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VP8000 scan question

Radioman_911

Radioman_911

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Scanning question that I’m sure is obvious but I’m having a difficult time wrapping my head around…

I want to scan a small number channels spread across analog and DMR conventional. Assuming best option is radio wide scan (RWS)…
Example of channels to scan:
Law 1 (analog)
Law 3 (analog)
Fire dispatch (analog)
Fire Ops (analog)
SAR (analog)
DMR SAR 1 (TS 1)
DMR SAR 2 (TS 2)
**Note: All DMR channels have Rx Group that contains all of the DMR talkgroups in both time slot 1 and 2.

My issue is with DMR though. When scanning (RWS), it WILL stop on DMR SAR 1 and carry traffic from other TS1 talkgroups that are active on that repeater (assuming because i have the Rx Group on that channel with the other TG’s). This is working perfect! Just as I would like.
However, it wont do it for TS2. I am expecting the scan to stop on DMR SAR2 and carry traffic on other TS2 talkgroups just like I’m experiencing with the other slot but it’s not. I tried several tests transmitting on TS2 from another radio while RWS scanning on the VP8000 and no luck.

Thoughts?
 
Radioman_911

Radioman_911

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Radioman_911 said:
Scanning question that I’m sure is obvious but I’m having a difficult time wrapping my head around…

I want to scan a small number channels spread across analog and DMR conventional. Assuming best option is radio wide scan (RWS)…
Example of channels to scan:
Law 1 (analog)
Law 3 (analog)
Fire dispatch (analog)
Fire Ops (analog)
SAR (analog)
DMR SAR 1 (TS 1)
DMR SAR 2 (TS 2)
**Note: All DMR channels have Rx Group that contains all of the DMR talkgroups in both time slot 1 and 2.

My issue is with DMR though. When scanning (RWS), it WILL stop on DMR SAR 1 and carry traffic from other TS1 talkgroups that are active on that repeater (assuming because i have the Rx Group on that channel with the other TG’s). This is working perfect! Just as I would like.
However, it wont do it for TS2. I am expecting the scan to stop on DMR SAR2 and carry traffic on other TS2 talkgroups just like I’m experiencing with the other slot but it’s not. I tried several tests transmitting on TS2 from another radio while RWS scanning on the VP8000 and no luck.

Thoughts?
Click to expand...
Nevermind! Solved my own problem SMH.
I was simply too close to the VP8000 with the other radio, it wasn’t hearing traffic from the repeater. When I had been testing TS1 I was testing a parrot/echo talk group which I would hear the transmission when it echoed back my transmission.

Added some separation between the two radios and all was well with my TS2 testing as well.
 
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