How to Set Specific Police Freqs

[platinumrx8]

hey guys.. I've got the RS Pro-528 and have loaded the 4 main control channels along with all the other freqs listed... But I want to figure out how to dwindle the number of freqs down to just the police freqs... where I'm at, they are using trunking system, so I have set the 4 main CC's to Priority on my scanner..

need help!

US > Louisiana > Caddo Parish System Information Last Updated on 03-03-2007 12:57

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System Name: Caddo Parish
Location: Shreveport, LA
County: Caddo
System Type: Motorola Type II Smartnet
System Voice: Analog
Sysid: 773A
Last Updated: Added a single talkgroup
Hits: 3099

Latest News Update Posted on 2001-12-13 00:00:00

This system is in use for all public safety operations in Caddo Parish and Shreveport LA.



Misc System Information

The following frequencies in this system are also used for Telephone Patch:
Site 1:
867.4375
867.0875


System Frequencies

Red* are Primary Control Channels, Blue* are alternate control channels

Site Description Freqs
001 Simulcast 866.18750 866.22500 866.28750 866.43750 866.58750 866.77500 866.78750 866.88750 867.05000
867.08750 867.13750 867.30000 867.43750* 867.63750 867.67500 867.78750 867.92500 868.08750
868.17500 868.31250 868.33750 868.38750 868.58750* 868.81250* 868.83750*


System Talkgroups
Updated in the last 7 days Updated in the last 24 hours List All in one table

Mutual Aid/Intersystem Talkgroups

DEC HEX Description
26832 68d Fire District Mutual Aid
26864 68f Police Mutual Aid-1
26896 691 Medical Mutual Aid-1
26928 693 Special Operations-1
26960 695 Special Operations-2
35888 8c3 State Police-Mutual Aid

Caddo Sheriffs Office Talkgroups

DEC HEX Description
16208 3f5 Announce
16240 3f7 Main
16272 3f9 Call
16304 3fb North
16336 3fd South
16368 3ff SRT (Tactical)
16400 401 Haz-Mat
16432 403 K-9
16464 405 Search & Rescue
16496 407 CID-1
16528 409 CID-2
16560 40b OCS (Organized Crime Squad)
16592 40d Special-1
16624 40f Special-2
16656 411 Administrative-1
16688 413 Administrative-2

Shreveport Police Talkgroups

DEC HEX Description
48 003 Announce
80 005 Calling
112 007 East
144 009 West
176 00b Info
208 00d Comm-A
240 00f Comm-B
247 00f Comm-C
272 011 Tac-1
304 013 Tac-2
336 015 Special-1
368 017 Special-2
400 019 Command
432 01b Property
464 01d Crimes Against Persons (CAPERS)
496 01f Juvenile Section
528 021 Vice
560 023 Narcotics
592 025 SRT-SWAT
624 027 Supervisors-A
656 029 Supervisors-B
688 02b Supervisors-C
720 02d Internal Affairs (IAB)
752 02f Cross Lake Patrol (CLP)
816 033 City Jail

 

[n4voxgill]

forget frequencies, all agencies use all the frequencies. you have to enter the talk groups for police and then scan in the closed mode and you will only hear the police talk groups you entered.

 

[DickH]

hey guys.. I've got the RS Pro-528 and have loaded the 4 main control channels along with all the other freqs listed... But I want to figure out how to dwindle the number of freqs down to just the police freqs... where I'm at, they are using trunking system, so I have set the 4 main CC's to Priority on my scanner..
need help!

You should join this group for the PRO-433 and PRO-528. There is all the info. you need in the FILES section. Start with the explanation about Trunking, because it is clear that you do not understand how it works. You do NOT use Priority in a trunking system.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRO-433_scanners

 

[DickH]

forget frequencies, all agencies use all the frequencies. you have to enter the talk groups for police and then scan in the closed mode and you will only hear the police talk groups you entered.

The PRO-528 is made by Uniden, Japan. It does not use OPEN and CLOSED. Only GRE products use OPEN and CLOSED.

