856.98750 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E GP AUBERRY
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPEV403 857.73750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GP COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPUC613 857.73750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GP MENDOTA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WNXM881 857.73750 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E GP HUME
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF KNEH775 857.93750 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E GP FRIANT
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF KNEH776 857.93750 1 0 FB 16K0F3E GP FRIANT
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF KNFD848 857.98750 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E GP COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF KNFD848 857.98750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GP MIRAMONTE
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPEV403 857.98750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GP COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPUC613 857.98750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GP MENDOTA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPBN677 857.98750 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E GP SHAVER LAKE
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPBN677 857.98750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GP SHAVER LAKE
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPBY859 858.26250 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E YP COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPBY859 859.26250 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E YP COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPBY859 860.26250 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E YP COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPHD571 866.53750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GF FRESNO
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPFA242 866.53750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GF COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPBQ555 867.53750 1 0 FB2 20K0F3E GF COALINGA
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF WPBQ555 867.53750 1 0 FB 20K0F3E GF COALINGA
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 855.21250 1 0 FB 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 855.21250 1 0 FB2 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 857.96250 1 0 FB 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 857.96250 1 0 FB2 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 858.96250 1 0 FB2 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 858.96250 1 0 FB 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 860.21250 1 0 FB 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 860.21250 1 0 FB2 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 860.96250 1 0 FB 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 860.96250 1 0 FB2 20K0F9W GP FRESNO
That should get you started....

 

[Mojo]

There are available "USB hubs" and USB to serial port converters.

 

[INDY72]

Not to mention the HUGE conventional listing the FCC has for Fresno County.

 

[scanfan03]

I dunno, may be easy for some I guess, but I bought this thing in January & am no closer to getting it to Trunk than I was when I opened the box

Looked at that ARC250 software & 2 immediate problems:

1: $70 (US) to the Netherlands

2: Serial Port required and my comp doesn't have a extra serial port available. Only thing available is a Parallel which the printer would go to, but since the printer (Epson 880) also uses USB, I'm using USB thru a hub because comp only has 2 USB ports (Mouse in 1, hub to the other).

You don't have any PCI card slots?

 

[JoeyC]

What trunked system are you trying to monitor in Fresno? I wasn't aware there was anything of trunking interest in that neck of the woods.

 

[INDY72]

Look up.... he can check out those listings and see if anything is haps yet......that would make him a valuable resource.. if those are active.

 

[JoeyC]

Look up.... he can check out those listings and see if anything is haps yet......that would make him a valuable resource.. if those are active.

Perhaps, if he could get the programming down, but after 6 months, doesn't sound like its going to happen. I'm guessing that either he doesn't understand how trunking works (and is unable to program the system he wants to track because of that lack of knowledge)...

OR there isn't any trunking system in the Fresno area that the PRO95 (or whatever the scanner is) can trunktrack, so he's beating his head against a wall trying...

OR he hasn't found a valid control channel to trunktrack with.

 

[rdale]

"OR there isn't any trunking system in the Fresno area that the PRO95 (or whatever the scanner is) can trunktrack, so he's beating his head against a wall trying... "

The RR database doesn't have any active trunked systems in Fresno...

 

[RolnCode3]

Both freqofnature.com and scancal.org list NO trunking systems either. Sounds like that's the problem. Don't worry about figuring out trunking. Just program the freqs and the tones, and you should be fine.

 

[CZ]

As to no trunking in Fresno area, I dunno ... I hear stuff between 850 & 865 MHz. I *think* is trunking, hight pitched buzzing sound that will break into short bursts of 1 or 2 seconds occasionally, and so forth, but no lock or ID except on that Nextel freq. The 785D will stop scanning momentarily on a few freqs, then resume with no ID.
I have to watch the screen, no sound with squelch all the way open, but once in a while, I do hear the buzzing, but don't know if this is what its supposed to do, or if I did something when making another attempt to Trumk program that let me hear the buzzz while scanning to see if I could get any ID's.
Tried that Plan 1, 2, & 3 thing with no results, and pressing the Trunk button on the front panel gives me "select bank you want to program" and "enter frequency" When I do I get "Enter next frequency" of course.

