BCD325P2/BCD996P2: BCD996P2 programming for Stevens County, Washington

[neilensign]

Just got this scanner and wanted to mostly listen to Washington State Patrol and Airlift on P25 Phase 2. I downloaded from RadioReference and after a few days haven't heard any activity. Obviously there's something I need to do but struggling to figure it out.
I live way out in the country and pick up non digital on my BCD996XT up to 50 miles away.
I use a discone with an SSB Electronic wide band preamp at the antenna, 60 feet of LMR 400 into a Stridesburg (active) Multicoupler so I'm confident the signal is getting to the radio. I can see full bars coming up on the signal strength meter while scanning.
I have it programmed for Stevens County, Washington.
The squelch is at about 2 and I'm logging with ARC XT PRO which is the software I used to program.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Neil

 

[neilensign]

Okay, just for fun I entered the Frequencies in my BCD996XT along with Digital audio type and D40 under NAC and it worked.
The BCD996P2 wouldn't store the Digital and NAC settings and changed them back to Analog with no NAC setting automatically.
I've uploaded the latest firmware. Maybe I shouldn't have?

 

[tvengr]

The BCD996P2 wouldn't store the Digital and NAC settings

The BCD996P2 will store NAC for P25 conventional frequencies. Don't confuse that with Site NAC. The SDS100 and SDS200 are the only scanners supporting Site NAC. Using ARC-XT, set Audio Type to Digital and enter D40 in the P25NAC column to the right. What frequencies are giving you trouble?

 

[neilensign]

The BCD996P2 will store NAC for P25 conventional frequencies. Don't confuse that with Site NAC. The SDS100 and SDS200 are the only scanners supporting Site NAC. Using ARC-XT, set Audio Type to Digital and enter D40 in the P25NAC column to the right. What frequencies are giving you trouble?

I reset the P2 and reloaded the latest firmware files. Now it's working.
This has been a struggle.
Thanks for your help!

 

[tvengr]

I reset the P2 and reloaded the latest firmware files. Now it's working.

What were the problem frequencies? After a hardware change, it was found that the later BCD992P2's could not decode digital frequencies above 171.2 MHz in the VHF high band. A firmware update was issued to fix the problem.

 

[neilensign]

0155.3700
0173.0750
0153.9650
0155.4750
0154.8150
0155.7450
0154.7400

 

[tvengr]

The 173.0750 frequency could be a problem with the later 996P2's until the firmware was updated.

 

[wtp]

173.075....LOJACK.

 

[tvengr]

173.075....LOJACK.

Thanks! Totally missed that. All you will hear are data bursts on that frequency.