Ok I have done a couple of searches and there is a lot of "lingo" I dont understand. I do know that that the trunking system has changed from doing my searches. I had my scanner set to the old system and wondered why I didnt hear anything (turned it on after about 5 years of no use.) I have an old Uniden BC235XLT. I mainly want to listen to SFD, SMFD.
Thanks in advance,
Scott
Sounds like you have the old Talk Group ID (TGID) programmed into your scanner.
For example, if you wanted to monitor Sac Sheriff Channel 1.
Go to the database @
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=4499
Make sure you have ALL of the freqs programmed into your scanner from the Site 002 table.
You will then have to reprogram all of your TGID to the new TGID
For example if you had the old Sac Sheriff ID 8208 programmed into your BC235, you'll want to change it to 61552
If you want to program Sac Police Channel 1, you want to make sure you have all the freqs from Site 001 table programmed into your scanner. If you had old Sac PD TGID 48, it'll will now be TGID 60304
Site 001 and Site 002 will have to be programmed into TWO different Banks on your BC235, within those banks you can create your Talk Group ID lists.
The very basic generalized rule is that Site 001 is Sac PD, Sac City Fire (Fire B), West Sac and Elk Grove.
Site 002 is pretty much everything else; Sac Sheriff, Sac County Fire (Fire A), Citrus Heights PD, Folsom, etc.