Using/Programming 346xt

[mjw383]

i recently purchased the 346xt and am having trouble getting an acceptable scan from it.

before i get flamed, i have already used FreeScan and have a premium membership w/ RR and have downloaded all the freqs that i want to use AND have "consulted" the crappy web-wiki that Uniden passes off as a manual.

all that being said, is there a way that i can "group" (i'll use quotes in case i'm misusing terms) conventional and trunked freqs for scanning? for example can i listen to the conventional PD/FD freqs south of Boston but also scan the analog MSP in a single grouping? if not, how can i make a "group" that can include said PF/FD freqs under say 1 and scan that, then put MSP under 2 and scan that etc.?

also, w/o locking them out or deleting them manually or via FreeScan, can i have the default PS freqs that are included not scan? don't really need to listen to Chicago or LA at this point (or even the Boston ones since i've downloaded a much more complete list via RR) but i don't want to eliminate them entirely for when i travel.

i have a Yaesu VX8DR that i use for Ham and it also scans well on the B band. but i was looking to add more and have the ability to scan trunked systems.

i hope someone can help w/ the aforementioned questions, otherwise, as much as it seems more than capable, it's going back.

thanks in advance

73s

 

[Drowsiness]

From what I've read, some people have hinted that you can mix trunked with conventional, but I haven't tried it myself and I have not seen any examples of doing so. I prefer them in separate systems/sites/groups with their own SQK setups.

I live in Boston myself and if you want, I can send you a copy of my FreeSCAN file. You can load it up, rearrange it the way you like and see if it helps any. I have a particular way I like to scan, so the setup in the file works for me.

Let me know.

 

[Ed_Seedhouse]

all that being said, is there a way that i can "group" (i'll use quotes in case i'm misusing terms) conventional and trunked freqs for scanning? for example can i listen to the conventional PD/FD freqs south of Boston but also scan the analog MSP in a single grouping?

If I understand you right, just set up some quick keys. All the groups you assign a given "quick key" to will be scanned sequentually when you press that QQ. I do this with my own 346XT with good results.

 

[mjw383]

thanks for both helps.

drowsiness: i would appreciate that. although i think i have downloaded everything i want to listen to, i would like to see another way/more efficient way of listening.

ed: that's what i'm doing now.

thanks again

 

[mjw383]

ed:

have set up conventional quick keys for respective systems 1-6 w/ no problem and understand the number/asterisk for ignoring but i can't get the Group/Site Quick Key to work.

for example, the only trunked system i want to listen to is MSP. when i highlight the groups for Quick Key, FreeScan gives a warning that all sites will be adulterated. i'm afraid to do this.

i know i'm not understanding the jargon yet w/ the 346. to scan all trunked MSP systems and add them to my Quick Keys (in this case 7), do i want to Quick Group Key or Site Key? and would it be 7 or Group 1/Site 1?

hope that's clear.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

 

[Ed_Seedhouse]

for example, the only trunked system i want to listen to is MSP. when i highlight the groups for Quick Key, FreeScan gives a warning that all sites will be adulterated. i'm afraid to do this.

i know i'm not understanding the jargon yet w/ the 346. to scan all trunked MSP systems and add them to my Quick Keys (in this case 7), do i want to Quick Group Key or Site Key? and would it be 7 or Group 1/Site 1?

I only use the "quick keys" from 0 to 9 and don't try anything fancier. Like you I am not sure I understand the subtleties of "quick keys", "number keys", "group quick keys" and all that stuff. I find a rough grouping of systems using the main quick keys works for me so I haven't tried to dig deeper.

Yes, Freescan gives me the same message when I try to set a QQ on a trunked system. I just ignore it and set the QQs on each group separately, even though I sometimes use the same one for all groups - I just change it in FS for each group.

Ed

 

[cpuerror]

The reason it's warning you is because its not possible to assign a QK to a trunk system on most DMA scanners. You have to assign it to sites and this idea is explained with models that have a manual available. But I had tons of complaints from people who didn't understand this concept so I did the impossible by allowing the user to assign a QK to a trunk system. All it does is assign the same QK to all the sites. It gives you a warning message because it will ofcouse wipe out any existing site QKs in the process. It says "Changing this will affect the Quick Key of all sites under this system. Proceed?"

Perhaps the warning message needs to be reworded though so it's clearer because a lot of people think they are getting an error. Perhaps though they are so used to getting nonsense popup windows from windows apps in general that they are trained never to read them and just click OK to make them go away. It's a complicated problem.

 

[Drowsiness]

thanks for both helps.

drowsiness: i would appreciate that. although i think i have downloaded everything i want to listen to, i would like to see another way/more efficient way of listening.

ed: that's what i'm doing now.

thanks again

I tried to PM you, but it says you do not want to receive private messages.