SETTING THE SCANNER TO THE TRUNKING MODE
Simultaneous Trunking
The scanner allows you to track up to 10 systems at a time. You can trunk scan or search and scan
conventional frequencies at the same time. You can also program conventional frequencies in the same bank
as trunking systems.
After the scanner is finished checking activity in the trunked system, it scans other conventional frequencies
in the bank. (Only trunking frequencies are programmed in trunk mode.)
If a system is inactive for 1 second and there are no conventional channels in the bank, the scanner starts
scanning the next selected trunk bank. If you turned
DELAY
on, the scanner starts scanning the next trunk
bank after about
2
seconds.
To scan both trunking and conventional banks, select the banks you wish to be active with trunking off, then
press
TRUNK
. The scanner begins scanning. To return to conventional scanning, press
TRUNK
again.
SETTING SQUELCH FOR THE TRUNKING MODE
For trunked reception, a good squelch setting is in the center of the range with the white marker pointing up. If it
is set too high, it could prevent your scanner from locking on the control channel reliably. If it is set too low, it will
slightly delay finding the control channel. The best setting is the same as for conventional reception and is
critical for monitoring trunked systems.
PROGRAMMING TRUNKED FREQUENCIES
Follow these steps to select, program, and store trunked frequencies.
1. If you are not in conventional programming mode, press
E/PGM
beforehand
. Press
TRUNK
. Your
scanner beeps a tone. Then
TRUNK
appears and one or more bank numbers flash.
2. Press the number key (
1
-
9
and
0
) of the desired target storage bank.
Select one of the trunk systems by repeatedly pressing
or
to select a trunking system type,
then press
E/PGM
.
Note:
You can select from the following six systems:
You See
Trunk System
E1
Motorola Type I, and Hybrid
Ed
EDACS Wide Band: 9600 baund
E2
–
800
Motorola Type II, 800 MHz frequencies
E2
–
900
Motorola Type II, 900 MHz frequencies
E2
–
Hi
Motorola Type II, VHF(136-174 MHz) frequencies
E2
–
UHF
Motorola Type II, UHF (400-512 MHz) frequencies
Ed
– SCt EDACS Scat
Lt LTR
3.
PROG F
appears, then press
E/PGM.
The scanner automatically selects the first
channel in the selected banks.
4. Use the number keys to enter a valid frequency within the trunk system, then press
E/PGM
.
The bank number, the channel number, and
E
(EDACS) ,
M
(Motorola) or
L
(LTR) appears
