How do you program a scanner with trunking system?

**Step 1: Initiate Programming Mode. Press PROG.**Step 2: Enter Trunk Mode. Press TRUNK.**Step 3: Select a Bank. ... **Step 4: Store the System Type. ... **Step 5: Select a Frequency within the Trunk System. ... **Step 6: Store the Frequency within the Trunk System. ... **Step 7: Store Additional Frequencies. ... **Step 8: Activate Trunk Scan and Search. read more

Now comes the confusion, if the system you are looking at is a Motorola or a Project-25 system and your scanner is capable of Control Channel Only trunk tracking, you only need to program the control channels. If you are programming an EDACS or LTR system, then you must use all of the frequencies listed and put them in the correct order and in the correct position in your scanner. read more

If you just program the RF frequencies for your local trunking system directly into your scanner channels, you’ll get a mix of all the users on the system and have a very difficult time hearing any one particular communications exchange. read more

After the tower system is set up, you still will not recieve any broadcasts, because your scanner does not know what it should be listening to. To remedy this issue, you need to set up talk groups, often referenced in the scanner as TGRP. You can set the group to WILDCARD which means that it will listen for anything that comes off of that tower. read more