Change Explain???

[zzdiesel]

We have a local LTR system that I listen to quite often. I have a friend of mine who let me know awhile back that the owner is upgrading their systems to Passport. I have noticed lately that my RS Pro-197 is still receiving this tower I listen to just fine, but my Uniden BCT15 no longer decodes it. Why would the 197 still get it but not the 15? Anyone have any ideas? I thought Passport can't be monitored by scanner.

 

[vans113]

passport can't be tracked ,but you can program individual freq in and it will pick them up just no scanner out on the market can track it so it will be hard to follow conversations at times. where i live they use passport also.

 

[zzdiesel]

Ok. It's one of those phenomenons. The 197 gets about everything on it. I don't think my 800 is getting anything on it either..

 

[vans113]

could be differnt atennas? i had a pro 404 and a pro 106 both next to each other sometimes both would pick up the same thing and other times my 404 would pick up stuff my 106 wouldnt it happens.

 

[zzdiesel]

I just figured out what happened here on my Uniden BCT15. Some of the LCN 's had changed. I straightened them out and it's working well again.

 

[vans113]

good to hear =D

 

[Scannerboy1968]

LTR Question

I just got my PSR800 and am having problems with SW Tenn Electric's LTR system. I posted in the TN forum and got some help but still nada from the radio. I hope ZZ doesn't mind me throwing out a question here but where should I start? Is there LTR decoding freeware? Has anyone else been sucessful with Site 2 Covington/Tipton? Any help would be appreciated. It would have been nice to listen to last night during the storms......

 

[vans113]

what county is this in? i would be more than happy to take a look for you.

 

[Scannerboy1968]

Vans,
Appreciate it! It is a 4 site LTR system for Southwest Tennessee Electric Cooperative. I am looking at the Tipton County site. 002 (2) Covington (Tipton) Tipton 01 461.86250 02 462.13750 03 463.83750

I am used to my PRO-96 and the PSR800 is definately a new animal. I am at wits end, wondering if it is a freq problem, LCN issue, just not sure......
Thanks, Andy

 

[vans113]

you have tried programming them in convectional right?

 

[Scannerboy1968]

No I have not tried conv, I'll give it a shot. I also did see wild card pop up twice yesterday afternoon but no audio. Maybe it is something as simple as there is no traffic? Not sure.....

 

[captclint]

Maybe it is something as simple as there is no traffic? Not sure.....

This is likely since the system was entered in 2010, and there have been no talk groups added in 2 yrs.

 

[vans113]

that is possible, but to my understanding unless you have talk groups programed you need to have them programmed in conventional to listen, unless you knew the talk groups, and there is no info on talk groups yet try conventional and let us know if you hear anything!

 

[captclint]

that is possible, but to my understanding unless you have talk groups programed you need to have them programmed in conventional to listen

Not true. Nearly all trunking scanners have a ID search(Uniden) or Open (RS and GRE) which will find any active TG. The OP mentioned wildcard search, which is another method. You are correct that conventional is another way to hear any activity. Since little is known about this system, conventional scanning would help to determine if there is any activity on any of the listed freq's. If there is, then any of the above methods would determine the actual TGID value.

 

[vans113]

i did not know that actually =0 that's an awesome feature!

 

[zzdiesel]

I just got my PSR800 and am having problems with SW Tenn Electric's LTR system. I posted in the TN forum and got some help but still nada from the radio. I hope ZZ doesn't mind me throwing out a question here but where should I start? Is there LTR decoding freeware? Has anyone else been successful with Site 2 Covington/Tipton? Any help would be appreciated. It would have been nice to listen to last night during the storms......

Sorry I haven't answered since you already had help. I haven't ever used any LTR software. My RS scanners had/have the Analyze feature that I use. The newer repeaters don't really show the channel assignments. I've depended on the RR database for most of the channel placements.