On Sep 13, 7:45=A0pm, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr."
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> "fred burgess" <burgessfre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > I just purchased Trunk Tracker 3, handheld, and it works great. =A0But
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I
> > cannot figure out, how lock out a talkgroup. =A0The trunk I'm
monitorin=
g
> > is Motorola Smartzone (I think type 2). =A0I do not want to lock out
th=
e
> > channel, just specific talkgroups. =A0Any help will be appreciated.
> > Note: I have been scanning for about 20 years, so I'm just a novice
> > when it come to Trunk Tracking.
>
> If this is similar to a Trunk Tracker III base scanner (e.g., BC 898T),
> there are two ways to accomplish locking out talkgroups. These methods
> assume that the trunking frequencies have already been programmed into
th=
e
> scanner, and that the scanner is already finding talkgroups when it is
in
> Search mode.
>
> Method 1: When the talkgroup is displayed (a three to five digit number
> rather than a specific scanner frequency), press the Lockout button
while=
a
> transmission on that talkgroup is still active. The talkgroup should be
> locked out immediately. All other talkgroups should be continue to be
> scanned except for those which have been locked out. This works well
enou=
gh
> up to the maximum allowable lockouts for the scanner, but also can
requir=
e a
> lot of scanner listening time just to locate and individually lock out
> multiple talkgroups.
>
> Method 2: If sup****ted on the handheld, create a list of talkgroups (up
t=
o
> the maximum number of talkgroups that can be in a specific list). The
> scanner will only trunk scan among that list of talkgroups when in Scan
> mode, but also be aware that this applies only to the frequency bank(s)
t=
hat
> are programmed for trunking and that the remaining banks can still be
> scanned conventionally. Switching to Search mode will once again
continue=
to
> find other talkgroups within the trunking frequency banks, except for
tho=
se
> talkgroups which have already been previously locked out using method 1.
>
> This is basically generic information, not specific to any particular
> trunking scanner model, but hopefully this is also somewhat helpful in
> getting started with locking out unwanted talkgroups.
Thanks for your reply, actually I also got help from a
radioreference.com forum. Do you know how many talk groups I can lock
out?
Fred Burgess
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