picree
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In order to trunk a new P25 digital system I followed the advice given here and only programmed in the control channel. I have no other frequencies programmed in my scanner (even though they are listed in the RRDB). It seems to work fine. However, I have a question about bandwidth.
I thought the whole concept behind trunking was for the system to be able to juggle a large number of transmissions across several frequencies in order to maximize the use of multi-frequency bandwidth. Well, how is it that I can pick up "all" transmissions (point made here in the forum) with only the control channel programmed? What are the other frequencies for? Am I missing transmissions on the other frequencies? Surely with hundreds of talkgroups this method will miss some transmissions right?
Confused...
I thought the whole concept behind trunking was for the system to be able to juggle a large number of transmissions across several frequencies in order to maximize the use of multi-frequency bandwidth. Well, how is it that I can pick up "all" transmissions (point made here in the forum) with only the control channel programmed? What are the other frequencies for? Am I missing transmissions on the other frequencies? Surely with hundreds of talkgroups this method will miss some transmissions right?
Confused...