On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 09:05:13 GMT, "bluddihun"
wrote:

I'm trying to monitor the Ge/Edacs digital trunked radio dispatch system in
use by a local pd but to no avail. I hate to consider this a possibility,
but is it the case that there is simply NO WAY to monitor digital trunked
radio?

i had thought that also, but the way one has to program with little or
no information of local systems, its really difficult to do, but it
will pay off. if youre lucky some of the pre-progged (9) will work.
living in mississippi on the coast, no one seems to have the complete
info. i found some at radioreference.com
once i found with a minimum setup you also have to make sure you are
in ID/SEARCH and not ID/SCAN which is somewhat counter-intuitive, I
started getting some edacs noise. I bet somebody's gonna make a
killing off the sw to program these things. I know the one that uniden
is so proud of ($70) is not worth a crap - from what I've seen of it.
I think if they had some sort of flow-chart showing the implications
of actions it would be more clear, but right now, it looks like a rats
nest. I used to write tech manuals, and I learned it is sometimes
extremely difficult to show effects of certain actions on paper
without hands=on experience. this is a new kind of scanner philosophy

Billy, N5WE
Mississippi