New user Whistler1040

[PamSharlow]

I am in Michigan and I am trying to add Michigan State Police to scanner and it will not add. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[tvengr]

What county are you in. State police in Michigan are on the MPSCS statewide system. Do you have programming software? If you already have a ARC500 or WIN500 file and attach it, I can add state police to the file for you. You have to send the file to a compressed (zipped) folder before you attach it.

 

[PamSharlow]

Hillsdale County. Have the WIN500 which I used to download local frequencies but it would not download the State. I have tried several times

 

[tvengr]

The easiest way to do it is to let me have your programming file and I will add the state police to it.

 

[Fireball84]

@tvengr i am new to WIN 500 software, but i am receiving a ws1040 scanner from a fellow fireman. i am looking to program it for MPSCS for Lenawee county, as well as Fulton County Ohio
this is going to be for my grandparents as i have our P25 800MHZ radio from the county grant

,Thanks

 

[tvengr]

@tvengr i am new to WIN 500 software, but i am receiving a ws1040 scanner from a fellow fireman. i am looking to program it for MPSCS for Lenawee county, as well as Fulton County Ohio
this is going to be for my grandparents as i have our P25 800MHZ radio from the county grant

,Thanks

Let me take a look at the systems and see what I can do for you.

 

[Fireball84]

Thanks let me know what you find out

 

[tvengr]

I will be working on the programming for you. Lenawee Co is a simulcast site which may give you problems with the WS1040. It will take a couple of days to do the file. I will post it here when completed. I appreciate firefighters putting their lives on the line for us. Thank you!

 

[tvengr]

@tvengr i am new to WIN 500 software, but i am receiving a ws1040 scanner from a fellow fireman. i am looking to program it for MPSCS for Lenawee county, as well as Fulton County Ohio
this is going to be for my grandparents as i have our P25 800MHZ radio from the county grant

Here is your file. Scan lists as follows:
1. Lenawee Interop
2. Lenawee Co Fire
3. Lenawee Co Hosp
4, Lenawee Co Law
5. Lenawee Co Misc
6. MI State Police
7. Fulton Interop
8. Fulton Co Fire
9. Fulton Co Law
10. OH State Police
Save the zipped file to your computer and extract. Open the extracted file with WIN500 and Upload to Scanner.

 

[tvengr]

Fireball84 your file is ready on previous post #9.

 

[Fireball84]

Thank you I really appreciate the help

 

[tvengr]

Please let me know how it works.

 

[Fireball84]

this has worked splendidly! thank you @tvengr

 

[tvengr]

Accidents will happen! Glad I could help out.

 

[Fireball84]

@tvenso I have the scanner in operation but I find that it dosnt pick up alot of the time, is there a better way to set the squelch, or is there a better antenna to buy specific to the 800 mhz range

 

[tvengr]

Set the squelch to minimum. You may be having simulcast distortion problems. Try turning on the attenuator or setting the scanner flat on a table and pointing the antenna different directions. Try removing the antenna and sticking a paper clip in the connector. Most of the scanners do not like simulcast systems. You have several towers in a site all transmitting the same control channel on the same frequency at the same time. The signals arrive to your scanner at slightly different times and cause problems trying to decode the control channel. By turning on the attenuator you can sometimes receive fewer towers and improve the decoding of the control channel. Presently, the only scanners built to receive simulcast systems are the Uniden SDS100 and SDS200. The Unication G4 and G5 pagers also do an excellent job. The Remtronix REM-800B antenna will give you a great improvement in signal strength for 700 and 800 MHz frequencies over the stock antenna. Unfortunately, if you are experiencing simulcast problems, more signal can make the problem worse. I will check out the database. There are supposed to be changes coming for Lenawee Co.

 

[Fireball84]

Ok I will wait for you're findings