Quick update on my SDS100 experience and a quick (and probably dumb) question regarding trunked systems. So far, the SDS100 is performing great. I'm in the process of installing an outdoor antenna to better pick up radio traffic in my area. That said, the Remtronix antenna really does wonders with this unit. I highly recommend anyone getting the SDS100 to pick up the Remtronix antenna. Additionally, this unit has so many features, it boggles my mind to understand them all. But I'm learning and enjoying this unit.
So for the question... I'm listening to my local public service 800MHz trunked simulcast system. I updated (and update regularly) the database to ensure I have the latest freqs. With my limited knowledge of trunked systems, I know that there is a bank or "trunk" of freqs that each agency is allocated. And each trunk has a primary and alternate control freq that essentially hands out an available freq to a radio user when they PTT. When I created my favorites list for my local PD, I'm able to listen to the primary dispatch with no issues. However, all the other channels such as the "talk around/CH 2", other districts, motors, etc don't come over the scanner. I understand that some of these might be encrypted and obviously no worries on that. But I'm almost certain some of the other channels are not encrypted. Is there something I'm missing with how I program the trunked simulcast system to scan? Note that I used Sentinel to program the scanner by highlighting all the freqs for a particular agency, then put them into their own favorites list. I then uploaded that list to the scanner. I apologize if this is a super dumb question but I'm pretty new at this new generation of digital/trunked/P25/Simulcast scanning... Thanks as always for any help.