New G5 Programing

[Heinenr]

Okay - I think I have the VHF side under control - but I am having a lot of issues with the Trunking.

When I program trunking, I either get ALOT of talk groups, never the ones I Picked to only hear. Or, when I change some things around, I then get NOTHING.
Somewhere I am missing something, and I can't figure it out. anyone help? I am in the Western Burbs of Chicago. (Kane, DuPage County)

Thanks in advance
R

 

[W8RMH]

Make sure (In D-5) you are using 'Trunking TG-Scan' not 'Trunking TG-Monitor'.

 

[Heinenr]

thanks - I tried that and it did work!!!

- I do still get an Out of range, could that be that the talk groups, all though setup, not active yet? (the process of switching)

R

 

[N6ML]

"Out of range" on a trunked system means that it's unable to decode control traffic from any of the sites that you have listed. Make sure that the frequencies you have programmed for your sites contain the active control channel(s).

 

[tglendye]

Check your system ID and make sure that is correct. Also, there is a "wildcard" you can program to search for a new site. If one would change, or you do no know them all it will search for a control channel matching your System ID. I don't have my laptop for reference, but I think if you at a wildcard as "FF" under "site", it will search for control channel activity and a matching system ID that you have programmed.

My locality actually added a control channel to the mix. My scanners were lost, but the G5 never stopped due to the wildcard.

 

[JD21960]

The others covered it. Most likely "out of range" means you need to check the WACN, RFSS, SITE ID settings in the PPS compared to the RRef database. These things are rarely actually out of range. I was still getting Cook #149 site for Starcom21 all the way over by Dekalb/Kane Co Line last week with a little 3.5 inch Motorola antenna on my G5. 99% of the time it's the four things that need to be reviewed
DuPage Starcom21 -System ID 140 - WACN BEE00
773.84375 CC RFSS 1 SITE ID 1

KANE Starcom21 - 855.7375 CC
System ID 140 WACN BEE00
RFSS 1 SITE 1A
Make sure you list your talkgroups wanted in tab #4 of the PPS and make sure there's no WILDCARD setup as a talkgroup (65535) ... that's what gives you all the talkgroups you didn't list or want to hear, the Zone box should be set to TG-scan not *Monitor or you'll hear all.

 

[cstull]

I had the same problem with my new G5. Ray at Ray's pagers helped me out and I had overlooked setting RFSS and Site ID. Once we got that entered and fixed a typo, it runs like a champ. I have been scanning for 50 years and never had a better receiver than the G5. Very satisfied with the radio and the help that Ray provided.