pro-95 incorect steps on freq in trunking mode

[ansul101]

i was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem i have two scanners an bc245xlt and an radio shack pro95 the pro 95 will not follow trunking correctly in the motorola 800mhz freq range you can not set the step to 12.5k on certain channels they automaticly go to .25k and .50k and the scanner stops on the freq but it does not sound right i used afs 780 (245) to change the steps on my BC245 and it corrercted the problem is there a fix for the pro 95 out there does anyone know or is radio shack aware of the problem

 

[n4yek]

What city or county system are you trying to monitor?
In 'Tune' mode, my pro-95 steps 6.25 which would only
require another step up or down to get 12.5.
Danny
N4YEK

 

[ansul101]

i am usin the 800 mhz mode type 2 i am talking about when you enter the freq in like 854.975 it says 100k instead of 12.5k this creates a problem with the scanner and it will stop off freq and the freq will sound all distorted like it is not on the right freq

 

[eyes00only]

Not quite sure what the problem is, but I have a Moto system with these freqs in it, and it works fine on my 95 / 866.3375 - 867.4375 & 868.2125.

Jerry

 

[loumaag]

i am usin the 800 mhz mode type 2 i am talking about when you enter the freq in like 854.975 it says 100k instead of 12.5k this creates a problem with the scanner and it will stop off freq and the freq will sound all distorted like it is not on the right freq

Okay let's get a couple of things straight.

1. The Pro-95's step size has nothing to do with trunk tracking Motorola systems. All of the Moto channels are already programmed into the scanner. You put in the CC and it gets the voice frequencies from the internal table that you have no control over. This by the way, is the reason it will be a brick as far as Moto 800 Trunktracking after the FCC rebanding.

2. The frequency you stated above, 854.9750, is a splinter system frequency, channel 0x9f (159) to be exact. So the probable reason that your scanner is going to the wrong frequency is that you have not set up the TRS you are trying to listen to as a Splinter System, refer to you owner's manual.

3. The bandwidth of all the GRE scanners is such that they do not need to have the exact frequency entered to receive the signal properly. This is a problem on the Uniden scanners because the Unidens offer a choice of bandwidth selectable by the user, whereas the GRE's do not.