OPP in Toronto

[acab6]

Can anyone tell me if I have this right ? I'm trying to program the system frequencies for the OPP in Toronto, such as: 141.30000, 141.43500, 142.11000, 142.68000 etc. in the Database it says they are Motorola Type2 SmartZone. So when choosing a trunk system to program these into my scanner I picked E2-Hi for Motorola Type2 VHF frequencies. Is that correct, are they Motorola Type2 VHF freqs? I can not check to see if I programmed it correctly or not because I am not in a location where I can hear anything right now...

 

[scnnr]

acab6. The OPP are digital so you won't be able to monitor them with your pro 94. You would need to buy one of the expensive Digital scanners.

 

[acab6]

oh, okay... how is it I can tell if a frequency is digital or not?

 

[acab6]

just seen it, system voice, right? if it says apco25 its digital, right?

 

[acab6]

I guess I'm still confused as to how to tell which trunk system to use when I want to program in frequncies. The reason I thought it was Motorola Type2 VHF freqs was cause of the range of the freqs, ex: 141.30000. but I take it that isnt the way to tell. Any advice on how I can determine which frequencies belong to which trunk system???

 

[scnnr]

I guess I'm still confused as to how to tell which trunk system to use when I want to program in frequncies. The reason I thought it was Motorola Type2 VHF freqs was cause of the range of the freqs, ex: 141.30000. but I take it that isnt the way to tell. Any advice on how I can determine which frequencies belong to which trunk system???

I hope someone with a pr0 94 in your area can help you out a little better but here is some information.
Opp trunking system is on this system. http://radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=861

any talk group with a D under mode is digital. You should be able to monitor the MOH Talkgroups. If you look you will see that they are Analog so that scanner should follow them.

I am just not sure if you can program this system into that scanner as I don't live in Ontario. I will look at the manual and see if you can program in the Custom Frequency Table into the pro94, If you can then you would put in the frequencies for the Toronto Tower site 040 since you live in Toronto I think you said.

To properly track Motorola VHF and UHF trunked systems,
you must program the applicable base and offset
frequencies for each system.
For a list of these frequencies and other scanner information,
http://radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=861

1. Set the scanner for conventional scanning. Press
PROG then TRUNK.
2. Press the number key of the bank where you want
to store the base frequency.
3. Repeatedly press 8 or 9 to select E2-VHi or
E2-UHF, then press E. A previously programmed
trunked frequency appears.
4. Press DATA (ALT). The preset base frequency
appears.
5. Enter a desired frequency.
6. Press DATA (ALT). The preset offset frequency
appears.
7. Enter the frequency using the number keys according
to the following guide:
• For Motorola Type II VHF, (E2-VHF Hi band) use
5kHz steps between 5 kHz – 100 kHz.
• For Motorola Type II UHF, (E2-UHF band) use
12.5kHz steps between 12.5 kHz – 100 kHz.