I just upgraded my subscription to radioreference and have started downloading the database for Oregon into my 396XT using Freescan.
Question: When I select the Portland PSRS within Freescan after connecting to Radio Reference, for example, on the left pane I see, under "sites and groups" the following:
Arrowood
Biddle Butte
Cornelius Pass
Forest Heights
Goat Mt.
Headdworks
PDX Airport
Simulcast Backbone
Timberline Lodge
Walters Hill
On the right pane in freescan are all the talkgroups. I live in Oregon City, do I just select the closest "site" and forget the rest? Currently for this system I only selected "Simulcast Backbone" and "PDX Airport" and unchecked the rest. I don't understand what the purpose of all of the "sites and groups" I listed above within the Portland PSRS since it seems like there is a lot of overlap in area coverage. Or am I better off just programming all of those sites into the scanner so I don't miss anything. I'm assuming it shouldn't really slow anything down.
Thanks!
Question: When I select the Portland PSRS within Freescan after connecting to Radio Reference, for example, on the left pane I see, under "sites and groups" the following:
Arrowood
Biddle Butte
Cornelius Pass
Forest Heights
Goat Mt.
Headdworks
PDX Airport
Simulcast Backbone
Timberline Lodge
Walters Hill
On the right pane in freescan are all the talkgroups. I live in Oregon City, do I just select the closest "site" and forget the rest? Currently for this system I only selected "Simulcast Backbone" and "PDX Airport" and unchecked the rest. I don't understand what the purpose of all of the "sites and groups" I listed above within the Portland PSRS since it seems like there is a lot of overlap in area coverage. Or am I better off just programming all of those sites into the scanner so I don't miss anything. I'm assuming it shouldn't really slow anything down.
Thanks!
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