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What
Scanner Do I Need to Monitor StarCom21? Updated
11/9/08 !!! |
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To monitor SC21 you need a digital
capable scanner. Both Uniden and Radio Shack make these but they
differ on what capabilities they have. Here is a list of the
various digital scanners, and what each can do on SC21. There are no
other scanners available that can monitor or track SC21 than those listed.
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Mfr. |
Radio |
Yahoo
Group |
MFR
Webpage |
RR.com
Wikipage |
Owners
Manual |
Purchase
Radio |
Hear/Track
800
Audio |
Hear/Track
700
Audio |
GPS
? |
Rebanding
Flash?? |
Tower
ID
Display |
Radio
ID? |
Discr.
Tap |
PC
Programming |
Digital
AGC |
Comments |
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Radio
Shack |
Pro106/
Pro-197 |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
Link |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Hex |
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? |
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NEW 11/08 |
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GRE |
PSR500
PSR600 |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Hex |
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? |
PSREdit
PSREdit
YG |
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NEW 11/07
PSR600
FCC Docs |
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Uniden |
BCD396t
BCD396XT |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
396
396XT |
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BCD396 |
Yes |
Yes |
No
Yes |
Yes |
Decimal |
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Link/
YES! |
BCTool OR
Butel |
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XT NEW 11/08
Note 3 |
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Uniden |
BCD996 |
Link |
Link |
996 |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Decimal |
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? |
BCTool OR
Butel |
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WiNRADiO |
WR-G305e
WR-G305i |
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Link |
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Added 12/08 |
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Discontinued
Models -- NOT recommended for Starcom21 |
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Uniden |
BC296D
BCD796 |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
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Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
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? |
BCTool OR
Butel |
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Uniden |
BC250D
BCD750 |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
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Yes/No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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? |
BCTool OR
Butel |
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Note 2 |
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Radio
Shack |
Pro96
Pro2096 |
Link
Link |
Link
Link |
Link |
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Yes |
Yes/No |
No |
Yes |
Hex |
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? |
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Notes 1, 4 |
The Radio Shack Pro96/2096 &
GRE PSR500/PSR600 display tower ID's in a different format than used
by Uniden's BC396 and 996. Most references (including
RadioReference.com and CARMA) use the Uniden style of tower ID's. The
ability to display Tower ID's allows listeners to determine range and
distance as well identify the system being monitored.
Note 1: RS Pro96 & 2096
can be modified to hear 700 MHz. communications after a software mod
with Win96 (www.starrsoft.com) but will still not track 700 MHz. sites.
Note 2: BC250 & 785 can
monitor digital audio on 800 MHz. sites, but will not track StarCom21.
Note 3: Uniden BC396 and
BC996 as well as GRE PSR-500 and PSR-600 can monitor all StarCom21 sites.
Note 4: Digital AGC on, P25
Threshold of 9, P25 Response Time and P25 Reference Gain both to -2
Scanner Programming Software:
PSREdit
Butel bcTool
(Uniden Scanners) |
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County ID's
used on Display IDs (for Talkgroups) |
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Talkgroup ID's are being
identified by their IL SOS (Secretary of State County Number) as
follows: (also
matches Sheriff Licence plates) |
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01 Adams
02 Alexander
03 Bond
04 Boone
05 Brown
06 Bureau
07 Calhoun
08 Carroll
09 Cass
10 Champaign
--Champaign County may have
access to 30358 McLean Rural Law Dispatch (as they border each other)
11 Christian
12 Clark
13 Clay
14 Clinton
15 Coles
16 Cook
17 Crawford
18 Cumberland
19 De Kalb
20 De Witt
21 Douglas
22 Du Page
--Dupage Co EOC 400 cars on
ID30328 Tower101
23 Edgar
24 Edwards
25 Effingham
26 Fayette
27 Ford
28 Franklin
29 Fulton
30 Gallatin
31 Greene
32 Grundy
33 Hamilton
34 Hancock |
235 Hardin
236 Henderson
237 Henry
--reported to go online ???
