Wears Valley area hlep needed (kinda)

[holeinace]

I will be in Wears Valley in a few weeks and I found the Fed Frequencies for the Mts. Some of them are APCO-25 for the mode. I have not listened to APCO-25 system before. I am using a pro96 and WIN96 to program it. Is there anything special that I have to do in order to listen effectively?

 

[SkipSanders]

APCO 25 is 'digital modulation'. Program it in the Pro 96 as FM, and be sure you do NOT have CTCSS/DCS turned on on that channel. It will auto recognize P25 and decode it when the channel is set to FM/NFM

Of course, a lot of federal stuff is also encrypted, as well as digital, and that will remain just 'noise' to you.

 

[n4yek]

The National Park is not encrypted so you don't have to worry about that, and 99% of all their communications is digital. Also, the frequencies you see listed are actually a linked repeater system so all channels will have the same thing on them. Just pick the one that has the best reception for you.