It's been a long time since I've had a question for this group. I've been (slowly) plugging away at my own pet project to decode Motorola control channels.
Right now, one of my announces is the fact that I am only displaying LCN, not the frequency. I think I've found at least two different ways to convert LCN to frequency. One is SlicerWizard's table (http://home.ica.net/~phoenix/wap/TRUNK88/Motorola Channel Numbers.txt). The other seems to be calculating frequency based on an algorithm (Custom Band Plans - UtahRadio).
QUESTION 1:
Are there any systems that use a band plan that doesn't fit into SlicerWizard's frequency chart?
I found that band plan algorithm and noticed it seems the GRE scanners have you entering LCN, not frequency. The Uniden scanners are opposit. I also noticed that the plan chart for rebanding is quite different between the two sites above. All this leads me to believe that having the user (OK, me) type in the band plan could be quite hard.
QUESTION 2:
What is the proper method for converting LCN to frequency?
1) have user pick standard, rebanded, splinter, 900 and use SlicerWizards tables to look to frequency
2) have user enter band plan (ala Unitrunker) and calculate frequency
3) some other method I have yet to discover
Thanks,
Frank
Right now, one of my announces is the fact that I am only displaying LCN, not the frequency. I think I've found at least two different ways to convert LCN to frequency. One is SlicerWizard's table (http://home.ica.net/~phoenix/wap/TRUNK88/Motorola Channel Numbers.txt). The other seems to be calculating frequency based on an algorithm (Custom Band Plans - UtahRadio).
QUESTION 1:
Are there any systems that use a band plan that doesn't fit into SlicerWizard's frequency chart?
I found that band plan algorithm and noticed it seems the GRE scanners have you entering LCN, not frequency. The Uniden scanners are opposit. I also noticed that the plan chart for rebanding is quite different between the two sites above. All this leads me to believe that having the user (OK, me) type in the band plan could be quite hard.
QUESTION 2:
What is the proper method for converting LCN to frequency?
1) have user pick standard, rebanded, splinter, 900 and use SlicerWizards tables to look to frequency
2) have user enter band plan (ala Unitrunker) and calculate frequency
3) some other method I have yet to discover
Thanks,
Frank
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