A step by step example on how to program a conventional channel with alert light and alpha tag into the Whistler WS1040 digital handheld radio scanner. www.whistlergroup.com/usa/pro...
Thank God for you, mister. My husband wanted a scanner for Christmas and I bought one for him, but as tech savvy as he is in other areas, he was at a loss on this one. I watched this and programmed in what we needed to start and he is happy as a clam.
Great job on explaining this 👏 I now have 2 Whistler 1040s upstairs and in my cave downstairs and an outdoor antenna at 54' so my wife and I can listen to all the activities in several counties and 3 nearby states as well as CB radio all over America on our scanners . Making the most of my retirement years .
I just got one of these scanners for Christmas and I am totally new to this. I understand how to program frequencies manually but what i don't understand is, how am I supposed to know if the channel is a new conventional channel, a talkgroup, P25 auto, CTCss etc. Any suggestions on how to understand all the all the scanner jargon? Thanks
I think much of this- if not all will apply to the WS1065 I am trying to learn. Almost skipped by the section on entering the tag as I know how to enter a letter from a keypad- oops- thought I did! But this method is different! So thank you for making it at a 6th grade level. It is exactly what I needed! 5 stars
I received my 1040 handheld scanner yesterday and I was on your website because I wanted to program it manually and I just wanted to say fantastic job at the directions. I was able to get everything programmed in pretty quickly and scanning as I was quite happy... However, I scheduled in maybe 10 conventional channels, and I wanted to go back in to each one of those channels and update a few things in regards to squelch and back lighting and I was wondering if you could show me how to do that I don't wanna mess anything up.
I have one of these and your video was more helpful than the one that I watched by Whistler themselves. The problem that I am having is 1) When changing the tag, say Channel 1, I change the tag name, but, when I go to channel 2 and change that tag name also changes the name I put in for channel 1? Not sure what I am doing wrong. Any advice please.
I have this scanner (WS1040) and am of course getting my freqs from radio reference. The 4th column has the title of TONE. (FREQ, LICENSE, TYPE, TONE, ALPHA TAG, ETC). Do I need to input that? If so, where?
I just purchased the Whistler 1040 scanner, I got my frequencies programmed in, I am a blind individual, how would I go about telling my scanner just to scan through the frequencies that I have programmed in?
Could you please help me! I just got a Whistler ws1040. I have my channels loaded. But I cannot hear anything. The AU is showing to the left of the channel. Is it supposed to be on FM? I don.t know what to do. The book is not helping at all. Thank you
Thank you for the kind words. No, I did not make video on that, but Press the PGM button, select the channel you want to delete, press the FUNC and CL buttons to delete
I live in Wichita Kansas I got the frequency from radio references but I'm not getting any to work !o!but the broadcastfiy on my laptop is picking up Wichita channels!so what am I'm doing wrong
Greetings to You Sir. First off, an immense thank you for your support of this scanner. Invaluable service. Question: My local police have recently went from analog to digital traffic, utilizing what I'm told is a "multicast" format. There is apparently no conventional "frequency" involved as in inputing analog. I have a screenshot of what a multicast transmission looks like sans any frequency. Is this scanner capable of programming and receiving multicast broadcasts? Thank you so much. Here is kind of a techy description of the capability I'm seeking if this scanner accommodates?: Mcscanner scans a network for multicast sources, which are explicitly avoided in typical network scanners such as nmap. It sends PIM Hello and IGMP Queries then listens to network traffic and prints out the source and destination.
@@k4dps Thank you Sir. I've looked that up. The systems that I'm looking for are capabilities of another well-known handheld model, Uniden's SDS-100, which features compatibility with the following multicasting formats (among others): APCO 25 Phase I and Phase II, X2-TDMA, Motorola, EDACS, EDACS ProVoice, LTR trunked systems, NXDN, DMR, as well as conventional analog and digital channels. I've confirmed that the Uniden model would allow me to begin following my preferred frequencies again, just not sure my Whistler 1040 is either programmable, upgradable or configurable to these same formats? I specifically purchased the Whistler to compensate and upgrade from my old Baofang analog-only model as many agencies had already made the switch to digital. BUT, with so many new digital formats & technologies ever changing, I feel kind of like "chasing the dragon." And can't keep shelling out close to $1K every time technology or formats change. Cat & Mouse game, I suppose. AND, as I also understand it, most police agencies will eventually migrate to encrypted transmission, which will--for most intent & purposes--render these fancy scanners useless?
QUESTION -- On the WS1040, are there scannable frequencies already programmed into the unit without me actually inputting them myself? Such as service frequencies, etc. 🤔
@@k4dps Doug: Did I see or hear somewhere where one can switch from USA or Canada upon initially turning-on the WS1040 for the first time? Not sure either what the difference is from one or the other? Thank you.
@@Klaatu-ij9uz I have not heard that, but I do not think changing the band plan will give you anymore frequencies to monitor. Both the USA and Canada have very similar band plans
QUESTION (again) -- Not sure on this "scan list" and "scan bank" wording? Can I input more than one frequency on each "scan list" All-in-all, what's the difference between "scan list" and "scan bank"? Very perplexing! Thank you. 😵💫
How do i listen to phoenix police and helicopters n stuff. I found all the regular freqs. My old scanner has. Im jist not listening to anything new here
Doug: Sorry for pestering you. I have a considerable amount of local frequencies programmed into my WS1040....along with sweep-scanning for several hours and I get VERY little "hits", if any. Even tried car roof-top antenna while driving out-and-about and outdoor antenna with still nothing! Either I'm doing something wrong, or scanning is not for me in my particular area. Thinking about returning the WS1040 for refund. Any comment? Thank you.
@@k4dps I'm trying to monitor anything and everything. For starters, live in S.E. Michigan where "all" public safety agencies are encrypted via "OpenSky" technology. Rendering any scanning of those frequencies useless. So, what's left is railroad, aircraft, business, etc. Still not a whole lot with those. All-in-all, I'm in the process of returning the WS1040 and calling it "quits" in the scanning realm.
