Speaking of Quick Keys
hiegtx said:
With dynamic memory, you cannot mix conventional frequency channels in a trunked radio system file. The scanner would ignore them anyway.
What you can do, however, is create two systems for the county. One for the trunked system, and one for the conventional usage. Then assign both to the same quick-key code. They'll then scan consecutively, and can be turned on/off via quick key in tandem.
Remember that you also can set the alerts for certain talk groups, or conventional channels, that will sound a specific tone when there is a transmission on that group or channel.
While you're on the subject of Quick Keys, can a system be assigned to different keys at the same time? As I am expecting delivery of my 396 tomorrow, I can only deal with the theoretical aspects now.
On thinking about how I would like to set up my scanner, I considered that there would be times when I would be monitoring a single (conventional) system, e.g., the county fire/ems dispatches (key 1). Upon hearing of a report of a major accident/fire in my town, a quick press of key 2 followed by a press of key 1 would enable my town's specific police/fire/ems traffic as well as selected county frequencies, while disabling the whole county system. Would this give a faster response (no hold times)?
I could also envision where I might like to mix and match a trunked system with conventional frequencies in different combinations (as explained in a previous post). The net result, I would hope, would enable greater flexibility and speed in accessing the desired channels/frequencies.
Let's go one step further. Could one scan a single conventional system, composed of several groups in which a given frequency was assigned to more than one group, e.g., in my example above, my local police frequency assigned to an'all police' group, and an 'all town' group, etc.? Using group quick keys would seem to be the way to go for handling a bunch of conventional channel groups.
Ampulman