Successful scanning of DMR frequencies

[Davey1]

In my county there are quite a few VHF DMR frequencies in use for public safety. I have a G5 with the DMR option included and have tried to scan 10 DMR channels, but with limited success. When scanning 10 channels, and comparing the G5 to my Whistler TRX-1 the G5 misses calls on a regular basis. BUT, if I limit the channels to about 5 instead of 10 I hear all calls on those 5 channels without any problem. What experience have others had when scanning DMR?

The maximum channels that can be scanned is 16, but I can't imagine being able to do this successfully, as the G5 seems to scan too slowly.

 

[RaleighGuy]

In my county there are quite a few VHF DMR frequencies in use for public safety. I have a G5 with the DMR option included and have tried to scan 10 DMR channels, but with limited success. When scanning 10 channels, and comparing the G5 to my Whistler TRX-1 the G5 misses calls on a regular basis. BUT, if I limit the channels to about 5 instead of 10 I hear all calls on those 5 channels without any problem. What experience have others had when scanning DMR?

The maximum channels that can be scanned is 16, but I can't imagine being able to do this successfully, as the G5 seems to scan too slowly.

Yes, the G5 Pager is not meant to be a scanner and is slow. I have two DMR frequencies in a list of 15 frequencies I scan and my TRX-1 definitely out performs the G5. It does great if you leave it on one frequency, but scanning non-P25 systems/frequencies isn't what it was designed for.

 

[CanesFan95]

I believe you can reduce the Stay Time from the default of 200ms to 100ms to speed up the scanning a bit:

 

[Davey1]

Reducing the stay time didn't help with the issue of scanning about 10 DMR frequencies. The only thing that helped was reducing the number of frequencies to about 5. Then I was successfully able to hear all traffic without missing anything.

Thanks for all of the replies.