In order to make the pager more efficient (at least in my mind I think it does), would it be better to trim off the voice channels and just leave the CC and Alt CC frequencies in?
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CC and Alt CC best practices?
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scannernerd55
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Unless it is a Harris system, then enter them all
So, you're saying the Unication treats Harris systems different?
Care to expound on that?
Don't see any warnings from Unication, on PPS, when it comes to that.
FWIW, the system I listen to, is Motorola.
I just recently, went back to PPS and, deleted all voice channels and left the CC and Alt CC frequencies.
Thus far, not seeing a major difference, I could be wrong but, not having a different radio to compare, I can't tell.
Care to expound on that?
Don't see any warnings from Unication, on PPS, when it comes to that.
FWIW, the system I listen to, is Motorola.
I just recently, went back to PPS and, deleted all voice channels and left the CC and Alt CC frequencies.
Thus far, not seeing a major difference, I could be wrong but, not having a different radio to compare, I can't tell.
KJ4NFP
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Unication does not treat it differently, the Harris system works differently from others in that it rolls control channels and any voice path can become a control channel. So if you do not enter each frequency available on the system, you'll eventually drop the CC.
Ok, so, this I want to clarify. For any system other than Harris, i.e., Motorola, you should input all available frequencies, not just, the CC/Alt CC?
I think it is the other way around...Harris = input all frequencies, Motorola = input just the CC and Alt CC's.
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Right. I don't know the details, but from what I've read, apparently Harris systems somewhat arbitrarily move the control channel around between all of the available channels, so in order to be sure of finding it, you have to include all of them in your programming. If this is really the case, I'm not sure why the RR DB wouldn't just list all channels as (potential) control channels for those systems....
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