scanthewaves
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Just got a Pro 164, I don't have a programming cable yet, I was expecting my old Pro 92 cable to work but it's mono, digital scanner not in the budget yet and I wanted to get back into the swing of the hobby. I read on the wiki that the county freqs are both digital and analog, but mostly digital although did hear what I guess is Fire toneout, so that must analog. The other day I punched in all 14 trunk freqs in the order the wiki shows including the control channel and I could have sworn it trunked, now it just keeps opening squelch on the control channel and displays random talkgroup IDs, Am I too far from the transmitter? I'm about 5 miles from downtown and it says 97% and the signal meter looks good, or is it because I need to reband? I read you can't enter tables manually you need to do it with software. I'm a little confused on this rebanding deal. I'm used to good old fashion analog trunking, but it seems most counties here in FL are switching. One question I would like to ask is if I get an EDAKS ESK capable scanner like the Pro 96, 106 or BCD396XT will I be able to monitor state freqs like FHP or is that just encrypted beyond monitoring? Also would the same cable I get for my 164 work on a 97 or 106 or is that also different? Is Win 97 the best program and does it cover rebanding?
Thanks for any help.
Ken
Thanks for any help.
Ken