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[jturner0829]

i heard 2 years ago that my county (heard) was getting new system last year. well i havnt heard anything on my scanner in months. anyone got any info for my county. i cant find anything. i still pickup other areas on my scanner so i dont tink its anything with my scanner.

thankd

 

[KK4DAN]

I'm in Coweta Co just East of you and I'm pretty sure Heard Co is on one of the P25 digital systems around here, probably the same system as Carroll co. Coweta is currently still on VHF, but they are about to join the W. GA system Carroll and others are on in the next month or two.

Let me go look for that info. I know its in the DB.

 

[KK4DAN]

Yep, its called the WARRS (Western Area Regional Radio System Authority) - Western Area Regional Radio System Authority (WARRS) Trunking System, Carollton, Georgia - Scanner Frequencies

It shows there are 6 counties currently on it with Coweta being one of them, although Coweta hasn't gone live yet, but I think everyone else has been using it for awhile. (GA-Carroll GA-Douglas GA-Heard GA-Fulton GA-Haralson GA-Coweta)

It looks like pretty much all of Heard, CO is on it.

Heard County Talkgroups

DEC HEX Mode Alpha Tag Description Tag
5102 13ee D HCSO Disp Heard County Sheriff (and all Police) Dispatch Law Dispatch
5201 1451 D HCFD Disp Heard County Fire/EMS Dispatch Fire Dispatch
5202 1452 D HCFD TAC 1 Heard County Fire/EMS TAC 1 Fire-Tac
5203 1453 D HCFD TAC 2 Heard County Fire/EMS TAC 2 Fire-Tac
5209 1459 D HCDOT Roads Heard County Roads Department Transportation

 

[jturner0829]

thanks for the info. do you have any ideas as to why i dont hear them on my scanner anymore? i can get coweta county i cant get carroll county from my house but if i go twords carroll i can get them.

 

[jturner0829]

here is the frequincy i have set for heard county sheriff and franklin pd. 155.07000 this is what i have had programed in my scanner to hear them. and i cand find any updated freq. now you said its digital. could that be something new and my scanner dont support it or something.

 

[KK4DAN]

thanks for the info. do you have any ideas as to why i dont hear them on my scanner anymore? i can get coweta county i cant get carroll county from my house but if i go twords carroll i can get them.

They have gone digital and new frequencies. This is the frequencies they have listed in that link I posted above. Even if you could get these frequencies on your scanner, you wouldn't hear anything intelligible on them. You still need one of the newer ones that support the Digital P25 trunking modes.

As you can see, Coweta went with their own 700mhz frequencies for some reason, but it appears everyone else is using the 800mz frequencies listed.


Freqs
851.40000, 852.10000, 852.12500, 852.86250c, 853.10000, 853.12500, 853.36250, 853.83750, 853.88750,

Coweta County 771.08125, 771.63125, 772.40625, 772.68125, 773.45625

 

[KK4DAN]

here is the frequincy i have set for heard county sheriff and franklin pd. 155.07000 this is what i have had programed in my scanner to hear them. and i cand find any updated freq. now you said its digital. could that be something new and my scanner dont support it or something.

These frequencies you see listed here are their old VHF/UHF frequencies. They might still be hanging onto them as backups just in case the new system goes down, but after probably a year+ on it, I would imagine they have the bugs worked out by now.

Heard County

Frequency License Type Tone Alpha Tag Description Mode Tag
155.07000 KNES288 BM 141.3 PL HCSD Disp Sheriff's Department - Dispatch (also Franklin Police Department) FM Law Dispatch
154.40000 WZX774 BM 156.7 PL HC VFD Disp Volunteer Fire Department - Dispatch FM Fire Dispatch
46.58000 KYF301 BM HC VFD Page Volunteer Fire Department - Pagers FM Fire Dispatch
463.47500 KNAF709 RM 110.9 PL Schools Schools FM Schools

 

[jturner0829]

im sorry but i think im confused. my scanner does have the trunking feature but not sure about the digital. so would i have to put in all those freqs. i havnt played around with the trunking on it before so not sure what im doing and i cant remember what i did with my book for it. its a radio shack pro-97. its a hand held unit. boy i remember when i could just punch in a single freq and hit enter and just listen. this had gone high tech for sure.

please excuse the ignorance, just dont know much about it. trying to learn.

 

[KK4DAN]

im sorry but i think im confused. my scanner does have the trunking feature but not sure about the digital. so would i have to put in all those freqs. i havnt played around with the trunking on it before so not sure what im doing and i cant remember what i did with my book for it. its a radio shack pro-97. its a hand held unit. boy i remember when i could just punch in a single freq and hit enter and just listen. this had gone high tech for sure.

please excuse the ignorance, just dont know much about it. trying to learn.

Well, I just looked up your unit to see what you had - Pro-97 - The RadioReference Wiki

This is an "analog" trunking scanner. So no it will not pick up any of the new digital systems. To make matters worse your scanner doesn't support "rebanding" either. Read the Wiki to get a better idea of what that was - Rebanding - The RadioReference Wiki

So basically, even though your trunking scanner could still follow analog trunking systems, if that agency has been rebanded, its now useless for following them too. I've got the Pro-94 which was basically another analog trunking scanner that also doesn't support rebanding. Fayette Co (PTC & Fayetteville, etc) hasn't gone digital yet, but they have rebanded so their analog trunking frequencies can't even be followed by our outdated scanners. .

so basically, the best thing you can do is educate yourself on the new digital systems and if you want to get back into scanning, you'll probably want to upgrade to a new digital scanner. There are lots out there, so just figure out what you need.

