PRO-197 and Mesa Simulcast

Does anyone use Narrow FM with Mesa ?

In the Manual it says Narrow FM has no efffect on performance with Digital Trunking Systems

garikfox said:

Does anyone use Narrow FM with Mesa ?

In the Manual it says Narrow FM has no efffect on performance with Digital Trunking Systems

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Why would you? It's not narrow FM.

This user "OsloViking1975" says to in his .DOC file

http://forums.radioreference.com/ar...fd-mesa-pd-pro-106-step-step-programming.html


And he got the idea from this below

http://forums.radioreference.com/general-scanning-forum/182486-narrow-fm-band.html

garikfox said:

This user "OsloViking1975" says to in his .DOC file

http://forums.radioreference.com/ar...fd-mesa-pd-pro-106-step-step-programming.html


And he got the idea from this below

http://forums.radioreference.com/general-scanning-forum/182486-narrow-fm-band.html

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I don't know if it does or not I found on here somewhere it makes it a clearer is what I was told.

I have mine set to it but as if has any effect to I do not know. It stills scans for me just fine.

For S&G I've tried it, it has no effect what so ever. If you want to try it, have at it and let us know the results.

Ok thank you, Ill just leave it "Off" since the manual says it has no effect on performance with Digital Systems

Mesa AZ resident with a PRO 197

Good day,

I live in East Mesa almost to AJ border and I have a pro 197. I have all the mesa pd freqs programmed. I am getting them but every so often it is very choppy. Any solutions. Also I can not get MCSO at all.

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Assuming you have your scanner properly programmed, the simulcast sites for both the RWC and Topaz RWC are notoriously difficult to receive, due to multipath interference issues. At home, you may be best served using an outdoor directional antenna pointed at one of the sites. (And the closest site may *not* be the best site. You may need to experiment with which site you aim your antenna at.)
Otherwise, try programming in just Mesa's Thompson Peak site. I don't know how much traffic is carried on that site, in relation to the simulcast system sites within the cities of Mesa/Gilbert/Apache Junction themselves.