Newbie needs some help with the SAFE T Programming.

[Billyjoehenry]

Live in owen county. Have heard they switched to 800mhz SAFE T system. Have a Uniden BCT-8 scanner. Have entered primary control and alternate frequencies. And talk group id's i found on the site. Am not picking up anything. Any help apprecciated.

 

[holeinace]

Make sure you have the frequencies as MOT and not FM or EDACS. Also make sure the Talkgroup Id's are not locked out. I know it sounds like an obvious fix but I have done it.

 

[AK9R]

You'll need a digital scanner to monitor most of the traffic on SAFE-T. Only a few agencies are using analog talkgroups on that system.

See this comparison chart of digital scanners in the Wiki:

Digital Scanner Comparison Chart - The RadioReference Wiki

 

[W9NES]

Go to the Database, click on Indiana and then click on Safe-t and look for Owen County.There you will find all the infomation you need.Hope this helps.

 

[Viper43]

Live in owen county. Have heard they switched to 800mhz SAFE T system. Have a Uniden BCT-8 scanner. Have entered primary control and alternate frequencies. And talk group id's i found on the site. Am not picking up anything. Any help apprecciated.

If you note under Owen Counties talk groups where it says MODE all the talk groups are "D" which means they are DIGITAL so you will need a digital scanner to hear them.

 

[Billyjoehenry]

Thanks everyone for the info. Looks like i'll be getting me a digital scanner. Do most people keep an older one to scan regular frequincies with and then just trunk the digital ones with the digital scanner or can you scan both with the digital one?

Thanks!

 

[W9NES]

Billyjoehenry,Check your pm box.You have mail ! Thank You

 

[Viper43]

you can scan both, but I always have two or three going and in the shop 9 of them at the moment. That way I don't miss the good stuff There is still lots of activity on the analog bands to scan so keep the old one too. Keep the old frequencies too as you never know SAFET could go down or as in the floods in Monroe Co a while back SAFET was so busy Martinsville had to revert back to the old system to communicate, that can happen anywhere so it is best to have the old frequencies ready if it does happen.