Trunking in General - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Category:Trunking_Scanners
Digital Scanner comparisons - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Digital_Scanner_Comparison_Chart
Digital Scanners - http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Category:Digital_Scanners

 

[jturner0829]

man that sucks. i had a feeling it would be something like this. is there any new scanners out there you would recamend to me. i like the hand held units but also would like a mobile unit to put in my truck as well. and i was just at radio shack the other week to get a power cord for my unit. i was tired of replacing batts listening to air.lol hey thanks alot for your help. guess its time to do some research.

 

[KK4DAN]

man that sucks. i had a feeling it would be something like this. is there any new scanners out there you would recamend to me. i like the hand held units but also would like a mobile unit to put in my truck as well. and i was just at radio shack the other week to get a power cord for my unit. i was tired of replacing batts listening to air.lol hey thanks alot for your help. guess its time to do some research.

Since Coweta hasn't made the jump to digital yet, I haven't made a purchase myself. Plus I just got into Ham radio, so most of my extra money is going to Ham equipment. I still enjoy scanning, but I think enjoy talking on Ham Radio's more.

That's actually how I got into Ham. I realized everyone around me had gone digital or were rebanded and I could no longer follow them, so I started listening to local 2m & 440 repeaters and then figured out I wanted to talk to them instead of just listening.

Good luck on your search. Just do your research and lots of reading and you'll figure out eventually what you want.

 

[jturner0829]

sounds good. thanks for your help again. you cleared up the fog that was over my scanner.lol have a great night

 

[codeplug]

The 700 MHZ. frequencies in Coweta County may be a simulcast site back to the 800 System
on WARRS. Please post the active control channels on that system when you find them.
And the System ID and Tower ID for those frequencies.
I cant get a Pro 96 / 2096 to trunk the 700 MHz. control frequencies but you can listen to the voice frequency
or control channel freq. manually.
If you program the 700 MHz. voice channel into your scanner set it to FM and it will stop on the active freq. while scanning.
If anyone knows how to make the scanner trunk on 700 MHz. please let me know.

 

[N8IAA]

GRE/RS Pro-106/PSR-500, Pro-197/PSR-600, and the PSR-800. Uniden 396XT/996XT, HP-1. Will all do the latest types of digital scanning. Shameless plug, I do have a Pro-197 in the For Sale forum.
Larry

 

[jturner0829]

i went ahead and picked up a new pro-106 today from radio shack. now i cant figure out how to get it set up. so much more to it than my old unit. i just made a new thread under new users asking for help on setting up. could you guys help me.

 

[N8IAA]

i went ahead and picked up a new pro-106 today from radio shack. now i cant figure out how to get it set up. so much more to it than my old unit. i just made a new thread under new users asking for help on setting up. could you guys help me.

Did you get the USB programming cable (part # 20-546)? If not, do so. You will need it to upgrade the firmware on the 106 and upload your ScanLists to the radio. Go to www.starrsoft.com and download the thirty day free trial of Win500. Import your systems and conventional frequencies to it. The easiest way to pinpoint the ScanLists you want specific systems/conventional frequencies, is to name them in the area listed in the upper left of the software main page. Just highlight the appropriate scanlist and type in the Alphatag you want. Then, when you import the system/conventional frequencies, it will prompt you pick the list. Click on the dropdown window and choose it. We will try and help as much as possible
HTH,
Larry

 

[jturner0829]

yes i did get the cable. this scanner seams to be already programed with georgia stuff. but dont have what i want. the cable i bought came with the program software. i used it and found my county and all that then loaded it to the software then tried to load to scanner and it didnt work. how would i know if the firmware needs updating and can you walk me through the updating proccess

 

[Highpockets]

yes i did get the cable. this scanner seams to be already programed with georgia stuff. but dont have what i want. the cable i bought came with the program software. i used it and found my county and all that then loaded it to the software then tried to load to scanner and it didnt work. how would i know if the firmware needs updating and can you walk me through the updating proccess

If you want to try this software, I made a quick file that you can try, if it works, edit, add, delete to make it your own. File attached is in Zip format, unzip it into the Win500 (30 day free trial) directory, open it, and upload to the scanner.

Win500: PSR-500, PSR-600, PRO-106, PRO-197, PSR-310, PSR-410 Scanner Software for Data Management, Monitoring, and Control

 

[jturner0829]

hey man you are about 2 minutes too late. but a very very very big thanks. i figured it out useing the software that came with the cable. but im still not sure about the firmware. does it need to be updated?

 

[Highpockets]

hey man you are about 2 minutes too late. but a very very very big thanks. i figured it out useing the software that came with the cable. but im still not sure about the firmware. does it need to be updated?

No problem, I'll delete the file. I always like to have the latest upgrades in my scanners, fixes, additions, etc. Glad you figured it out, good luck!