Clay County NXDN

[Metrofire31]

Having now subscribed to being able to monitor NXDN systems on my BCD996P2 and BCD325P2 scanners, I'm now trying to understand how to program Clay County (NC).

https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1908

Their three (3) Dispatch channels - Fire, EMS, Sheriff - are all VHF and my question is do I program them as individual VHF NXDN channels or should I consider all the frequencies that show a NXDN emmission designator as part of a trunking system? The latter makes more sense to me because what would the county have gained if they operated each channel as stand-along Dispatch channels?

Metrofire31
Franklin, NC

 

[trumpetman]

They are individual channels. Digital doesn't mean trunking every time. Program the freqs in and rather than setting a PL or DPL tone just add the RAN value. Or you can program the freqs in and when the scanner stops on a signal, as long as it is in auto mode, it will decode the RAN and you can save it that way.

 

[Metrofire31]

They are individual channels. Digital doesn't mean trunking every time. Program the freqs in and rather than setting a PL or DPL tone just add the RAN value. Or you can program the freqs in and when the scanner stops on a signal, as long as it is in auto mode, it will decode the RAN and you can save it that way.

Thanks, Trumpetman! Do I program only the Rx frequency or both the Rx & Tx of the assigned repeater channels?

 

[trumpetman]

Just the RX side. That's the subscriber receive frequency transmitted from the repeater over a wide area. The transmit side is lower power uplink/input to the repeater from subscribers. The only thing the input will do for you is let you hear when someone is close by and talking into the repeater.