TippeTrunker2 said:
doublebarrel,
Welcome to the Indiana Forum. Your RS Pro-97 is a fine rig for listening to the Tippecanoe Co PS-1
. However, the banging you hear on Talkgroup 160 is Digital (Project 25)
.
Thanks, TippeTrunker2! That explains alot
I don't know how I could receive digital transmission. I thought APCO-25 was like a whole new system, like the difference between Motorola, EDACS, and LTR. They shouldn't be able to hear each other, right? So I don't know how that control channel can make this talk group to show up(and, I just checked the database here, Indiana SAFE-T system. There isn't such a talk group, 00160). Since it's digital, of course I'll hear garbage, like a CD player without DA converter. So I'll add that talk group to the bank, and then lock it out(even though they say it doesn't exist)...
I only had a basic understanding of how trunk system works(to share a few frequencies amoung a larger number of groups, much like the phone lines shared between two CO's) before I bought this Pro-97. The manual isn't too good at showing me how to program this thing. It was programed by the guy who sold it to me at RS(I think his name is Mike, at the RS in the old Target/new Home Depot plaza. He knows a lot, kinda rare for RS sales people). I WAS thinking of returning this thing after I heard about the Hoosier SAFE-T program(I thought they were moving to digital completely), and also the 800MHz rebanding. After further reading, I learned that they don't have the money to move everyone to digial, so I can still listen for quite a few more years. And hopefully, RS will replace the circuit board(for free, wishful thinking, maybe?) once the 800MHz mess is all resolved. So I think I'll keep it...
So system 209 is what the Tippecanoe County Back Up is. The RS guy programmed it into the second bank. I looked up and down and everywhere in the Tippecanoe County Public Safety (System 1), and couldn't find any of those frequencies(I never checked SAFE-T systems, as my scanner can't do digital). Now I know where those frequencies come from(he actually programmed one more frequency in there, 867.01250, which is not listed under system 209). Thanks!...