I have a question on the Digital Scanners

[Scnradio]

I was hang out with some friends last night and came across something i did not know could be done. The radio in question is a BC785D by Uniden.
They had two diffent truck system in the same bank for the same co. Both were coming in clear as a bell. I have the same two system in my radio and are in two diffent banks. Did Uniden do something that i do not know about or what? I am lost on this one.

 

[INDY72]

Hmmmm were they both the same kind of trunking system?? IE- Motorola, EDACS, LTR?????? Were they both digital, or was one analog???

 

[LarrySC]

Sounds to me like one system with two tower locations.

 

[Scnradio]

They are both digital one is Public Safety and the other is Public Works.( Example...... 856.2525 is the contral channel for Public Safety and 860.2405 is Public Works.) Everyone is telling me it can not be done and that is what i was thinking but it was done i recheck it today. I also pulled the info out of one of the radio used a lap top and that is what it is showing. Thank you for the info already and the coming info.

 

[INDY72]

Strange,... which two systems were you guys running at the same time in the same bank????

 

[n4yek]

They are both digital one is Public Safety and the other is Public Works.( Example...... 856.2525 is the contral channel for Public Safety and 860.2405 is Public Works.) Everyone is telling me it can not be done and that is what i was thinking but it was done i recheck it today. I also pulled the info out of one of the radio used a lap top and that is what it is showing. Thank you for the info already and the coming info.

Are you sure the frequency on Public works is correct? 860.2405 isn't
a valid Motorola Control frequency according to everything I have read.
The listing for Davidson County doesn't even show it.
Another thing to look at, is the radios 'Control Channel Only Mode'
set to 'Plan 1'?
I think your radio is possibily looking at the 860.2405 freq
as a VOICE Channel freq in that the frequency isn't something it thinks
as being a Control channel. If thats the case, it will scan it being
that is would be scanned as a conventional-non trunked frequency.
Check ALL frequencies you have programmed for Davidson County.
Since there are 2 different sites, you might have a freq wrong. (I
have made this mistake a couple of time.)
This is just an idea of what might be going on here...not an actual
explaination.
Danny
n4yek@qsl.net

 

[Scnradio]

Ok the control channel are as follow for Public Saftey is 857.2625 and for Public Services is 857.2125 and they are both in the same co and were in the same bank of the radio and both were about to listen to

 

[CAPTLPOL1]

Putting both control channels in will enable you to listen to all of the talkgroups. Most of the intersting stuff is on the Public Safety control channel.

 

[JoeyC]

The 785 doesn't track two trunked systems in the same bank PERIOD!

 

[CORN]

Thats what I thought. Putting both control channels in the same bank you will get one or the other. When you first turn on the radio, as it scans initially, the first control channel it comes to it will lock on to it and stay there.

 

[CAPTLPOL1]

Sorry did not see the BC785D. I have the PRO-96.