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kb5vjv

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I am trying to program in certain sites into my scanners . They are part of MPSCS

Michigan's Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)​

I am trying to just be able to scan a few fire dep, ems and hospitals . I can add them to my scanners, but if i dont add the whole MPSCS dayabase i cannot scan theones that i want . I cant lock the other ones out or delete them. If i do my scanner says Nothing To Scan ,
There are a few sections i want to scan, one of them is this one . There are 4 other sections i want to monitor . But if i add just the below section and the other for, i get the dreaded Nothing To Scan .

I thought i kinda understood trunking, but i must be missing something . Scanning the whole MPSCS isnt a problem for my BCD436HP, but i bought a BCD325P2 , but it is way to slow to scan the whole MPSCS database . Side by side, the bcd325p2 is so slow i can hear the BCD436, but the BCD325 never hears what the BCD436 does at the same time. On its own the BCD325 will hear what i am wanting, but only if i am lucky enough for it to catch the site in transmition.
Both scanners have the exact same database loaded .

Does anyone have any ideas ?

Thank you


Oakland County (63) South Zone Fire



DEC HEX Mode Alpha TagDescriptionTag
320967d60T63FHFD1Farmington Hills Fire 1Fire Dispatch
320977d61T63FHFD2Farmington Hills Fire 2Fire-Talk
320987d62T63FHFD3Farmington Hills Fire 3Fire-Talk
321557d9bT63BHFIRE1Bloomfield Hills Fire 1Fire Dispatch
321567d9cT63BIFD1Birmingham Fire DispatchFire Dispatch
321577d9dT63BIFD2Birmingham Fire 2Fire-Talk
321587d9eT63BIFD3Birmingham Fire 3Fire-Talk
321597d9fT63CTFD1Commerce Twp. Fire DispatchFire Dispatch
321637da3T63CTFD2Commerce Twp. Fire 2Fire-Tac
321657da5T63BTFD1Bloomfield Twp. Fire 1Fire Dispatch
321667da6T63BTFD2Bloomfield Twp. Fire 2Fire-Tac
321677da7T63BTFD3Bloomfield Twp. Fire 3Fire-Tac
321687da8T63BTFD4Bloomfield Twp. Fire 4Fire-Tac
321697da9T63FHFD1Farmington Hills Fire 1Fire Dispatch
321757dafT63FEFD1Ferndale Fire DispatchFire Dispatch
321767db0T63FEFD2Ferndale Fire 2Fire-Tac
321777db1T63FHFD5Farmington Hills Fire 5Fire-Tac
321787db2T63FHFD4Farmington Hills Fire 4Fire-Talk
321807db4T63FBFD1Franklin-Bingham Farms Fire DispatchFire Dispatch
321817db5T63FBFD2Franklin-Bingham Farms Fire Dept. 2Fire-Talk
321917dbfT63HPFD1Hazel Park Fire 1Fire Dispatch
321927dc0T63HPFD2Hazel Park Fire 2Fire-Talk
322057dcdT63LTFD1Lyon Twp. Fire 1Fire Dispatch
322067dceT63LTFD2Lyon Twp. Fire 2Fire-Tac
322077dcfT63LTFD3Lyon Twp. Fire 3Fire-Tac
322297de5T63MHFD1Madison Heights Fire 1Fire Dispatch
322307de6T63MHFD2Madison Heights Fire 2Fire-Talk
322327de8T63MIFD1Milford Fire DispatchFire Dispatch
322337de9T63MIFD2Milford Fire 2Fire-Tac
322347deaT63MIFD3Milford Fire 3Fire-Talk
322407df0T63NVFD1Novi Fire 1Fire Dispatch
322417df1T63NVFD2Novi Fire 2Fire-Tac
322427df2T63NVFD3Novi Fire 3Fire-Talk
322437df3T63NVFD4Novi Fire 4Fire-Talk
322447df4T63NVFD5Novi Fire 5Fire-Talk
 

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Need to know which sites your programming. If they are simulcast, that scanner might not be the best choice.





