The BC895 is an older model, it does not have Control Channel Only
trunktracking. The BC780, 785, 796, 250 and 296 all do, as does the
PRO96.

On non-control channel only radios (such as your BC895) you do need to
enter all the system freqs.

Look up the call sign on the FCC web page to get the rest of the system
freqs. They do not need be in any particular order. Ignore anything
below 851 MHz., as these are mobile inputs.


In article ,
Tempest wrote:

Hmm, weird. With my 895XLT, if I input the control freq and begin
searching it, I never see any activity. I was under the impression
that allthe various frequencies on the system have to be manually
loaded.

Anyway, I appreciate the valuable information, all!


On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:19:52 GMT, "Rich Carlson, N9JIG"
wrote:

According to the FCC Search page at

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsS...chAdvanced.jsp

both freqs are Fed Ex, which has a huge operation in Memphis.

Current Uniden and RS trunktrackers are capable of following most
trunked systems on 800 MHz. with only the data channel known, the voice
channels will be deciphered by the radio.

You can also use older non trunking scanners with a program called
Trunker, this deciphers the control channel and can even send a second
scanner to the voice channel. This does require a discriminator tap on
the "Data" radio and a computer control feature on the "Voice" radio.