BCD325P2 - Scanning P25

[harleylady18208]

I have a BCD325P2 scanner. I have uploaded all the frequencies (Iredell County, NC) with FreeScan.
It appears I am not getting the P25 channels.
Do these have to put in manually? If so, how?
Thank you!

 

[doctordialtone]

Do these have to put in manually?

Not necessarily, but you may need to tinker with the "System Type" in programming.

Are you hearing the control channels (Jackhammer sound) loud and clear?

 

[hiegtx]

I have a BCD325P2 scanner. I have uploaded all the frequencies (Iredell County, NC) with FreeScan.
It appears I am not getting the P25 channels.
Do these have to put in manually? If so, how?
Thank you!

Make sure you have the correct system, Charlotte UASI, programmed, as well as the correct site, located in your county.
It might also help if you posted your programming file.
Attaching a FreeSCAN file to a post:

FreeSCAN uses file extension *.996, which cannot be directly attached to a post. What you’ll need to do is one of these two ways:

Compress your file into a *.zip file, which can be attached. This can be done with a file utility such as WinZip, or the free 7Zip. If your original file was named “MyFile.996”, the compressed file would be “MyFile.zip”.

The other method is to rename your file, using Windows Explorer. Again, for illustration, if your original file was named “MyFile.996”, find the file on your PC and rename it. <Right><Click> on the file and select ‘Rename’ from the pop-up menu. Rename your file to either “MyFile.txt” or “MyFile.996.txt”.

The zipped or renamed file can now be attached to a post. Whoever is going to take a look, to see anything missing or incorrect, can then download the file from your post, rename or unzip it, and open with FreeSCAN to view.

 

[HMD]

Did you import the P25 system?

 

[darkness975]

I have a BCD325P2 scanner. I have uploaded all the frequencies (Iredell County, NC) with FreeScan.
It appears I am not getting the P25 channels.
Do these have to put in manually? If so, how?
Thank you!

As long as it is uploaded properly to the RR Database, it should work. Because here in my state we recently got a new statewide P25 Network that has not been fully mapped out yet or updated to the RR Database, I am not surprised that it hasn't worked yet.

I am hoping that eventually it will be ironed out. I tried adding some control channels manually but that did not work.

 

[raruzicka]

Check your squelch. I have to keep mine at 1. Anything higher and it has difficulty decoding.

 

[darkness975]

Check your squelch. I have to keep mine at 1. Anything higher and it has difficulty decoding.

It's on 2, same as my other scanners. I can try it later, won't hurt.