St Mary's County signs a 34 million contract with Harris.
SoMdNews.com: County agrees to 911 communications upgrade
SoMdNews.com: County agrees to 911 communications upgrade
Any word on if this system will stay "in the clear", or if they will begin using ProVoice or something of the sort?
This system was built really fast. I thought it wasn't supposed to go live until 2014? How did Harris set everything up and perform all of their testing so quickly?
Troy are you using an external antenna when you're doing all your testing? Listening inside a car with a duckie is not going to bring you a lot of success with all that attenuating metal around you...Mike
I have both a PSR 500 and a PSR 600 scanner. Both of them tracked the old system perfectly.
The PSR 600 is connected to a DIAMOND DISCONE at 35 feet using LMR 400 COAX.
The PSR 500 is connected to a Radio Shack 800 MHz rubber duck.
I have a full strength signal on the PSR 600 and the PSR 500.
The Fire Board dispatch talk group is received intermittently on both scanners. The 2001 TG ID is displayed and sometimes I receive the dispatch, sometimes the receiver 'stutters' for lack of a better term. Yes, I have tried it with the attenuation on and off with the same results.
Is anyone here using a PSR 500/PSR 600 to monitor the new system? I'd like to compare notes on your scanner settings.
I noticed my PSR500 was having trouble holding lock on the new CC yesterday while in the area (http://forums.radioreference.com/ma...-new-system-news-post2017531.html#post2016702) but my PSR800 was locking fine ... at least, while stationary. The 800 showed a pretty steady "T" but the signal on the PSR500 seemed to good good for a few seconds and then give the appearance it was gone a few seconds later and then back again (cyclic).
I'm not sure why the PSR500 was having so much trouble.
Sorry - I know this doesn't help other than to say it's not a problem with (just) your radio.