Is there any database for bell fleetnet zone 1 OR is it just a trial and error learning curve/experience to properly know which sites and/or talkgroups to program for each area you want to listen to.
e.g. When traveling from Toronto to parry sound....what would I need to program for opp?
Edit....sorry for the newb questions, but haven't got my head around what needs to be programmed yet using bell fleetnet/digital scanners. Never found programming a regular trunking scanner confusing like this.
If this is your first attempt at programming a 396XT by hand you are literally jumping into the deep end of the pool, blind, without water wings.
Yes, there is a database on this website. Its very easy to find and to read and to figure out what talkgroup(s) you want to monitor. This website has been up for close to 15 years, its main mandate was to provide a database, a lot of this is lost nowadays.
There are WIKI pages devoted to all kinds of information, there are even a few Fleetnet specific towers with talkgroups that normally affiliate with said tower.
Check it out, see if your scanner can hear the control channels of the towers you wish to enter in, the map that MCUIPA suggested is helpful.
Use common sense, unless you live reasonably near Caledon you will not be able to monitor the OPP Caledon units.
And finally, If you hear "1 Sierra" units then you have accomplished what you wanted to accomplish.