TRUNKING

Trunking is a method of making more efficient use of radio channels by sharing them among a large number of users on a dynamic basis.

An introduction to trunked radio that I wrote for Monitoring Times magazine can be found by clicking here. Another introductory article I wrote can be found here.

TRUNKING SCANNERS

The following scanners are capable of tracking at least one of the three most common trunked radio systems in use in the United States and Canada.

Yellow entries indicate scanners that are capable of tracking and demodulating APCO Project 25 Phase I transmissions. More information on P25 decoders can be found here.

Green entries indicate scanners that are capable of tracking and demodulating APCO Project 25 Phase I and Phase II transmissions.

The MilAir column indicates whether the scanner is capable of trunk-tracking in the Military Aeronautical Land Mobile band.

The Review column indicates the month and year that Monitoring Times magazine reviewed the radio. Many of these reviews are available on-line here. You may also order hardcopy reprints and back issues here.

The FCC ID column indicates the Federal Communications Commission Identification number. You can look up the submission information in the FCC database here.

 

Model Type APCO P25 Motorola EDACS LTR MilAir Introduced Review FCC ID
GRE
PSR-300 Mobile No YesYesYes Yes Oct 07   ADV0609 [GRE]
PSR-310 Mobile No YesYesYes Yes Aug 10   ADV0713902 [GRE]
PSR-400 Base No YesYesYes Yes Oct 07   ADV0705 [GRE]
PSR-410 Base No YesYesYes Yes Jan 11   ADV0714902 [GRE]
PSR-500 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Oct 07 Nov 07 ADV0715 [GRE]
PSR-600 Mobile/Base Yes YesYesYes Yes Oct 07   ADV0716 [GRE]
PSR-700 Handheld No YesYesYes Yes Apr 10 Feb 11 ADV0602901 [GRE]
PSR-800 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Jan 11 Apr 11 ADV0602902 [GRE]
 
MFJ Enterprises
MFJ-8322 Handheld No YesYesNo Yes Nov 09     [GRE]
 
Optoelectronics
OptoCom Base No YesYesNo Yes Dec 98 May 99   [Opto]
 
Radio Shack
PRO-18 Handheld Yes YesYesNo No Sep 11   ADV0602903 [GRE]
PRO-90 Handheld No YesNoNo No 1997 Dec 97   [Uniden]
PRO-91 Handheld No YesNoNo No May 98 Dec 98   [Uniden]
PRO-92 Handheld No YesYesYes Yes Nov 99 Jan 00 AA02000522 [GRE]
PRO-93 Handheld No YesYesNo No Oct 01 Oct 01   [GRE]
PRO-94 Handheld No YesYesNo No Oct 99 May 00   [Uniden]
PRO-95 Handheld No YesYesNo No Oct 02 Jan 03 AA02000523 [GRE]
PRO-96 Handheld Yes YesYesNo No Sep 03 Dec 03 ADV2000526 [GRE]
PRO-97 Handheld No YesYesYes Yes Mar 05 Sep 05 ADV2000527 [GRE]
PRO-106 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Oct 07   ADV0801 [GRE]
PRO-107 Handheld No YesYesYes Yes Oct 09   ADV0602 [GRE]
PRO-160 Base/Mobile No YesYesYes Yes 2008   AMWUB351 [Uniden]
PRO-162 Handheld No YesYesYes Yes 2008   AMWUB350 [Uniden]
PRO-163 Base/Mobile No YesYesYes Yes        
PRO-164 Handheld No YesYesYes Yes Jan 09     [GRE]
PRO-197 Mobile/Base Yes YesYesYes Yes Oct 07     [GRE]
PRO-433 Base No YesYesYes Yes Sep 06     [Uniden]
PRO-528 Handheld No YesYesYes Yes 2006     [Uniden]
PRO-651 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Dec 14 HSXSC03 [Whistler]
PRO-652 Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes HSXSC04 [Whistler]
PRO-668 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Dec 14 HSXSC10 [Whistler]
PRO-2050 Base No YesNoNo No   May 98   [Uniden]
PRO-2051 Base No YesYesYes No Mar 05   AMWUB331 [Uniden]
PRO-2052 Base No YesYesNo Yes Dec 99 Jun 00   [Uniden]
PRO-2053 Base No YesYesNo No Oct 01 Oct 01
May 02
  [GRE]
PRO-2055 Base No YesYesYes Yes Jul 05   ADV2000428 [GRE]
PRO-2066 Mobile No YesNoNo No Nov 98 Feb 99   [Uniden]
PRO-2067 Base No YesYesYes Yes May 00 Sep 00   [GRE]
PRO-2096 Base Yes YesYesNo No Mar 05   ADV2000496 [GRE]
 
