Trunked Radio Systems

Overview

Please read the Trunking Basics overview first.

Trunking FAQs

• Ben Saladino's Trunktracking Tips
  • This site is a bit dated, but still contains some useful basic information
• Multi-Site Trunking
• Articles written by Dan Veeneman, MT Scanning Report columnist
  • Trunking Theory 101
  • Understanding Trunking
• GTRAC EDACS info
• Motorola Trunking theory/concepts
• Police Scanner info Trunked Radio Systems page
• The Trunkcom mailing list at QTH.net is another great resource for questions and answers
• WinRadio's Trunking Theory page
• Mapping an LTR System
  • This explains how to find and determine the proper channel order using Uniden Scanners

Trunked Radio System Types

• MA/COM
  • EDACS Provoice
  • EDACS
  • OpenSky
• EF Johnson
  • LTR
• Motorola
  • iDEN
  • Motorola Harmony (see iDEN)
  • Type I
  • Type II
  • Type IIi Hybrid
  • Type II SmartZone
  • Type II SmartZone OmniLink
  • Type II VOC
• MPT-1327
• Project 25
• SmarTrunk
• TETRA
• TETRAPOL

Here is a link from Monitoring Times magazine that outlines the various trunktracking scanners, and what system(s) they will cover

The current 800MHz Public Safety band plan change is discussed under Rebanding. You may also find references to what scanners may be supported by following links from the Main Page.

Trunked Radio Terms

• Failsoft

Related Pages

• Scanner programming service
  
  • Service dedicated to programming scanners, including trunked radio systems.