 

[JoeyC]

There are tons of Nextel freqs in that range.

Scanning freqs in that range is NOT trunking, nor will it allow you to see any IDs by scanning them even if they ARE freqs belong to a trunking system. If you are hearing buzzing, you definately are not trunking. In order to trunk, you have to program the freqs AS trunked freqs. (There is a function on the 796, not sure about 785 though, related to the chain search function, that allow the radio to search through the range and trunktrack the systems whose controls it finds, but I don't find it useful so haven't tried it.) But. like several of us said, there doesn't seem to be any trunk systems in the Fresno area, so stop beating your head against a wall trying to accomplish something that doesn't exist.

Joe

 

[CZ]

milf:

What are we talking about here? Are those I put in bold those that have to be programmed in? Do I have to know what system it is(ie: Motorola, EDACS....) & whatever other frequencies are used? I always get a request to put the next frequency in which I don't have.

FRESNO, CITY OF WPMR207 ]855.21250 1 0 FB 20K0F9W GP FRESNO

 

[INDY72]

I am not sure of flavor.. and they might be 800 conventional.. youll have to experiment...... but there is a huge list of freqs for your area. Once you get em all in... you can be the info source for the db....... cant find any trs listed for your area.. but as there is no listing at all for Fresno PD and such.... have fun.. the FCC db has an extensive list.. so have fun.

 

[INDY72]

The frequency is what you want to program.. ex: 856.9875 Program them in as conventional.. and then monitor for traffic.... The aplphanumeric such as WNNP3704 is the FCC callsign. The other one after the freq is the code used to tell if its digital, analog etc.... FB2 etc means its a repeater. GB etc,.. is the service type.

 

[mikewazowski]

Guys, go back and read his first post. He's trying to use the search function to search between 855 and 856. When he finds what he thinks is a trunking control channel, he presses trunk and expects the scanner to do the rest.

CZ, pick a system in the Fresno area that you would like to listen to and we'll tell you how to program it in.

You cannot just search between two frequencies, hit trunk and expect the scanner to do the rest. You must have some specifics on the system you want to monitor first. Radioreference can help out a lot with respect to this.

 

[JoeyC]

You cannot just search between two frequencies, hit trunk and expect the scanner to do the rest. You must have some specifics on the system you want to monitor first. Radioreference can help out a lot with respect to this.

He's obviously determined to squeeze orange juice out of apples and doesn't read, or at least acknowlege he's read what those that are familiar with the radio/trunking have said about his dilemma. Good luck.

 

[JoeyC]

You cannot just search between two frequencies, hit trunk and expect the scanner to do the rest. You must have some specifics on the system you want to monitor first. Radioreference can help out a lot with respect to this.

He's obviously determined to squeeze orange juice out of apples and doesn't read, or at least acknowlege he's read what those that are familiar with the radio/trunking have said about his dilemma. Good luck.

 

[CZ]

JoeyC .... your remark was unkind & uncalled for.

I was searching between those frequencies to see if I COULD find Trunk stuff, and, apparently, according to the list above, there IS Trunk in my area. I have been trying to follow the manual, and have had no luck in getting Trunking to work, & $70 is a bit much right now, so I was hoping i ccould get it to Trunk successfully without having to spend $70 -- but unless the Mouse port on the computer is a Serial type, the program wont work anyway on my system due to lack of that.

Also, as regards the Trunk button on the front panel, I pushed it in an effort to see IF I could get an ID from stations but was met by it wanting me to program in the frequencies, & I haven't fiddled with it for quite a while.

Anyway, what's in one of my earlier posts is what I've been doing, and going by the manual for each system to see if the Trunking could be made to work.....

 

[JoeyC]

JoeyC .... your remark was unkind & uncalled for.

Sorry, didn't mean to be unkind. I was only calling it as I saw it. Several people have tried to help you, and get information from you in order to help you, and I never see anything in your subsequent posts that suggest you read them.

 

[RolnCode3]

according to the list above, there IS Trunk in my area.

Sorry, but I don't see anything in the previous posts that show there to be any trunking system in your area. Someone posted about there being an 800mhz system in your area, but that doesn't mean it's trunked.