Is the XG-100 reliable? Why so much less than APX 8000?

[sefrischling]

So you can’t scan a trunked system from a custom scan list assigned to a conventional system, but you should be able to scan everything using a custom scan list assigned to the trunked system. From a trunked system, you should be able to scan trunked and conventional P25 and conventional analog all at once. I’m actually in the process of creating a custom scan list for this exact purpose…

Zone 2 has 14 analog conventional channels, and two talk groups from two trunked systems (state police troop that covers our area and mutual aid fire dispatch that is either Phase 1 or 33mhz) , we cannot listen to the State Police or that mutual aid TG in the zone's scan list. Harris stated it is not capable on the XG-100P, only on the XL-200. For the mutual aid, we can usually hear the call dispatched over the medics channel, which is VHF analog or on the town police VHF analog channel, but not always.

If you can do it, I am curious, because the radio shop says no, and Harris says no.

 

[BMDaug]

Zone 2 has 14 analog conventional channels, and two talk groups from two trunked systems (state police troop that covers our area and mutual aid fire dispatch that is either Phase 1 or 33mhz) , we cannot listen to the State Police or that mutual aid TG in the zone's scan list. Harris stated it is not capable on the XG-100P, only on the XL-200. For the mutual aid, we can usually hear the call dispatched over the medics channel, which is VHF analog or on the town police VHF analog channel, but not always.

If you can do it, I am curious, because the radio shop says no, and Harris says no.

So I believe that the root of the issue is that technically, the 100P can’t scan ZONES at all. So telling them that you want to scan a mixed system zone won’t get you where you want to go. However, each SYSTEM can be assigned a custom scan list. Your custom scan list can be assigned to a trunked or conventional SYSTEM and may contain trunked TGs, P25C channels, and analog conventional channels. When this custom scan list is assigned to a trunked system, all three modes will be scanned. When assigning the same scan list to a conventional system, the trunked TGs are omitted.

The RPM help section explains this very clearly. Just search “custom scan list”. It does work with the 100P, though the more entries you have in the scan list, the longer it will take to find a conventional channel in use. I put 12 channels in the list (some trunked TGs, some encrypted P25C, and some analog) and it sometimes took greater than five seconds to land on a channel known to be transmitting. I don’t really think the number of trunked TGs affects the speed of the scan but the number of conventional channels does seem to impact the scanning speed quite a bit!

-B