 

[platinumrx8]

hey guys.. I've got the RS Pro-528 and have loaded the 4 main control channels along with all the other freqs listed... But I want to figure out how to dwindle the number of freqs down to just the police freqs... where I'm at, they are using trunking system, so I have set the 4 main CC's to Priority on my scanner..
need help!

You should join this group for the PRO-433 and PRO-528. There is all the info. you need in the FILES section. Start with the explanation about Trunking, because it is clear that you do not understand how it works. You do NOT use Priority in a trunking system.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRO-433_scanners

ok, i'll go join real quick.. thanks

 

[bassmkenk2508]

because it is clear that you do not understand how it works.

Well in my opinion he came to a good place to learn more about trunking -- this website and forums. The yahoo group may be more beneficial for his radio itself, and that can be a great resource.

Platinumrx8, I am not sure how much you have learned thus far about trunked radio systems, but in our Wiki (see link at top of each page), we have a trunking basics section that has good starter information, which all trunking systems have in common. A good read!

Here is the link: http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Trunking_Basics

Let us know what else we can do for you

-Bryan

 

[bassmkenk2508]

The PRO-528 is made by Uniden, Japan. It does not use OPEN and CLOSED. Only GRE products use OPEN and CLOSED.

Open/Closed or Scan/Search ... its either any or all TGs :roll:

 

[platinumrx8]

Well in my opinion he came to a good place to learn more about trunking -- this website and forums. The yahoo group may be more beneficial for his radio itself, and that can be a great resource.

Platinumrx8, I am not sure how much you have learned thus far about trunked radio systems, but in our Wiki (see link at top of each page), we have a trunking basics section that has good starter information, which all trunking systems have in common. A good read!

Here is the link: http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Trunking_Basics

Let us know what else we can do for you

-Bryan

Well, I went to my police communications class tonight and they explained how the trunking system works for the most part and let us play around with the Motorola MTS2000 handheld radios.. That was a helpful experience and they even brought up the fact that people scan their conversations and stuff... so we shouldn't cuss on the air lol...

As for my scanner, I'm picking up a lot of traffic for police and have just the 4 control channels loaded. Though, they do disable one each night so I have to unlock one and L/O another.. but no biggie...

On a side note, I was roaming around the 900mhz band and came across a phone conversation between a couple.. I'm guessing this is only possible within a few hundred feet or so from my scanner when people use portables?

 

[jrholm]

It sounds like you didn't quite set it up to trunk right. You shouldn't be locking out freq.s because the 528 will not trunk right if you do so.

When you programed it did you set it up to trunk?

To do so you would have pressed the "E" key then the "trunk" key, then chosen a bank 1-0, then pressed the up or down arrows until you saw "E2-800" on the screen, next you press "E" twice. Now you enter all these freq's. by typing in the freq. hitting "E" then the up arrow and repeating these last two steps until all the freq's are entered. When your done entering the freq's hit the "srch" button and it will start to trunk. All of the following freq's should be entered as to the sight you posted.....

Site Description Freqs
001 Simulcast 866.18750 866.22500 866.28750 866.43750 866.58750 866.77500 866.78750 866.88750 867.05000
867.08750 867.13750 867.30000 867.43750* 867.63750 867.67500 867.78750 867.92500 868.08750
868.17500 868.31250 868.33750 868.38750 868.58750* 868.81250* 868.83750*

Once it's trunking you will see a talkgroup id. For your system you'll see a number such as "400" displayed, by looking at your talkgroup id's you'll know this is Shreveport PD Command

 

[bassmkenk2508]

On a side note, I was roaming around the 900mhz band and came across a phone conversation between a couple.. I'm guessing this is only possible within a few hundred feet or so from my scanner when people use portables?

Yes there will be a limited range due to the low output power of those phones.

If you mean portables as in the ones with the phones, correct. Recall the 900 MHz band is used in certain cordless phones.
If portables as in the scanner, it is all about the antenna. Certainly a mobile scanner will be "better" in performance compared to a handheld. But the antenna is key in catching low power and/or distant sources.

 

[platinumrx8]

alright, thanks guys for your tips.. i'll work on my scanner tonight.. I've not had much time to fool around with it lately, but have fun hearing traffic when I do.