238 Iroquois
239 Jackson
40 Jasper
41 Jefferson
42 Jersey
43 Jo Daviess
44 Johnson
45 Kane
46 Kankakee
47 Kendall
48 Knox
49 La Salle
50 Lake
51 Lawrence
52 Lee
53 Livingston
54 Logan
55 McDonough
--May 07 -- currently testing on TG20
56 McHenry
--reported to go online Summer
08, all co dept
57 McLean
58 Macon
59 Macoupin
60 Madison
--Sheriff online May 2007 155.595
Patch
Audio
GC - Glen
Carbon PB - Pontoon Beach (Future?)
61 Marion
62 Marshall
63 Mason
65 Massac
65 Menard
66 Mercer
67 Monroe
68 Montgomery |
69 Morgan
70 Moultrie
71 Ogle
72 Peoria
73 Perry
74 Piatt
75 Pike
76 Pope
77 Pulaski
78 Putnam
79 Randolph
80 Richland
81 Rock Island
82 Saline
83 Sangamon
84 Schuyler
85 Scott
86 Shelby
87 St. Clair
StClr-Saint Clair (County)
FH-Fairview Heights
Mill-Millstadt
OF-O'Fallon
88 Stark
89 Stephenson
90 Tazewell
91 Union
92 Vermilion
93 Wabash
94 Warren
95 Washington
96 Wayne
97 White
98 Whiteside
99 Will
Plnfld-Plainfield
100 Williamson
101 Winnebago
102 Woodford |
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Abbreviations
used on Display IDs & Descriptions |
Agencies/Organizations |
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*P - Patch
*S - Simulcast
*D - Dispatch
A/C - Animal Control
Adm - Administration
Amb - Ambulance
AP - Airport
B-U - Back-up
c2c - Car-to-Car
D(x) - District (xx)
Det - Detectives
Drct - Direct
Elec - Electrical
EMA - Emergency Management Agency
(or EM)
EMS - Emergency Medical Services
ETSB - Emergency Telephone Systems Board/911
FD - Fire Department
FG - Fireground
Highway - Highway Department
HD - Highway Department |
Inc - Incident
Inv - Investigators
LE - Law Enforcement
LG - Local Goverment (various meanings)
M/A - Mutual Aid
MERCI - EMS to Hospitals (155.16,22,34,4)
MX - Mobile Extenders
Ops - Operations
PD - Police Department
PW - Public Works (or P/W)
Reg - Region
RL - Rural Law (NEW 11/04)
Sanit - Sanitary (District)
SD - Sheriff's Department
Str - Street Department
Tac - Tactical
Tech - Technicians (or Radio Technicians)
TS - Township
Wtr - Water Department
Wx - Weather
Z(x) - Zone (xx) |
ANL - Argonne National Laboratory
(Chicago) Website
ICJIA - Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority
DOC - Department of Corrections (or IDOC)
IDPH - Illinois Dept of Public Health
IDNR - Illinois Dept of Natural
Resources (Conservation)
IESMA - Illinois Emergency Services
Management Agency (EMA/ESDA)
ILEAS - Illinois Law Enforcement
ISP - Illinois State Police
ITTF - Illinois Terrorism Task Force
DCI - Dept of Criminal
Investigations (Drug Task Force)
MABAS - Mutual Aid Box Alert System (Fire)
METCOM
SC21 - StarCom21
SOS - Secretary of State |
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The
following are ISP
districts
which are assigned to North, Central, South Zones: |
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North
(Zone 1 - Sites 100-199) |
Central
(Zone 2 - 200-299) |
South
(Zone 3 - 300-399) |
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ISP District 01 - Sterling
ISP District 02 - Elgin
ISP District Chicago
ISP District 05 - Joliet
ISP District 07 - East Moline
ISP District 15 - Tollway
ISP District 16 - Rockford
ISP District 17 - LaSalle
ISP District 21 - Ashkum |
ISP District 06 - Pontiac
ISP District 08 - Peoria
ISP District 09 - Springfield
ISP District 10 - Pesotum
ISP District 14 - Macomb
ISP District 20 - Pittsfield
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ISP District 11 - Collinsville
ISP District 12 - Effingham
ISP District 13 - DuQuoin
ISP District 18 - Litchfield
ISP District 19 - Carmi
ISP District 22 - Ullin |
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St. Clair County maintains a separate
system, but an
integral part of SC21. McHenry County appears to be having a
similar situation. Champagin County MDICE will not be part of
SC21 but will have some sort of intergration with SC21 by Motorola. |