ICIS Pomona

[bmckee909]

For the last couple hours I have noticed with the current program, the scanner will occasionally stop and show a talk group from Pasadena, as well as Pomona Blue which is what I wanted. When I say occasionally I mean maybe twice an hour, and the audio is mostly gargled noise, I can barely make out bits and pieces. Why am I hearing stuff from Pasadena with only the pomona frequencies programmed. And why when I put the scanner on manual, set to the control channel is the %xx always so low and unstable?

 

[jlanfn]

If you use Win96 to program the scanner, try installing the following file.

PomonaICIS.p96

Put the Pro-96 in manual mode on each of the control channels. If none of them has a reliable signal decode rate, that is the reason why it is not monitoring the Pomona Cell very well.

 

[patin]

Pomona PRO96 set up & Pasadena 477 freq

use this set up on your Pro 96 >>>> BASE 470.00625 >>>OFFSET 4096 >>>STEP 6.25 and hers the KEY INPUT MUST >>>select MOT 9600 CC (use the custom table with the numbers i listed +++DONT USE the MOT 3600 ) it works great for me especially on PASADENA SITE ****** also the OFFSET 4096 is the magic number ) enjoy

 

[bmckee909]

Ok thanks guys, here is where am at, I have programmed the numbers that you have posted. The results are still the same. I'm starting to believe that I can't reliably monitor this system from my location, I just can't understand why? I was trying to get this working before I put numbers into the other scanner but just for kicks I plugged this programming into the 2096 that is connected to a cheap base antenna on the chimney. Things did slightly improve, but still not getting Pomona. Bank 0 has the six Pomona frequencies with the custom table from above, Bank 1 has the Pasadena site with same values in the table. The decode % from the control channels on both banks is still very unstable, constantly changing from 0 to 70 sometimes 80 on the base unit and 0-40 sometimes 50 on the mobile. I believe this is my problem but like I said, I don't understand it. I did previously mention that standard 800mhz trunk systems and edacs that I monitor decode solid 99% all the time with any antenna. Why so much trouble with this ICIS?

 

[rananthony04]

I'll make this short and sweet.

I've been able to successfully monitor the Pomona cell as far east as Rancho Cucamonga with a Pro 96/2096.
Use the information on the ICIS P25 Wiki page and program your scanners using Win96 (30 day trial). This is exactly what I did to achieve successful monitoring of the Pomona cell (And Pasadena for that matter). Also, it's a good idea to 'space' out your control channels. i.e., Put a "FM" freq (I use 1300.000) between each "MO" control channel (I have Pomona and Pasadena in the same bank ).

I hope this helps.

 

[bmckee909]

I'll keep keep it short and sweet too..... thanks everyone for your suggestions, as well as your time. I have tried the exact programming you sugest with no luck. Sometimes free advice is worth what you paid for it.