"dave" wrote in message
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Your question: When you are listening to these, does the "talk group"
#'s come up with each call?
Answer: I'm pretty sure that they do. On the bottom line where it
says "ID" then it has 4 numbers. Nowhere do the fleet ID's show
up. Even when I typed in the ID's they converted to another 4 digit
number.

Your question: Are you able to follow the conversations without the
scanner stopping on the control channel?
Answer: It is difficult to follow the conversation since the
transmissions don't stay on the same channel. If they weren't
interrupted with other conversations, I'm sure that I could follow
them. The control channel only comes on when I hit "Manual".
Otherwise, it is quiet.

I have the bank on closed, but I'm picking up conversations from the
cops, and I didn't insert their ID's. This is where I'm confused.

Sounds like you are on a different system than we use here. I know how to
use the Motorola Type II because that's what we use. There are no Fleet ID's
so it sounds like you are on a different system. Hopefully someone here who
knows will be of more help. In the mean time it would help if you post what
city you are trying to listen to. There may be others here who also live
there. Also did you check the Radio Reference page, and see if it has the
info for your city/ county? If it does it may be able to explain it to you.
It (RR) may at least tell you which type of trunked system you are trying to
listen to. There are a few different types of trunked systems and the
scanner has to be set up for them differently. It can be frustrating. I know
when they were switching here I had a hell of a time trying to just do it
with the manual on my old 95. Some help from the net finally gave me what I
needed, but unfortunately I only know how to use the one system. Hopefully
someone here can show you what needs done. I'm sure it's a simple fix. Try
posting to alt.radio.scanner also. I'm sure someone will know how to set it
up once they know what kind of system you are trying to scan.
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