Uniden
BC235XLT Handheld No YesNoNo No Apr 97 Jul 97   [Uniden]
BC245XLT Handheld No YesYesNo No Jul 99 Sep 99   [Uniden]
BC246T Handheld No YesYesYes No Sep 04 Dec 04 AMWUB327 [Uniden]
BC250D Handheld Yes
(with BCi25 card)
YesYesYes Yes Nov 02 May 03 AMWUB315 [Uniden]
BC296D Handheld Yes
(with BCi96 card)
YesYesYes Yes Dec 03 Apr 04   [Uniden]
BC346XT Handheld No YesYesYes Yes Mar 09   AMWUB358 [Uniden]
BC346XTC Handheld No YesYesYes Yes   [Uniden]
BC780XLT Base No YesYesYes Yes Dec 00 Mar 01 AMWUB305C [Uniden]
BC785D Base Yes
(with BCi25 card)
YesYesYes Yes Nov 02 Jun 03 AMWUB316 [Uniden]
BC796D Base Yes
(with BCi96 card)
YesYesYes Yes Dec 03 May 04   [Uniden]
BC895XLT Base No YesNoNo Yes Sep 97 Nov 97 AMWUB269 [Uniden]
BC898T Base No YesYesYes Yes Aug 04 Oct 04 AMWUB322 [Uniden]
BCD325P2 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Mar 15   AMWUB379 [Uniden]
BCD396T Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Jun 05 Jul 05 AMWUB328 [Uniden]
BCD396XT Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Mar 09   AMWUB359 [Uniden]
BCD436HP Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Feb 14   AMWUB376 [Uniden]
BCD536HP Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes Jan 14   AMWUB375 [Uniden]
BCD996P2 Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes Mar 15     [Uniden]
BCD996T Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes May 06 Jul 06 AMWUB335 [Uniden]
BCD996XT Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes Jul 09   AMWUB360 [Uniden]
BCT8 Base/Mobile No YesYesYes No Oct 03 Feb 04 AMWUB318 [Uniden]
BCT15 Base/Mobile No YesYesYes Yes Jun 06 Sep 06   [Uniden]
BCT15X Base/Mobile No YesYesYes Yes Aug 09   AMWUB361 [Uniden]
BR330T Handheld No YesYesYes Yes Sep 05 Dec 05 AMWUB330 [Uniden]
HomePatrol I Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes Nov 10 Oct 10 AMWUB363 [Uniden]
HomePatrol II Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes Oct 14 [Uniden]
SDS100 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Jun 18 AMWUB383 [Uniden]
SDS200 Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes Feb 19 AMWUB384 [Uniden]
 
Whistler
WS1040 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes HSXSC03 [Whistler]
WS1065 Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes HSXSC04 [Whistler]
WS1080 Handheld Yes YesYesYes Yes Sep 14 HSXSC10 [Whistler]
WS1095 Base/Mobile Yes YesYesYes Yes Apr 15 HSXSC11 [Whistler]
 
WinRadio
1500/3000
Series
Base No YesNoNo Yes [WinRadio]

The WinRadio 1500/3000 series radios will also track MPT-1327 trunked systems.

OUT OF REACH

NOTE: At the present time there are no commercially-available scanners that can trunk-track or decode transmissions from the following systems:

VSELP
VSELP (Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction) is a proprietary Motorola digital voice product used in some early trunked radio systems (sold circa 1994).

Motorola scheduled the cancelation of portable and mobile VSELP-capable radios for early 2004, and the end of VSELP infrastructure support at the end of 2006. The following locations use (or previously used) VSELP:

  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • Memphis, Tennessee
  • Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
  • Trenton, New Jersey
  • Warren County, Mississippi

Updates, additions and corrections to this list are certainly welcome.


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