Somerset County TRS

[station32]

I need help. I live just off Zion Road in Hopewell NJ and Montgomery is just up the street. I am trying to listen to the county TRS but i cat hear anything. I am trying to put the 500Mhz System in my PRO-164 i put all the freqs in and have it programed to the motorolla setting and put the offset the spacing and the base i can not get it to work. Any help would be appericated.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[robocop80]

Hey,

Im not sure exactly where you are as far as Zion Rd but I work at BMS in Hopewell and I live in North Brunswick. I can hear Montgomery fine until I get up Pennington/Rocky Hill Rd near BMS and then I can no longer hear montgomery. I am using a bcd396t with a stock antenna.

 

[station32]

I live a little under a mile away from the county line i can recive the control channel with about a 85% signal on average. If i go threw the channels manually i can here transmitions on the freqs but when i am scanning it wont stop on any talk groups.

 

[W2SJW]

Ah Ha! Another 164 owner with problems (my best friends niece). Make sure you have the v1.04 firmware upgrade done to that unit, or it won't track ANY Motorola 500 MHz systems!

If you don't have the programming cable for the newest RS units, I only live over here in Branchburg...

 

[station32]

where would i get the cable and what software do i have to get or download. Will it erase the memory on the scanner.

 

[W2SJW]

You get the orange programming cable from RS (20-047), and you download the firmware upgrade from RS's website.

It will not affect your programming in any way...

 

[station32]

ok got my scanner updated with the software but i think the problem is now with the size code setting i am tring to but in SC=15 in block one but it is not sticking when i hit enter it exits out of that menu. any ideas i have a pro-164

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Highpockets]

ok got my scanner updated with the software but i think the problem is now with the size code setting i am tring to but in SC=15 in block one but it is not sticking when i hit enter it exits out of that menu. any ideas i have a pro-164

Thanks,
Joe

If it's the county 500mhz system, you should be entering the base, offset and spacing, not size codes.

 

[station32]

ok so i need no size codes because i have all the base offset and spacing in but am still getting no transmitions only when i go threw the channels manually i might pick up a transmition ocasionally

 

[W2SJW]

Re-read your scanner's manual on how to program a Motorola Type-II trunk system. Size codes are only for old Type-I systems, and you must put in all three base & offset tables in the order that you see them here in the database...

 

[station32]

Everybody thanks for the help after i updated the scanners software i deleted the bank and reprogramed it and it worked fine.