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Nasby

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I have a PRO-96 which won't do LTR trunking. Will it work if I simply program all of the frequencies in a particular LTR system in conventional (non-trunking) mode into my scanner?
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Definitely. However, you may miss parts of conversations that are switched to free repeaters, and you will have more difficulty trying to figure out who the various users are without TGID's. I did that for several months before I finally decided to get a new scanner, and I had over 30% of the users identified without TGID's.
 

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If it's not a busy system it will work fine. It only switches to a free repeater if the home repeater is in use, and if it's not a busy system, chances are the home repeater won't be tied up. So, if it's a very busy system, it will be hard because of all the repeater switches.
 
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