Port aux Basque Newfoundland
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Wow. It looks like a bunch of those might be false information due to poor reception. On the scanner, in the lower right corner (I think), when you are listening to the control channel during Unitrunker operation, you will see a percentage indicator. What % value do you see?
And you're saying when you plug the USB cable into the scanner (or into the PC), your signal strength drops?
One more thing - when you set the scanner up for Unitrunker, on the scanner, you are selecting the TSYS (F2) and then hitting Analyze (F3), right?
And you're saying when you plug the USB cable into the scanner (or into the PC), your signal strength drops?
One more thing - when you set the scanner up for Unitrunker, on the scanner, you are selecting the TSYS (F2) and then hitting Analyze (F3), right?
So long as you got to Analyze, that's the important bit, and that's cool.
TSYS and Analyze are "soft buttons" (the F1/F2/F3 below the screen) that show up when you navigate to a programmed trunk system. If you're using the TUNE key, I think that does the same thing as Analyze (but I'll check on that).
80 to 90% should be good enough to get a good signal and not deliver a lot of false/invalid sites and systems. I'll look over your data and see what I can make of it.
If you're having any issues with UT itself, the guys in Utah (ironically enough) have put together a tutorial/user guide: UniTrunker Guide - UtahRadio
TSYS and Analyze are "soft buttons" (the F1/F2/F3 below the screen) that show up when you navigate to a programmed trunk system. If you're using the TUNE key, I think that does the same thing as Analyze (but I'll check on that).
80 to 90% should be good enough to get a good signal and not deliver a lot of false/invalid sites and systems. I'll look over your data and see what I can make of it.
If you're having any issues with UT itself, the guys in Utah (ironically enough) have put together a tutorial/user guide: UniTrunker Guide - UtahRadio
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and the talk channle i found at the begening of all this 161.2500, had a talk id '546' just like the you see in the pic with the users tab selected.... so tell me, do i have my scanner set right for the police here? control 160.5900 and talk 161.2500
I don't know which site you're actually on. My gut leads me to believe it's 044-001, because that would make the most sense given the other site numbers other people around the province have seen.
As for if you have the right frequencies, well, try to program your PSR500 like this:
(If you've already figured out how to put a new trunk system in your scanner by a piece of computer software, you probably don't need to do it this way.) If you do have programming software, what's the name of the software?
Anyway try this if you haven't created the system yet.
- Hit PGM.
- Hit F1 ("New").
- Hit F1 again ("TGRP").
- Hit the down-arrow key so you are on the line that starts with "TSYS:"
- If the rest of the "TSYS" line doesn't say "NEW" already, hit the right-arrow key until it does.
- Hit the "SEL" key (middle of the arrow buttons). This should change the screen to say "Trunked System".
- On the "Type" line, hit the right-arrow key until you see "P25 AUTO".
- Hit the down-arrow key twice to go to the "Frequencies" line.
- Hit "SEL" to get into the "System Freqs" menu.
- On the "Ch01" line, type in "160.59" and hit "ENT" (enter).
- Hit the down-arrow key and then type in "161.25" and hit "ENT".
- Hit "F1" (Save).
- Hit "F1" (Save) again. You should be on a line that says "TSYS: System".
- Hit "F1" (Save) one more time.
- Now your scanner should be on the "Select object type to create" screen. Hit "SCAN".
- It should now be scanning and you should see "System" pop up in the bottom line (because we didn't change the name of the new trunk system from its default, "System").
At this stage, you should start to hear stuff. The instructions I gave you programmed in a "Wildcard" instead of specifically talkgroup 546. "Wildcard" in PSR-500 terms means "listen to every talkgroup". So it will stop on any talkgroup you can receive, not just 546.
Again, if you can tell me what kind of programming software you have, if I have the same stuff for my own PSR-500, I can try to create a system for you and send it your way.
As for if you have the right frequencies, well, try to program your PSR500 like this:
(If you've already figured out how to put a new trunk system in your scanner by a piece of computer software, you probably don't need to do it this way.) If you do have programming software, what's the name of the software?
Anyway try this if you haven't created the system yet.
- Hit PGM.
- Hit F1 ("New").
- Hit F1 again ("TGRP").
- Hit the down-arrow key so you are on the line that starts with "TSYS:"
- If the rest of the "TSYS" line doesn't say "NEW" already, hit the right-arrow key until it does.
- Hit the "SEL" key (middle of the arrow buttons). This should change the screen to say "Trunked System".
- On the "Type" line, hit the right-arrow key until you see "P25 AUTO".
- Hit the down-arrow key twice to go to the "Frequencies" line.
- Hit "SEL" to get into the "System Freqs" menu.
- On the "Ch01" line, type in "160.59" and hit "ENT" (enter).
- Hit the down-arrow key and then type in "161.25" and hit "ENT".
- Hit "F1" (Save).
- Hit "F1" (Save) again. You should be on a line that says "TSYS: System".
- Hit "F1" (Save) one more time.
- Now your scanner should be on the "Select object type to create" screen. Hit "SCAN".
- It should now be scanning and you should see "System" pop up in the bottom line (because we didn't change the name of the new trunk system from its default, "System").
At this stage, you should start to hear stuff. The instructions I gave you programmed in a "Wildcard" instead of specifically talkgroup 546. "Wildcard" in PSR-500 terms means "listen to every talkgroup". So it will stop on any talkgroup you can receive, not just 546.
Again, if you can tell me what kind of programming software you have, if I have the same stuff for my own PSR-500, I can try to create a system for you and send it your way.
Yes, you could program the voice channel in as a conventional p25 channel with NAC but you will miss transmissions if the system gets busy and they start using another voice channel.
As well, if other users start using the system, you will have no wayo f seperating their communications.
Hi DJ; Jay thinks some of the sites displayed are the result of bad data caused by weak signal. The program should be filtering this out. I'd like to see the decode logs for this system. This involves checking the logging option on the receiver window's decode section; restarting the receiver and letting the program run for awhile; then sending the log file to me by email.
I recently fixed some VHF trunking problems after a user from Moscow provided the necessary logs. I want to be sure the program works for your area too.
Yes. Feel free to ask program questions in the Trunking Decoder forum.
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