I think it is only the RS scanners that block private calls.  I don't know
why either, since it is very easy to listen with an old fashioned
conventional scanner.  I am often surprised by some of the things said in a
private call.  Like "the key is behind the..." or "Use 1234" to bypass the
security" and so on.

Ken -N5SWR


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Subject: Re: Trunking Scanner


You can with the Uniden BC250D.  I don't know about the Pro-96, but with
the 250D in a Motorola system enter in talk group 700000 and go to about
701999 I think, I'm not sure, as it has beena  while, but you also hear
phone patch calls for systems that allow it.





On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Kenneth Lee wrote:

> It's not to hard to follow the conversations as long as the system =
> doesn't
> get real busy.  You just have to keep your finger on that resume scan
> button.  It can be confusing when the system is busy and you catch =
> little
> bits of several conversations.  But with a conventional scanner you can
> listen in on the private calls, I don=92t think you hear those with a =
> true
> trunk scanner?
>
> ken, -N5SWR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeff Kenyon
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:32 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Trunking Scanner
>
>
> I think that that system is digital, in which case he'll need a 96 or
> something like that.  Scanning conventionally is fine, but can be
> frustrating when you want to follow a conversation when it jumps from
> frequency to frequency.
>
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