Why won my scanner work after rebanding?
Well, depending on what you listen to, it might work. If you listen to EDACS or LTR (or conventional), you will just need to reprogram the new frequencies and logical channel numbers. However, if you listen to Motorola analog systems (which still comprise the largest number of public safety systems), your scanner will probably not track some or all channels in the system after rebanding. In 1987, 239 channels between 866-869 MHz were allocated exclusively to Public Safety (NPSPAC). These channels are spaced 12.5 KHz apart. Rebanding will relocate the NPSPAC channels to 851-854 MHz. This band was allocated to SMR operations, and the channels were spaced 25 KHz apart, so only 120 channels were assigned. These are the “general category” channels – 851.0125, .0375, .0625, .0875, .1125, etc. The frequencies in between the general category channels (851.0250, .0500, .0750, .1000, .1250, etc.) are known as “splinter” channels, and were rarely assigned except near the US-Mexico border. Since t
