Freescan: MN ARMER Specific only tg

[KF0NKG]

Evening! So I am very new to scanning and using free scan I was able to get the 4 talk groups added I wanted however I cannot for the life of me figure out how to monitor those talk groups and not everything on the frequency?


Minnesota- Ramsey
Statewide Tactical 8
State Fair 1
State Fair 2
State Fair 3

I can hold the channel and see them but even with priority set on these it’s lost with so much other traffic. I can’t figure out how to only listen on these specific talk groups?

Thank you all so much for the tips and tricks to even get this far! I was able to sort out all my issues out and do have talk groups I want but not scanning. Just one at a time

Uniden BCD325P2

 

[KevinC]

Set the “ID Mode” to “ID Scan”.

 

[KF0NKG]

Set the “ID Mode” to “ID Scan”.

Thanks! I did that and hit the scan button. I hear nothing when scanning. When I hold and goto my programmed talkgroups I hear the traffic. Maybe my scanner can’t do this?

 

[ofd8001]

You might review the Service Type assigned to the specific talkgroups, then confirm that Service Type is enabled in your Profile.

If you have Location Control On for the Favorites List, you might turn it off. If you are outside the "circle" they might be locked out due to distance.

 

[KF0NKG]

You might review the Service Type assigned to the specific talkgroups, then confirm that Service Type is enabled in your Profile.

If you have Location Control On for the Favorites List, you might turn it off. If you are outside the "circle" they might be locked out due to distance.

I don’t have a favorites group. I don’t even see an option for that. When I click scan you just never hear the talk groups I have programmed. When you press hold and find them they all have traffic and I can hear them fine. Not really sure what’s going on.

 

[tvengr]

Thanks! I did that and hit the scan button. I hear nothing when scanning.

If you are in Pequot Lakes, that is about 130 miles away from the state fair in St Paul. St Paul uses the Ramsey County Simulcast site which you will not be able to receive from Pequot Lakes. Generally speaking, you will hear transmissions only on the site where a unit affiliates. If every talkgroup were carried on every site, the system would quickly run out of frequencies. If you are in St Paul and use the Ramsey County site, you will be able to hear the state fair transmissions if simulcast distortion is not an issue at your location using a BCD325P2. Your closest site to Pequot Lakes is Jenkins in Crow Wing County.

You might review the Service Type assigned to the specific talkgroups, then confirm that Service Type is enabled in your Profile.
If you have Location Control On for the Favorites List, you might turn it off.

OP is using a BCD325P2 and FreeSCAN. Favorites lists and profiles are not used.

 

[KF0NKG]

I live in Pequot. I’m physically at the fair. I live here for 12 days.

 

[GJTA]

The State Fair talk public safety talk groups are used when the fair is not in session. During the fair, they use the statewide TAC talkgroups since they have people from all over the state working there. I am far from the fair but can monitor those talkgroups on the local sub system (Carver/Scott simulcast). Dont know for sure but suspect statewide TACs are rebroadcast throughout the state.

 

[KF0NKG]

Correct. And after 1am they move to their own talk groups. I’m just trying to figure the new scanner out and how I can just have it scan the things I actually want haha. The struggle is real over here. I tried pro scan as well with no luck.

When I hit the scan it seems to just goto a 853 frequency and never leaves. Doesn’t ever break for traffic on statewide. I hear literally everything else tho lol

 

[tvengr]

If you are scanning the Ramsey County site, you should see 852.0875, 853.3625, 853.7125, or 853.7625. That is the control channel frequency for that site. If you see one of those frequencies while not receiving any transmissions, you do not have the group enabled or you do not have the talkgroups they are using. From your screen shots, the group has quick key 1 and you have group quick key 0 enabled. If you hear everything else, you need to be in ID Scan. If you see ID Search, Press FUNC and then SCAN to switch to ID Scan.

 

[tvengr]

While scanning the ARMER system, press FUNC and then 1 to enable group quick key 1. Make sure you read my previous post #10. Here is a PDF file which will answer all of your questions about using quick keys:

 

[CcSkyEye]

Just a thought, but try turning off the digital and analog AGC.

 

[tvengr]

Just a thought, but try turning off the digital and analog AGC.

The AGC action can increase garbled audio problems when dealing with simulcast distortion. Since the OP is hearing other talkgroups OK, that may not be an issue in this case. Since the OP is hearing everything else, he must be in ID Search. He needs to switch to ID scan. In his screenshots, the group with the talkgroups is assigned to group quick key 1 and group quick key 1 is disabled.