Hi all,
Finally picked up an ICOM F70 DT (with P25 & a bunch of other B&W that I will never use). Actually, 2 F70 DT's, in great shape & reasonably priced, from a good guy, who is also a member here. I've got a bunch of 2 Meter repeaters programmed into zone 2 and zone 1 is used to monitor New York State Electric & Gas, a state wide trunked P25 system. I've programmed all the voice channels from the entire state into zone 1.
Some frequencies are used as CC's in one location and as voice channels in another location. This radio, unlike some P25, non trunking radios, will not pass data burst audio, only voice. Most NYSEG locations have only one or two voice channels, so it works pretty well, even though it's not a trunking rig.
I'll be the first to admit that I am a computer dummy. I have OE ICOM SW (V 2.2.0.10) & OPC-966U programming cable. I need help with making this HT scan. I assigned the P0 button to scan, but when pushed, the display says scan, but it just sits on channel 1. If I hold down P0, it will scan all the channels in zone one, but as soon as you let go, it stops.
I'd be most grateful if someone more familiar with the rig could talk me through what I have to do to get this rig to scan .
The other thing that has me stumped is how to get zones 17 to 32 to show their contents. The knob up top shows zones 1-16. Haven't figured out how to get it to show zone 17-32. Any ideas / suggestions ??
Thanks & 73,
Bob
N2OAM
Finally picked up an ICOM F70 DT (with P25 & a bunch of other B&W that I will never use). Actually, 2 F70 DT's, in great shape & reasonably priced, from a good guy, who is also a member here. I've got a bunch of 2 Meter repeaters programmed into zone 2 and zone 1 is used to monitor New York State Electric & Gas, a state wide trunked P25 system. I've programmed all the voice channels from the entire state into zone 1.
Some frequencies are used as CC's in one location and as voice channels in another location. This radio, unlike some P25, non trunking radios, will not pass data burst audio, only voice. Most NYSEG locations have only one or two voice channels, so it works pretty well, even though it's not a trunking rig.
I'll be the first to admit that I am a computer dummy. I have OE ICOM SW (V 2.2.0.10) & OPC-966U programming cable. I need help with making this HT scan. I assigned the P0 button to scan, but when pushed, the display says scan, but it just sits on channel 1. If I hold down P0, it will scan all the channels in zone one, but as soon as you let go, it stops.
I'd be most grateful if someone more familiar with the rig could talk me through what I have to do to get this rig to scan .
The other thing that has me stumped is how to get zones 17 to 32 to show their contents. The knob up top shows zones 1-16. Haven't figured out how to get it to show zone 17-32. Any ideas / suggestions ??
Thanks & 73,
Bob
N2OAM
