cpsTN
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In a Trunked system, you have a set of frequencies for a city, say #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5. You have all five frequencies programmed into the scanner. One day the PD could be on #1, the FD could be on #3 and the Control Channel on #4. Since the Control Channel is continuous tones, you have to lock it out or the scanner will continuously stop on it.
The next day, or even from the morning to evening, the control channel might move from #4 to #1, so you will have to lock out #1 and remove the lock on #4, because #4 might then be the PD, and the FD might be on #5 now. The services keep changing within the frequency blocks, but you can monitor all the city's services within these same frequencies. Is this a correct assessment of how Trunking works from the scanning point of view?
Charles
Smyrna, TN
The next day, or even from the morning to evening, the control channel might move from #4 to #1, so you will have to lock out #1 and remove the lock on #4, because #4 might then be the PD, and the FD might be on #5 now. The services keep changing within the frequency blocks, but you can monitor all the city's services within these same frequencies. Is this a correct assessment of how Trunking works from the scanning point of view?
Charles
Smyrna, TN