Hello San Diego Pro - 94 Question

[rplusplus]

Hello I am real new to scanning and luckily I found this forum. I have a Pro 94 scanner and am just learning how to use it. I see by reading the fourms that I will soon need to get a digital scanner as San Diego RCS is going all digital soon and only Fire/EMS is currently still analog.

My question at this time is:

Is the CHP using Digital or Analog? The RR Database has it set up with:

Frequency, Input, and Tone. I have no clue what these are. Since it doesn't look like the Trunked information I have been looking at I am assuming it is a Digital format.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

R++

 

[rplusplus]

For anyone else who has a Pro-94 your in luck as you can still get some of the local Police Calls without a digital scanner. While the RCS is going digital not all departments are there yet. There is still plenty of traffic to listen too without plunking down $500.00 on a new digial scanner.

R++

 

[mlevin]

I'm not from the area but...

Frequency-A numbered measurement of hertz, on which a radio is transmittied. (I'm sure you knew that by now)

Input-Frequency on which a radio using a repeater, transmits on, while an output frequency would be what the radios recieving would here on the "repeated" end of the conversation.

Tone- This could be a number of things, but most likely it's a subaudible tone transmited to cut down on interference, from the other users with the same frequency. Basicly only another unit with the right tone will be able to communicate, which is why this cuts down on interference.

Now I'm not from the area, but from what I know CHP is analog, conventional. They're on regular frequencies. Just program them like you did the other regular frequencies.

 

[INDY72]

CHP is analog conventional.. as to the CTCSS/CDCSS tone info for PL/DPL... with your PRO-94 you will not need any of this info as the 94 does not support decode for these. Just program in the CHP LO Band Repeaters.. and the CHP TG's on the RCS TRS! Have fun!

BTW as soon as Don Starr or someone else gets ahold of one of the new 94's with the PC/IF jack and tinkers around,.. they will write some programming/control software for it and it'll be posted on this board or FoN pretty quickly!

 

[INDY72]

CHP is analog conventional.. as to the CTCSS/CDCSS tone info for PL/DPL... with your PRO-94 you will not need any of this info as the 94 does not support decode for these. Just program in the CHP LO Band Repeaters.. and the CHP TG's on the RCS TRS! Have fun! **EDIT: Sorry forgot the CHP TG's are digital, which the PRO-94 won't do... **

BTW as soon as Don Starr or someone else gets ahold of one of the new 94's with the PC/IF jack and tinkers around,.. they will write some programming/control software for it and it'll be posted on this board or FoN pretty quickly!

 

[JoeyC]

For anyone else who has a Pro-94 your in luck as you can still get some of the local Police Calls without a digital scanner. While the RCS is going digital not all departments are there yet. There is still plenty of traffic to listen too without plunking down $500.00 on a new digial scanner.

R++

Only the cities of San Diego, National City, Harbor police and military bases are analog as far as law goes. ALL other SD county cities are digital. Fire, on the other hand, is only digital in Oceanside.

 

[rplusplus]

Again, thanks everyone.

I did find out finally about the Tone. It seems that some of the radios have a subaudible tone and the 94 just uses a standard from and it's not used. I wasn't sure if you needed to ADD that to the Freq. Just my newness showing.

I programmed in the SD MOT II Freq's and the North and South RCS as I travel from South/East Through the North cooridor. I am picking up more EMS/Hospital, and Fire. I am guessing that I am getting the digital signal (the fax sounding squeals) when I hit a Police Digital signel. But occasionally I get a dispatch and return call from some police calls just need to track down who I'm listening to.

Ok here is a question that I think I know the answer to:

When I am trunk scanning and I come across a Talk Group ID and it's Digital and all I get is the coded squeal is there a way to Lock Out that TG? I've been reading the manual and it's a little vague. I can just lock out that TG and it will supposedly ignore that transmission? If that is right I think I'll be okay.

Again thanks all and have a great one!

R++