• To anyone looking to acquire commercial radio programming software:

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    For M/A Com/Harris/GE, etc: there are two software packages that program all current and past radios. One package is for conventional programming and the other for trunked programming. The trunked package is in upwards of $2,500. The conventional package is more reasonable though is still several hundred dollars. The benefit is you do not need multiple versions for each radio (unlike Motorola).

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Help - New User Trunking

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ByronWigodner

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I need your help! I am a new user with a BC 898T Scanner. I am trying to enter the Northwest Central Dispatch Polic and Fire Trunking system on my scanner. The only information that I know is theyuse a Motorola Type II Samrtnet system. I found 4 frequencies listed and entered them. There is nothing going on??? What other info do I need to make this work? Please help! Northwest Central Dispatch is in Northern Illinois in Cook County if that helps
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RoninJoliet

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NWCD is "DIGITAL and analog, you need a RS PRO96/2096 or Uniden 396/996 digital scanner to hear them. I have copied them perfect from S.Elgin. You can put in the Hoffman Estates/Streamwood analog system and hear it fine on the 898 but not Arlington Hts system....Ron in Joliet
 
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