This will all change dramatically as systems migrate to the M/A-Com OpenSky system in New York State. The only way you'll be able to listen is if an agency gateways traffic to a conventional channel. This same thing is already happening in Pennsylvania. But this is somewhat off-topic, I suppose.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Cicirello To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:22 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Wide Band / Narrow Band We are going through the same growing pains here in Rural Western New York. The problems with the NON-TRUNKING SCANNERS, is they will not go out to 12.5 KHz or even lower of a split. Here is an example; one of our frequencies, 155.0475. Now if you try to put that in your BC-895XLT it will round off. Another problem is that on the narrow band frequencies, they use a deviation of about 3 KHz. The scanners, even the new TRUNKING SCANNERS that will go out to the new narrow band frequencies will NOT consistently decode the lower generated PL Tones below about 4 KHz. I called Uniden and told them that I wanted a list of scanners that would do the new narrow band frequencies BUT DID NOT NEED TRUNKING. He told me that the only scanners they have capable of narrow band are the TRUNKING UNITS. Now if you are close to the transmitter, you can sometimes hear the rounded off frequency OK without distortion. And if the PL don't decode, use carrier squelch. Hopes this helps. Join the crowd of the new Narrow Band Generation.
