I have a Whistler 1080 (ok a 668 with Whistler firmware) and have a question in setting up scan lists on the scanner. On the TxWARN system, it is primarily a Phase I system, but Houston also has all its Phase 2 sites going as well. Whistler scanners,if I recall correctly, will lock in on the strongest site on the system, rather than scan all the sites in the scan list. If I want to have a scan list for the Cypress area talk groups of interest and enter the relevant sites for the talk groups/agencies I would like to scan, with a mix of P1 and P2 sites, it will lock in on the strongest site and if it is a P1 site, I will only hear the P1 talk groups rather than a mix of the P2 and P1 talk groups.
So to hear both, essentially I would need to set up two scan lists and create a duplicate system as well: One with the P1 sites and talk groups of interest and a second with the P2 sites and talk groups of interest. Otherwise if I understand the Whistler method, with the one scan list, I would only hear traffic on the strongest site in the system, which may be a phase I site and I will miss out on the P2 traffic. Is this thought correct? Any thoughts on a good process to set the scan lists up?
I know with my Uniden 436 it will scan all sites not locked out and within the range, and I will hear both P1 and P2, but not quite so with the Whistlers. I can see advantages for both methodology, but on a large system like TxWarn with its many layers, sites and P1 and P2, it does make for some additional challenges.
So to hear both, essentially I would need to set up two scan lists and create a duplicate system as well: One with the P1 sites and talk groups of interest and a second with the P2 sites and talk groups of interest. Otherwise if I understand the Whistler method, with the one scan list, I would only hear traffic on the strongest site in the system, which may be a phase I site and I will miss out on the P2 traffic. Is this thought correct? Any thoughts on a good process to set the scan lists up?
I know with my Uniden 436 it will scan all sites not locked out and within the range, and I will hear both P1 and P2, but not quite so with the Whistlers. I can see advantages for both methodology, but on a large system like TxWarn with its many layers, sites and P1 and P2, it does make for some additional challenges.