Good morning! I'm a newbie to scanning and am looking for some help programming a SDS200 I just purchased. I live in Huxley and am wanting to monitor Iowa DOT operations, specifically the District 1 maintenance garages and the Des Moines Highway Helper.
I've successfully been able to scan ISICS in general just by adding the entire ISICS group/profile in Sentinel to a Favorites list, and then setting an avoid on towers my scanner won't pick up anything on. I've identified the towers it DOES pick things up on (as far as Donnellson, interestingly) by letting it scan ISICS and seeing when transmissions come thru. I have also just deleted the same items I am avoiding with the same, unsuccessful result.
However, when setting avoids on the channels I don't want to scan as well as the towers I don't receive anything on, the SDS just reads "Scan Mode, Nothing to Scan". What are the next steps in troubleshooting or getting it to work? Thanks!
I've successfully been able to scan ISICS in general just by adding the entire ISICS group/profile in Sentinel to a Favorites list, and then setting an avoid on towers my scanner won't pick up anything on. I've identified the towers it DOES pick things up on (as far as Donnellson, interestingly) by letting it scan ISICS and seeing when transmissions come thru. I have also just deleted the same items I am avoiding with the same, unsuccessful result.
However, when setting avoids on the channels I don't want to scan as well as the towers I don't receive anything on, the SDS just reads "Scan Mode, Nothing to Scan". What are the next steps in troubleshooting or getting it to work? Thanks!