Keeping Your Banks Organized

[Ishyid]

What is a good way to keep all your banks nice and organized? My scanner is starting to get all confusing looking for the right frequency and what not. So what are your guy's ways of organizing frequencys?

-Josh-

 

[poltergeisty]

A good financial planer. I would open a Swiss account..must have a passport for ID purposes and at least $10,000.. :lol:

What I do is keep law enforcement in bank or system 1, then fire in 2, etc..

 

[Ishyid]

Ok, that's what i was thinking. I think im going to write down all my frequencys and erase everything and start over from scratch. Thanks.

 

[poltergeisty]

If the scanner is computer controlled it be easier..

 

[CLTX11]

Another thing, once you do get em how you want em try not to tweak them any. After getting used to the set-up & you change them, itll throw you off for ahwhile

 

[n8emr]

and I thought this was something to do with the 700billion dollar bailout...

 

[Ishyid]

Thats a good point to not tweak them much once you get used to them. Thank's for the ideas guys.

 

[b7spectra]

I made this spread sheet up in Excel and it sits under the mirror in my visor.

The last line was added to make it look official!

 

[n4jri]

It all depends on the radio. That's a great setup there for the 996T. I'm mainly using PSR-500's now, and use Win500's capability to use object #'s up to 99,999 for organization. I have a block-sequential setup in this mode, although the objects are renumbered when the info is loaded into the radio. However, that capability really helps me to keep my scanlists organized. I also force my first 23 objects to be used as titles for my scanlists which will appear as I scroll through then left-to-right. (much like the remark field in computer code)

I also try to keep my programming's set up in a consistent way, so no matter v-scanner file I load in the radio, I'll basically know my way around. Scanlists are usually as follows:
0 - Unassigned - this houses all objects that are not assigned to a scanlist. It can be a good location for items that you'd like to be able to scroll to manually, but don't want to have in your regular scan.
1 - State conventional
2 - State trunked
3 - locality or region
4 - locality or region
5 - locality or region
6 - locality or region
7 - locality or region
8 - locality or region
9 - police surveillance, federal LE, emergency mangement,
10 - Fire/EMS dispatch, other emergency agencies (drawn from the regions in lists 3-8)
11 - Scratchpad - radio is programmed so all new finds are automatically sent into this scanlist
12 - Security search - various low power, MURS, FRS, itinerant, local control
13 - Mutual Aid
14 - Rail & Marine
15 - Private security & other on-site systems
16 - Aircraft
17 - SMR's and other commercial trunking
18 - Scratchpad for federal systems & sites, airports, military bases, etc.
19 - Wildcard objects for all governmental trunked systems
20 - Local Government (non-public safety)
21 - Favorites - items which can be scanned to the exclusion of all others at the push of a button. Items can be added to this list with a single keystroke, and the list can be cleared quickly in field conditions.
22 - Skywarn - scans items to the exclusion of all others, but doesn't have the quick 'add' and 'clear' features that "Favorites" offers.



On older scanners, up to the PRO-96, I organized channels numbers in a block-sequential manner so that I'd know where to go when I needed to. In the old days of 10-bank scanners, it'd go like this:

1 - State
2 - Business/Low Power
3 - Local Control
4 - Rail/Marine
5 - Local Police
6 - Military air
7 - Local contol (mobile side)
8 - Aircraft (civilian)
9 - Scratchpad
0 - Local fire/rescue

In both configuartions, I like to keep standard air, marine, low-power, mutual aid, etc. All ready to go, so all I have to do is add the local stuff for where I'm going. I also like to have a lot of preprogammed lists & ranges to search for security guards.

73/Allen (N4JRI)

 

[n8emr]

As noted it will vary by scanner, but I like to bank services, Since I have no trunking in my area It helps but I have public safety in one bank, hams in another, GMRS,mURS,FRS in another,military, air, etc.
that way I can select what I wan to listen to. Sometimes I waste a few channels but not found that to be an issue.