Both scanners have the exact same database loaded .

I don't think the 325 is a database scanner. Do you mean same programming? What are you programming that, and the 436 with?
 
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2 (2)001 (1)HollyOakland769.90625770.15625851.6125851.6375852.1125852.2875852.4125
852.8125852.8375853.425c853.925c861.2875861.9875
2 (2)002 (2)LakevilleOakland774.08125774.83125851.2875851.9875852.2375852.275852.4875
853.1625853.200853.4875853.5125c853.6625c853.950c862.1125
862.5625
2 (2)004 (4)Beech Daly (Southfield)Oakland770.40625773.08125773.83125774.84375851.0875851.400851.4625
851.4875851.7875851.9625852.4625c852.9625c862.3625862.4125
862.4375862.5375862.6625
2 (2)007 (7)PontiacOakland770.65625773.58125851.2375851.5375851.925852.8875c853.4625c
855.9625862.1625862.2375862.4875862.6875862.7875
2 (2)027 (1B)Oakland County SimulcastOakland769.36875769.61875770.11875770.76875771.19375771.46875772.41875
772.81875773.16875773.46875774.14375774.66875851.350851.6625
852.6125854.4125c855.0125c855.2875855.6625c855.7825860.6875
860.7625c
if you try and listen to every tower the radio will spend 8 seconds doing "housekeeping".
that means it checks out the other towers/systems to see if there is something you might want to hear on those.
even if you set HOLD to 0 it still needs 2 seconds.
HOLD is not DELAY.
DELAY is the wait time after a transmission/squelch break.
i try to listen to on thing with trunking systems (one tower/site)
 

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Oakland County (63) South Zone Fire​

Oakland County (63) Central Zone Fire​

Oakland County (63) North Zone Fire​

Oakland County (63) EMS​

Oakland County (63) Hospitals​


the 325 is a BCD Bearcat Digital . It is programmed he exact same way my 436 is. I use Proscan
 

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2 (2)001 (1)HollyOakland769.90625770.15625851.6125851.6375852.1125852.2875852.4125
852.8125852.8375853.425c853.925c861.2875861.9875
2 (2)002 (2)LakevilleOakland774.08125774.83125851.2875851.9875852.2375852.275852.4875
853.1625853.200853.4875853.5125c853.6625c853.950c862.1125
862.5625
2 (2)004 (4)Beech Daly (Southfield)Oakland770.40625773.08125773.83125774.84375851.0875851.400851.4625
851.4875851.7875851.9625852.4625c852.9625c862.3625862.4125
862.4375862.5375862.6625
2 (2)007 (7)PontiacOakland770.65625773.58125851.2375851.5375851.925852.8875c853.4625c
855.9625862.1625862.2375862.4875862.6875862.7875
2 (2)027 (1B)Oakland County SimulcastOakland769.36875769.61875770.11875770.76875771.19375771.46875772.41875
772.81875773.16875773.46875774.14375774.66875851.350851.6625
852.6125854.4125c855.0125c855.2875855.6625c855.7825860.6875
860.7625c
if you try and listen to every tower the radio will spend 8 seconds doing "housekeeping".
that means it checks out the other towers/systems to see if there is something you might want to hear on those.
even if you set HOLD to 0 it still needs 2 seconds.
HOLD is not DELAY.
DELAY is the wait time after a transmission/squelch break.
i try to listen to on thing with trunking systems (one tower/site)
How can i add just the 5 i listed without adding everything else .


I will add the ones you listed above and see if that works.
I am thinking about returning the 325 and getting the desktop BDC536
 

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the database will let u scan whats on the database if u downloaded from it using sentinel, u need to create a favorites list, turn on the quick keys u want On and service types.
 

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also a good idea to turn ID search on as well , full database won't let u do that it will need to be on a favorites lists
 

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the database will let u scan whats on the database if u downloaded from it using sentinel, u need to create a favorites list, turn on the quick keys u want On and service types.

Don't think the 352 uses Sentinel quick keys or favorites lists.
 
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