forestfire90
Newbie
Got my new scanner running this weekend and sounds really good. I can hear everything in Rockbridge now crystal clear I just hope my county gets a system like this. I still don't understand some of the channels but learning.
Got my new scanner running this weekend and sounds really good. I can hear everything in Rockbridge now crystal clear I just hope my county gets a system like this. I still don't understand some of the channels but learning.
Ok so since this change I've had a ton of relatives asking about how to get updated.
I kept putting it off till now having no choice got me a BCD996P2 - I got it updated with freeSCAN and using RR to pull down a ton of lists including those for Buena Vista.
I can't hear anything for BV, I've not heard anything for the sheriffs Dept either. I have been able to hear Rock Fire/Rescue which also seems to tone out for BV Fire/Rescue so I think covered there.
Am I doing something wrong here?
Frequencies show the same as they were for Rescue, fire and Police. Tone for BV Police shows DCS 023 - is that correct? Mod is auto set to FM.
A little assistance would be great. I came off a BC895XLT so I've got a little experience with better scanners but this one is just in a world of its own.
Also to note I'm still using a large external antenna that I've had for the other scanner so its not being obstructed by anything and I'm located in BV so I should be pretty central to everything.
Quick Edit: I did manage to find that I was missing the RockbridgeRgnaIP that included a bunch of other TGID's and so on..maybe that was my issue.
I'll report back but anyway any of you guys have any input by all means I'm gonna be here a while till I master this thing.
So, if you look at the Rockbridge RR database, most of the analog repeaters are now out of service. The ones that are listed are used for interop. The whole county is on P25 now, so yeah, get those talkgroups in there and you’ll be good. I suggest, for the time being, leave the setting on your scanner to ID search and lock out the encrypted TGs.
The news channels (WDBJ7, etc) came in and did a report the day we went live. It may be worth while to leave the analog repeaters in there, can hear outside agencies coming in before they're patched. Also, the analog Dispatch channel will still work for those that have old scanners. They just wont be able to hear the on scene stuff.
The county will cover the F/R broadcastify as soon as the old setup gets upgraded and moved. And analog Dispatch does work, many of the volunteers still use their Minitor pagers to get their calls.
Ha, on the airline traffic. Yeah, the analog dispatch is simulcasted with P25, if you do live in BV, you may consider putting in the 103.5 PL tone so you don't get the NC sheriff traffic.
That looks correct, may add 8001 for RCSO
RBSO 1Tac you can leave out, it's encrypted.
You should be hearing traffic on 453.325 pl 103.5 (analog dispatch) there's a bunch going on.
And encryption, it's the trend. Rockbridge will likely be that way in the next year or two.