Ok, acting on several persons advice, I bought ScanControl and find it
fairly easy to use.

However, I can't seem to figure what the control channels are that it
keeps asking for.

Is there a list somewhere that has recent freqs and control channels
for the Fort Myers-Lee County, Florida area.

After I obtain them, where do I tell the program what they are?

Thanks Again to all those that helped me and will continue to do so,

Mike - SW Fl

Go here to the Radio Reference web site. Lots of good information:
http://radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&sid=226

I am not familiar with the software that you have, but the control channels
are the frequencies in the trunked system that send out the digital data
that tells all the radios in the system what frequencies to switch to. They
can be identified because they transmit constantly a noise that sounds like
a diesel engine idling. Your scanner uses these channels to trunk track the
system, so you need these.

Ken



"Good Ol Dad" wrote in message
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Ok, acting on several persons advice, I bought ScanControl and find it
fairly easy to use.

However, I can't seem to figure what the control channels are that it
keeps asking for.

Is there a list somewhere that has recent freqs and control channels
for the Fort Myers-Lee County, Florida area.

After I obtain them, where do I tell the program what they are?

Thanks Again to all those that helped me and will continue to do so,

Mike - SW Fl

"Ken R." wrote in message
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Go here to the Radio Reference web site. Lots of good information:
http://radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&sid=226

I am not familiar with the software that you have, but the control
channels are the frequencies in the trunked system that send out the
digital data that tells all the radios in the system what frequencies to
switch to. They can be identified because they transmit constantly a
noise that sounds like a diesel engine idling. Your scanner uses these
channels to trunk track the system, so you need these.

Ken

RadioReference www.radioreference.com should have what you are looking for.

With the control frequencies, they need to be keyed in first, then followed
by the secondary frequencies.

With the Radio Shack pro-95 if you have one of those, start each bank by

Ch. 00 - leave blank
Ch 01 - key in control channel
Ch 02 - key first secondary frequency
and continue.

On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:37:36 GMT, "Paul Keenleyside"
wrote:

RadioReference www.radioreference.com should have what you are looking for.

With the control frequencies, they need to be keyed in first, then followed
by the secondary frequencies.

If it's a Motorola type system, only the control frequencies.

With the Radio Shack pro-95 if you have one of those, start each bank by

Ch. 00 - leave blank
Ch 01 - key in control channel
Ch 02 - key first secondary frequency
and continue.

If there's a secondary control frequency it's a Motorola system. If
not, all the frequencies have to be programmed in logical channel
order.