What am I programing wrong?

[CapnJon]

I have a 396D and I cannot get the digital part of Xcel utilities from the Michigan, Gogebic County freq page to work. In the menu do I put Ctcss or DCS to listen to the digital part of their frequency. I hear the analog part great but no digital.

This is the freq's...

Public Utilities

Xcel Energy frequencies are mixed analog/APCO-25 digital

Frequency Input License Type Tone CH Description Mode
153.45500 158.26500 WNBK682 RM 151.4 PL XCEL SYSTEM Xcel Energy - System Common (Bessemer) FM
153.66500 158.13000 WNBK682 RM 146.2 PL XCEL DIVISION Xcel Energy - Division Ops (Ironwood) FM
158.37000 153.20000 KLQ569 RM 127.3 PL Great Lakes Gas Transmission FM

 

[garys]

In order to listen to both you either have to enter the frequencies with no CTCSS or enter them twice, once as digital once as analog. On the analog frequencies put in the CTCSS. For the digital channels just enter the frequency.

If you want to get a bit fancier you can enter the CTCSS tones as lock out on the digital channels.

Gary

 

[CapnJon]

What is the "Input" freqs for? Is that the duplex part of the 2 freq's? Thanks...

 

[BaLa]

What is the "Input" freqs for? Is that the duplex part of the 2 freq's? Thanks...

usually means they're using a repeater

 

[garys]

The input frequencies are for the repeater system. The mobiles transmit on the input frequency and receive on output frequency. You won't gain any advantage by listening to the input frequencies. In fact, you won't hear anything on them unless you are pretty close to a mobile unit.

Gary