[Scan-DC] Need help - Arlington Fire Trunking

[John Antonelli]

Doug K. wrote:
> Thanks John, would you believe that in that usa.zip file there is one 
> Arlington file - that's the one I have and no workie!
>
> I just got off the phone with a friend who's an Arlington firefighter, 
> but he knows nothing about the trunked system... he had to run, his 
> son was fussing, but i'm going to get back with him.
>
> So far no luck, but thanks anyway.
>
> Will email you a copy of my mem file this week, and anybody else that 
> wants it (email me privately)...  I can't remember whatall I have 
> programmed, most of it is Maryland stuff... will post a list, but I 
> know I have Montgomery, Howard, Frederick.  Also Ocean City, Worcester 
> County, and Sussex County Delaware - all of those are known good and 
> working.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug
>
>
>> From: "John Bacon" <scan-dc at djbitz.com>
>> To: "'Doug K.'" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>,<scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Need help - Arlington Fire Trunking
>> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:29:24 -0400
>>
>> Doug try this
>>
>> http://www.scannermaster.com/downloadables/usa.zip
>>
>> This is what ScannerMaster has together. Also when you have you 796 
>> setup
>> please let me know. I'd like to copy you MEM file for when I go down 
>> there.
>>
>> Thanks
>> JOHN
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doug K. [mailto:oldsdoug at hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 2:35 PM
>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Need help - Arlington Fire Trunking
>>
>> Hope this isn't a duplicate, email seems to be acting up...
>>
>> Greetings, List!
>>
>> I've been off for awhile... time has been at a premium and so I 
>> needed to
>> drop off...
>>
>> Need some help - I have a Uniden BC-796 and have been fairly 
>> successful at
>> programming it, using the ARC-250 software.
>>
>> But... I _cannot_ seem to scan Arlington VA, no matter what I do... have
>> written 3 different programs myself, plus downloaded one that I found 
>> on the
>>
>> yahoo scanner group... nothing seems to work; my radio doesn't seem to
>> recognize any of the programming for Arlington as a trunked system 
>> (works
>> fine on Montgomery trunking).
>>
>> I have gotten info on Arlinton from radioreference.com and used 
>> that... also
>>
>> checked the FCC database, and guess what - the frequencies shown 
>> there don't
>>
>> match up with what's on radioreference!
>>
>> Have written programs using both sets of frequencies, to no avail.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> Does anybody have any thoughts?
>>
>> Does anyone have an ARC-250 .mem file for Arlington that is known to be
>> working?
>>
>> Does anyone have any info on the Arlington system/frequencies, settings,
>> etc?
>>
>> Thanks in advance - I have also downloaded the list archives from 
>> 2006 and
>> 2005, will look thru them shortly... I have a new computer and don't 
>> have
>> all the utilities (WinZip) installed yet - gonna do that right now!  
>> Thanks
>> again!
>>
>> Doug in Gaithersburg - deaf to Arlington!
>>
>>
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There is an Arlington file in the BCd396T yahoo group that can work for you