EDACS programming problems

[brandonbv]

I just received my first trunking scanner today. I am having problems getting it to trunk track. I live in Daviess County, KY (Owensboro) and cannot seem to get the Owensboro Public Safety & City Government System to work on my scanner (BCD396T)

It is programmed on NFM EDACS format. I programmed all of the frequencies listed on this website as they appear from left to right. I also programmed the group ID's that I was interested in.

I must be doing something wrong because it just won't follow the conversations. I have flipped through the manual trying to find the solution to no avail.

I followed the manual exactly to get everything set.

Any clues as to what could be wrong. I am sure a big part of it is my ignorance.

Sorry for putting a similar topic on the Uniden Scanner board-This is just driving me up the wall trying to figure this out.

PLEASE HELP

 

[WCRadioGuy]

Not knowing too much about the scanner, I take it NFM means Narrow band FM. That may be your problem. The county system is a standard EDACS which means it's wideband. Try changing NFM to FM EDACS. That may solve your problem.

 

[brandonbv]

That did fix it. After I selected the EDACS mode to program it asked my if it was Narrow, Wide, or SCAT. I assumed that meant FM mode but was not sure. I initially picked NFM and that is when it was not working. When i deleted it and started over I used wide and it works fine now. I am really enjoying my first trunking scanner!

 

[WCRadioGuy]

Glad I could help.