Problem with Scanners in Wheeling

[whgwvscanner]

Unsure if anyone else is experiecing an issue listening to the Wheeling FD/PD but when someone talks on the Disp channel it freezes or locks on that channel and then you listen to the City Operations and Busses. The scanners that have been having this issue are the following:

396XL - New out of the box programmed by ScannerMaster
246 (2) - Both of the scanners are doing the same

Scanners that I have noticed that do not have the issue:
My Live Feed - GRE: No issue noted
My 396T - No issue noted.

Does anyone have any ideas or can somone shed some light on this matter?

EDIT: This issue was fist noted by Thursday afternoon and I found it Friday afternoon.

 

[whgwvscanner]

All scanners have had the firmware upgrade on them also.

 

[mtindor]

The firmware upgrade itself doesn't take care of rebanding. Have you programmed each of the scanners with the proper rebanded trunking tables?

Without a version of firmware that supports rebanding as well as additionally programming in custom trunking tables, your will have difficulties tracking. My guess is they must have added some frequencies into the system that are requiring you program it fully as a rebanded system.

Without adding custom tables, you will not be able to track it based upon firmware alone.

Incidentally, you aren't the first person reporting this. I just answered a PM on the SOV forums about this from a listener in Wheeling, and a buddy of mine called me up a few days ago telling me about the same experience.

Mike

 

[mtindor]

Custom Band Plans - UtahRadio

TT    Lo Chan Hi Chan   Offset    Base Freq     Step

1     440     559       440       851.025000    25.000
2     0       719       0         851.012500    25.000

You should replace the first two trunking tables in your scanner with the two listed above, in the order listed.

Mike

 

[mtindor]

The following RR Wiki article shows different table entries. You're mileage may vary

Software Support for Uniden Rebanding - The RadioReference Wiki

Mike

 

[whgwvscanner]

I have the programmed the ones from the wiki long ago. Everything was working fine until about Thursday afternoon when Ed spotted the issue and about Friday when I noticed the issue.

 

[mtindor]

It's a trunked system issue I think.

851.5375 and 853.2625 have stuck transmitters right now. They aren't keying down after a transmission is finished. So your scanner is not moving away from them.

I can hear the stuck transmitters right now. I use "stuck" for lack of a better word. Probably some controller/system software issue.

Mike

 

[Mylan]

My scanning issue is that even with proper RB trunking tables, one of my 796 radios, when on ID search mode, is locking onto the current control channel and then when I look at the unit, it shows a wacky ID that is not in service by the system... the random id's that have shown up are either 4 digit or 6 digit.... if I put that radio onto ID scan mode, it scans without any issue AND its only one of my 796's that does it!


W E I R D

 

[mtindor]

My scanning issue is that even with proper RB trunking tables, one of my 796 radios, when on ID search mode, is locking onto the current control channel and then when I look at the unit, it shows a wacky ID that is not in service by the system... the random id's that have shown up are either 4 digit or 6 digit.... if I put that radio onto ID scan mode, it scans without any issue AND its only one of my 796's that does it!


W E I R D

If that scanner does ICALL, make sure you turn ICALL off. And makesure you have the squelch set tight enough that it isn't randomly triggering.

And what trunked system is it happening on? Wheeling?

M

 

[Mylan]

yep mike it's wheeling alright and I call has been turned off for that system but that only explains the 6 digit and not the 4.... hopefully they act fast to "unstick" the problem transmitter because i'm sure its all related somehow

in the meantime i will "ID scan" that particular radio

 

[dr400]

Stuck carriers.

yep mike it's wheeling alright and I call has been turned off for that system but that only explains the 6 digit and not the 4.... hopefully they act fast to "unstick" the problem transmitter because i'm sure its all related somehow

in the meantime i will "ID scan" that particular radio

I too have continuous carriers on 851.5375 & 851.2625. Since this started some of my radios will trunk properly and other's wont. Those that won't will not lock on a control channel. Those that won't worked properly before this issue happened.

 

[dr400]

851.5375 still seems to be staying on but 851.2625 has returned to normal operation (not continuous carrier). Scanners here have resumed trunking Wheeling correctly.