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Talkgroups display differently in Motorola, EDACS and LTR systems. You should read the
appropriate parts of this guide to understand the formats.
The bottom line of the display indicates the Bank and the type of trunked system you are
monitoring. You can change this to display a bank tag by using the System Menu.
Regardless of the system, you won't know exactly who you are receiving until you listen for
a while, or refer to frequency guides or internet sites such as
www.bearcat1.com. Of
course, figuring out who each ID represents is half the fun of TrunkTracking.
Later, when you learn more about a system, you will want to store lists of talkgroups.
Then you can scan specific agencies and users, and use the many other features your radio
provides.
ID Hold and Direct Entry ID Hold Mode
Just like in conventional Search, HOLD lets you pause ID Search on an interesting
transmission without storing the talkgroup into memory.
If you hear an interesting ID during SEARCH mode, and want to continue listening to it --
• Press
HOLD/▲ to stop the search. HOLD appears in the display.
If you want to listen to a specific ID, while in HOLD --
• Use the keypad to enter the ID you want and press
HOLD/▲. HOLD appears in the display.
If you want to stop holding --
• Press
SRCH to return to Search Mode.
ID Lockout
Like conventional scanning, it’s possible to lockout unwanted traffic. This is particularly
important in trunked systems because in many areas, water meters, door alarms, traffic
signals, and other mechanical devices are assigned IDs just like other users. Also some
departments scramble or encrypt their communications, and you may want to lock out these
unintelligible broadcasts.
To lockout an ID, press
L/O when the ID displays.
The ID is locked out. You can lockout up to 200 IDs.
Note: If you lockout an ID in Search mode, it is also locked out in Scan List mode.
Conversely, if you lockout an ID while in Scan List mode, it is locked out in Search
mode. For information about Scan Lists see page 42.
EDACS BLOCKOUT is a powerful form of ID LOCKOUT that can be used only with AFS
and EDACS systems. This feature lets you lock out entire Agencies or Fleets, not just
individual talkgroups. Using ID BLOCKOUT you can, for example, prevent Search from
stopping on any of hundreds of talkgroups in the Utilities agency. You can do this with just a
few keystrokes. To use ID BLOCKOUT just enter the Agency- part, or the Agency-Fleet part,
of the talkgroup code and press
L/O. For example, to Blockout Agency 4 in Trunk Search,
press
HOLD/▲, 04, (decimal key), and then L/O. For other ways to use partial AFS
entry, be sure to read the section "EDACS Reception".