Payson scanner help

[NBLANCO87]

so i just bought a baofeng uv-5r because i was told that i could use it as a scanner. i have been able to pick up some transmissions but i know that there is more going on with other frequencies then what i am hearing. if someone could please help me with what to input on chirp with the payson police dept freq which is 155.565 and gila county sherrif which is 155.310 that would be awesome. thanks

 

[caphab1]

Gila County, Arizona (AZ) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Here is the County page. Sheriff is at the top and Payson PD is about a quarter of the way down. DPL is equivalent to DCS in that radio. Dependant on the antenna you have on that you may or may not have good reception either. With Payson being analog there are some pretty decently priced scanners out there that would better suit your desire.

Hope this helps.

Preston

 

[NBLANCO87]

Gila County, Arizona (AZ) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference

Here is the County page. Sheriff is at the top and Payson PD is about a quarter of the way down. DPL is equivalent to DCS in that radio. Dependant on the antenna you have on that you may or may not have good reception either. With Payson being analog there are some pretty decently priced scanners out there that would better suit your desire.

Hope this helps.

Preston

ok so i put those numbers into chirp (445 dpl ...tone) into chirp and put it into my radio i still do not receive any transmissions...that is if i am imputing the correct info into it which i do not think that i am

 

[caphab1]

Try this, find the attached zip.

 

[KB7MIB]

Technically, you don't need to put in any tones at all. You can listen to the agencies without programming any tones in. Tones are useful for scanner listeners if you receive noise on a frequency, or there is more than one user of a frequency within range, and you don't want to hear both.

Second, is your radio capable of narrow FM reception? If it isn't, a low priced basic scanner with NFM capability would be a better choice, because you won't have to turn the volume up to hear the agencies better. Listening to NFM transmissions in FM mode results in lower volume. If you have a mix of NFM (public safety) and FM (Ham radio) frequencies, either the NFM users will be too quiet, or the FM users will be too loud.

If you can select between FM and NFM by channel, disregard this.

John
Peoria