Hey guys,
I did a search but apologies if this has been discussed before.
I’m familiar with the call types the SDS-100 shows in the top right of the display, shown in this thread:
“LINK” data can show up either on P25 conventional repeaters or P25 trunking systems (when non-voice data is being carried on a voice frequency). I find this stuff interesting using monitoring software like Unitrunker or DSD+, but as a scanner feature it seems to just create a nuisance.
1. On P25 trunking, I can’t see the upside to stopping scan and dwelling on a “LINK” frequency for multiple seconds while P25 voice is being missed on other channels.
2. On P25 conventional it gets a little more complicated. There may be P25 conventional repeaters that carry very little voice traffic but frequent data, so stopping on the data packets in a custom search or direct entry helps identify the frequency. But then once you have these frequencies in your scan list hanging the scanner up for 10 seconds at a time waiting on “LINK” on a P25 repeater with no voice seems silly.
Is there a way to turn “LINK” data off to prevent the scanner from dwelling on a LINK transmission?
I did a search but apologies if this has been discussed before.
I’m familiar with the call types the SDS-100 shows in the top right of the display, shown in this thread:
SDS100/SDS200: - Sds100 display field?
On the Trunked Detail display, in option 7, on all of the systems this field shows DATA when just scanning, and then flips to the system type (ex P25) alternating with LINK. Can anyone explain what LINK means? Thanks for the patience. Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk
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“LINK” data can show up either on P25 conventional repeaters or P25 trunking systems (when non-voice data is being carried on a voice frequency). I find this stuff interesting using monitoring software like Unitrunker or DSD+, but as a scanner feature it seems to just create a nuisance.
1. On P25 trunking, I can’t see the upside to stopping scan and dwelling on a “LINK” frequency for multiple seconds while P25 voice is being missed on other channels.
2. On P25 conventional it gets a little more complicated. There may be P25 conventional repeaters that carry very little voice traffic but frequent data, so stopping on the data packets in a custom search or direct entry helps identify the frequency. But then once you have these frequencies in your scan list hanging the scanner up for 10 seconds at a time waiting on “LINK” on a P25 repeater with no voice seems silly.
Is there a way to turn “LINK” data off to prevent the scanner from dwelling on a LINK transmission?