I am not a premium subscriber. I believe I got it I’m picking up spring valley,Clarkstown,ramapo. I just haven’t picked up the sheriff dept and NYSP troop F
The easiest way to do this, as already noted, is to be a
Premium Subscriber. That's $30 a year, or $15 for six months. There is also a link on that page to get information on a 90-day subscription.
However, if for what ever reason you prefer not to be a Premium Subscriber, even on a limited time basis, you can still import much of the details you need via FreeSCAN's EZ-Grab feature. That lets you copy data from a web page, then selectively paste the applicable information into FreeSCAN, Details on using that are in the FreeSCAN User Guide in the Wiki,
wiki.radioreference.com
You would still need to manually enter the site frequencies, but EZ-Grab can be used for the channel details (talkgroup ID & description for trunked systems, or channel frequency, usage, and code/tone details.
Conventional system example:
(I set that up quickly so that I could create a screenshot of a set of talkgroups.)
Here's an example of a trunked system:
However, there is another possible handicap in using the 325P2. The Rockland County system's site is Simulcast, Simulcast can be an issue for all scanners other than the SDS100 & SDS200. The 325P2 is not a good choice if you are having issues with distortion. Here is a map for Rockland County's Simulcast site:
Each of those blue dots represent a transmit tower for the site, If you are very close to one of these, like a quarter mile, then you might not have an issue. Much farther away, your scanner may perform poorly. Each of these towers broadcasts the same radio traffic, on the same frequency. So, depending on the distances, these transmissions arrive at your scanner at various times, out of sync. While the time differential between these may be minuscule, it is still enough to trip up the scanner's ability to process the control channel data. You might hear only garbled audio, or nothing at all. Or, if you are close enough to one site, or something such as hills or a cluster of taller buildings, blocks conflicting signals, it might work. In some cases, something in your house itself may block some of the signals, such as metal siding or foil backed insulation in the walls. In a few cases, even moving the scanner a few feet one way or another may improve results. Simulcast problems are extremely location dependent. A directional antenna can also help.
More on Simulcast can be found in the Wiki:
Simulcast digital distortion - The RadioReference Wiki
Of course, if one of these 'work-arounds helps at your location, then you can possibly deal with it. But that is only at a fixed location. If you are driving out & about in your area, all bets are off. You likely will have problems that cannot be solved with a 325P:2.
