I haven’t used a scanner for about 10 years, back when Gwinnett County was on analog. Last week, I decided to get back into it and purchased a Uniden BCD436HP. I upgraded DMR on it. I programmed about 10 favorites, mainly pd, fire and emc in my area. Some turned out to be encrypted but some are not. I have had my scanner on all day for a few days now and I have yet to hear any traffic, other than 1 fire dispatch in Greene County. I do have a favorite at a local airport and I do periodically hear traffic there.
I work in Gwinnett County and live in Waton County. I’m monitoring GSP locally, Walton County Fire Dispatch, the rest of the Oconee system (OARS), DeKalb County, Newton, Rockdale and Briscoe Field airport.
I have the app on my phone and hear traffic on Walton County Fire Dispatch but not on the scanner, even when I solely monitor Walton County Fire on 154.3400. Is there anything extra I have to program after I set something as a favorite if it is simulcast?
Another thing to note is that I set up my favorites from the scanner prior to installing the software on my pc. Should I have loaded it from the pc instead of doing it from the scanner? I have the latest update of both firmware and software.
Also, if I turn off all of my favorites and just listen to the full database, with all service types on, I only hear traffic at airports.
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
I work in Gwinnett County and live in Waton County. I’m monitoring GSP locally, Walton County Fire Dispatch, the rest of the Oconee system (OARS), DeKalb County, Newton, Rockdale and Briscoe Field airport.
I have the app on my phone and hear traffic on Walton County Fire Dispatch but not on the scanner, even when I solely monitor Walton County Fire on 154.3400. Is there anything extra I have to program after I set something as a favorite if it is simulcast?
Another thing to note is that I set up my favorites from the scanner prior to installing the software on my pc. Should I have loaded it from the pc instead of doing it from the scanner? I have the latest update of both firmware and software.
Also, if I turn off all of my favorites and just listen to the full database, with all service types on, I only hear traffic at airports.
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.