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SCANNING A TRUNKED BANK
Once you have stored frequencies for a trunked sys-
tem in one or more of the 20 available banks, and while
the PRO-94 scans conventional (non-trunked) frequen-
cies, follow these steps to switch to trunk scanning.
1. Press
TRUNK
. The numbers of the banks which
have stored frequencies flash and
BANK
and
TRUNK
appear.
2. Press
V
. Only the bank numbers you programmed
as Motorola (
M
) systems flash. If you want to scan
an EDACS (
ME
) system, press
V
again. Only the
bank numbers you programmed as EDACS sys-
tem flash. Press the number key of the trunked
bank you want to scan, then press
SRC
. The scan-
ner searches for a data channel. When the scan-
ner finds it, the scanner begins trunking.I
3. To return to conventional scanning, press
TRUNK
.
Hint:
While scanning, you may not know exactly to
whom the talk group IDs are assigned until you listen
awhile. To locate talk group ID lists for your local po-
lice, fire, and other agencies, refer to frequency guides
available at your local RadioShack store or on internet
sites such as
www.trunkscanner.com
. You can also
determine the type of agency you are listening to after
a short while, be it a police, fire, or emergency medical
2-way radio user. Once you have identified the type of
service, note the associated talk group ID of that unit
for future programming. See “Identifying a Trunked
Frequency” on Page 48. Determining the service asso-
ciated with an talk group ID might take awhile, but dis-
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