BC346XT: Help with Mass State Police programming

[s-skerker]

Good evening,

I have been programming Mass State Police into my BC346XT for years. Recently the scanner is locking up on the trunking frequencies and not releasing the banks. Also, when I program certain State Police troops such as Troop H, or Troop D of Mass State Police, I am now getting a bleed through of Cape Cod Fire dispatch which shares the same trunking system. This locking up on the banks that I'm assigning and the bleed through is relatively new.

I don't know how to resolve it. I am using the ArcXT software and import the frequencies from RadioReference

 

[bgav]

Do you only have TGIDs programmed for the talkgroups you want to listen to or did you import all TGIDs for the system? What TGID is showing up for Cape Cod Fire dispatch "bleeding" through?

See this page: http://www.scan-ne.net/wiki/index.php?title=State_Police_System_on_Cape_Cod

 

[s-skerker]

Hi and thank you for replying. No. The only talkgroups that I'm pulling in are for: H3, and and a couple of D - Troop groups. I'm listening now, and the Cape is bleeding through on Alpha Tag D-Ptl-1 which is talk group 33968.

I am set to Hold Time = 0;
P25 Wait time = 0;
Modulation = Auto;
Control Channel Only = Checked off (check mark)
Mot Bandplan = 800/900 Standard
Edacs Site Type: Wide(standard)

Is there any other info I can provide?

Thanks,

 

[bgav]

Ok, not sure if it's a congestion issue when the system is busy.. Maybe someone with a 346 on the Cape will chime in...

 

[Ubbe]

This is a standard SmartZone system and if the channels are busy one talk group will immediatly be followed by another one on the voice channel. The system sends out and end-tone that makes the radios go to the control channel when a TG call ends, but if you do not have end-tone enabled in your scanner it will stay on the voice channel and monitor the next talk group that gets active on that frequency.

Solution: Activate End Code in the Sys Option for that system.

/Ubbe