Question about 536HP

[JimBobTerp]

Hi
I was wondering if this radio comes with the capability to scan a system called Motorola trbo and if so is it all ready able to do that or is it a thing we have to download? I have a system that I want to try to find out what frequencies or I should say color code that they are on and I know that they’re using the Motorola turbo system. Can somebody make me an easy step-by-step on how to do it or take me some screenshots and then post up on hell to do all this thank you very much

 

[Enjoi19]

You can, with the paid upgrade. You'll want to update to the latest firmware and then purchase the DMR upgrade from Uniden (Directly, is cheapest and fastest).

See this page here: http://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/DigitalMobileRadioUpgrade

 

[n1chu]

I’d first check with RadioReference.com and learn if the system is encrypted. If this Turbo system is the only turbo sys you monitor, and it’s encrypted, purchasing the DMR add-on is a waste of money. (Simply downloading the DMR add-on won’t allow the scanner to hear the system if it’s encrypted. I doubt you know of anyone else currently monitoring the system, otherwise you probably wouldn’t have posted you questions... but if so, ask about encryption to learn if it’s encryption free, partially encrypted or fully encrypted. (Some systems may have the PD fully encrypted or partially encrypted while all other groups, such as FD, are not.) Another way of learning about the system in question would be to inquire at the local fire station. There’s usually a scanner buff that’s either a member or is known by the firefighters.

 

[tvengr]

Please specify which MotoTRBO system you want to monitor so we can check on it.

 

[JimBobTerp]

Please specify which MotoTRBO system you want to monitor so we can check on it.

It’s a UHF band and what it is is a company called Pinnacle Logistics in Allentown Pennsylvania I work for them I’m able to find one frequency by a regular scanner but I was just kind of wondering if there was a way to determine what color code they are using because the place where I got my radio program the guy said that they were on a color code thing and he won’t tell me what it is so I was trying to figure out it myself and then try to find the other frequencies that they useThat would also include the frequency or the channel I use with the tug operators

 

[W4EMS]

No frequencies assigned by FCC license to Pinnacle Logistics in Allentown, PA in UHF range or other. Perhaps another business name (parent company) ?

 

[Ubbe]

You don't need color code, you can set the scanner to search and will use whatever color code the system are using. If you do not know the talk group then set the scanner to ID search and it will monitor all TG's and you can push the avoid button to skip those TG you do not wish to monitor.

If it is a system using several frequencies then it is probably a trunked system and you could do a frequency search in the frequency band and set the scanner to record it all and then go thru the result to figure out what frequencies that belong to that system. Then you program those frequencies to a site and set the scanner to LCN finder mode and it will decode the LCN numbers that you will have to program to each frequency to let the scanner trunk track the system. In many system you do not really need to trunk track but instead scan the voice channels if you scan them in digital mode as a One Frequency system type.

But first try to find out if the system use encryption as no scanner can handle that. You will also need to buy that $50 DMR option.

/Ubbe

 

[JimBobTerp]

No frequencies assigned by FCC license to Pinnacle Logistics in Allentown, PA in UHF range or other. Perhaps another business name (parent company) ?

I don’t think they use in the other name that’s the name of the company but maybe they don’t need a license to have a set of frequencies I don’t know but it’s weird where the guy took the radios to Ecco -communications in Allentown and has the frequency store into a database and is able to program each radio that he gets for them for a small fee. Is there any frequencies in the FCC database that you can look up that are around hanger place and if so can you send me the links and I’ll see if I can figure that out

 

[W4EMS]

Try this link:
FCC General Menu

 

[n1chu]

The company in question probably leases their two-way radio needs. It’s very common among companies not quite big enough to have any expertise or understanding of how to go about equipping, licensing and building a simple conventional system of their own. (Frequency allocations are also slim to none.) So, for a fee, they rent the use of the radios on someone else’s system, usually a trunked system capable of supporting many talkgroups. A system deliberately intended as a commercial service with its only intent, to offer two way radio comms without the hassle of obtaining and licensing frequencies, purchasing equipment. It’s basically a “plug and play”, “one stop shopping” for two-way radios.

 

[JimBobTerp]

The company in question probably leases their two-way radio needs. It’s very common among companies not quite big enough to have any expertise or understanding of how to go about equipping, licensing and building a simple conventional system of their own. (Frequency allocations are also slim to none.) So, for a fee, they rent the use of the radios on someone else’s system, usually a trunked system capable of supporting many talkgroups. A system deliberately intended as a commercial service with its only intent, to offer two way radio comms without the hassle of obtaining and licensing frequencies, purchasing equipment. It’s basically a “plug and play”, “one stop shopping” for two-way radios.

No they’re not using some rinky-dink store-bought FRS radios they’re using these motorturbos they are using a Motorola XPR3300e

 

[SurgePGH]

No they’re not using some rinky-dink store-bought FRS radios they’re using these motorturbos they are using a Motorola XPR3300e

He’s not talking rinky dink. There are a few Trbo systems in that area. They quite possibly lease space on that system and lease or buy the radios to use on that system. As stated before, you can monitor this with a DMR capable scanner and listen to this system. This is your best option. Keep in mind that using a radio that is not approved by the system owner is a crime and carries some stiff penalties. This thread seems to be headed in the wrong direction IMO.

 

[JimBobTerp]

All right so if somebody wants to go and delete this poster lock it out they can sorry I just thought maybe I would try to help contribute to the database for things but I guess it’s kind a hard if I can’t find all the frequencies they use and how they’re being used and what kind of system they’re using

 

[n1chu]

No they’re not using some rinky-dink store-bought FRS radios they’re using these motorturbos they are using a Motorola XPR3300e

I am not talking about FRS. I’m talking about a commercial radio service that leases their trunked systems as a business. Check the listings for Marcus Communications in Hartford county, Ct. The owner has multiple trunked systems licensed, some trunked, some not, and covers a large portion of the state, probably multiple states. You asked about finding frequencies. Take the one you have and run a search on the FCC data base for your state and see who it’s assigned to. Then check other frequencies assigned to the same service. “Rinky dink store bought FRS radios”? You jump to a lot of conclusions. I never mentioned FRS. Where’d you get that bright idea? Never mind, it’s a rhetorical question.