WS1065 problems

[samiam407]

I've heard about a lot of problems with win 11, enough that I won't upgrade. Cable (you didn't say which one) driver might not be up to date. Drivers with Windows are a big pain in the ass, frankly.

Yes windows 11

 

[tvengr]

Please see my post #20. I have had Windows updates unregister software and remove drivers.

 

[samiam407]

Please

Yes windows 11

 

[samiam407]

When you program the frequencies, they need to be assigned to a scan list. Did you do that?

all my channels are programed in but i am still having issues getting a lot of the channels that the other scanner is picking up and i wanted to thank you for all your help too

 

[tvengr]

Please attach your ARC500 .gr5 programming file so we can take a look at it. You will need to zip the file to be able to attach it. Click on Attach files and open the zipped file.

 

[samiam407]

I have no clue how to do that

 

[tvengr]

Right click on the file and you will see something like Send To or Compress To and then select Zipped File.

 

[samiam407]

it won't give me that option

 

[samiam407]

and what is the file i am supposed to right click

 

[tvengr]

and what is the file i am supposed to right click

It is the programming file you upload to the scanner to program it. ARC500 programming files have a .gr5 extension. What are the options you get when you right click on the file?

 

[samiam407]

Add object
New
Open
Save
Save as
Import CSV
Export CSV
Print
Exit

 

[tvengr]

You need to right click on the file in the File Explorer in Windows. The options you are giving are under the File tab in ARC500.

 

[samiam407]

I am on

 

[samiam407]

i hope this will help and I hope i did it right sorry it took so long I just had my knee replaced

 

[tvengr]

First of all, you have the scanner fully maxed out with the PA-STARNet system. You will not be able to receive anything on that trunked system anyway. All talkgroups are P25 Phase 2. The WS1065 is capable of P25 Phase 1 only. It looks like you tried to include all of the talkgroups for the entire state, including all of the encrypted ones where you would only hear noise. The frequency lists for all 9 copies of the STARNet system were maxed out also. You also had all 1,851 talkgroups assigned to the same bank of scan lists. I suspect the scanner stopped transferring once the memory was full. You might as well delete all of the trunked systems and concentrate on conventional frequencies in your immediate area. All of the conventional frequencies are assigned to the same scan lists also. You assign similar frequencies to a single scan list. For example: Aircraft on scan list 1 and railroads on scan list 2. That enables you to easily select what you want to scan. There is an old saying about scanning, "The more you scan, the less you hear."

 

[Ronaldski]

As mentioned above from my vantage point,
bottom line is that scanner, try to sell it to someone elsewhere outside of Allegheny.

Classifieds

forums.radioreference.com

Use that money to get any of the current Unidens 325P2, 996P2, 436HP, Home Patrol2, 536HP, SDS 100, SDS 200 or the Whistler TRX1/TRX2 that all can handle Phase II
I see one site in Alleghany with Simulcast so the SDS100/200 can handle that the best.

325p2/996p2 will need to be programmed, the others I would recommend to you as they run off SD cards and can program themselves, but are more $ accordingly. The databases they come with are several years old even brand new. They need their database updated by software. I recommend the Unidens and then use Sentinel to update the database and firmware updates on them and also you can use ARC software / ProScan.

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I imported into PSREdit500 software I also saw...
On all the conventional's/Analog frequencies for airplanes
All have Priority set, all locked out is on - so never can hear them until they are unlocked, attenuator is on all them so that kills the signal strength on them all. - turn all those options to OFF.

All 20 scanlists are on.
I concur what Tvengr said above as well about assigning airplanes to one scanlist and say another county one another scanlist # etc.

Need to limit what you put into it to just your city-county and maybe the surrounding counties is normally what you can be expected to be able to tune in.

Tvengr is correct about your county radio system, that radio cant work on that, so just delete all the PA trunked you have.

Look at PA-STARNet: Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network Trunking System, Statewide, Pennsylvania MODE of T is Phase II, TE means encrypted.

What you can get is most of this Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference, minus the MODE column of P25E(encrypted) and DMR - Mototrbo. The ones with FMN you can and as well as most any cheap non trunking scanner could too.
Also look in the upper right of that page to see if anything you'd want to tune in is there. Radio can only get AM, FM, FMN, LTR, Phase I, so anything beyond that you cant get.

 

[tvengr]

All have Priority set, all locked out is on - so never can hear them until they are unlocked, attenuator is on all them so that kills the signal strength on them all. - turn all those options to OFF.

Thanks! I missed the lockouts and attenuators on all of the conventional frequencies. As set up, nothing will be received. The talkgroups are all locked out also. I also see that AudioBoost is enabled on all frequencies. There is a good chance that any frequency with a high audio level will be distorted.