I am having mixed results hearing Connecticut State Police on this scanner. I hear Troop H perfectly. I should hear Troop C as well. I am in Vernon very close to I-84. I believe the Site for Troop C is in Tolland about 4-5 miles distant along I-84 - pretty much line of sight.
I have read both the Uniden-provided Owner's Manual (p. 59) and the "Easier to Read" version's P25 Adjustment Mode topic.
I have set the P25 Threshold Mode to Manual and keyed Vol-Function-Vol showing the lines with err:, Level, and Mode values and, then below, the three decimal decode threshold levels.
My confusion stems from the fact that, while I do hear some partially intelligible transmissions over the course of several minutes (in another case overnight), neither the P25 Threshold Level nor the set of three decode voltage values change.
I read "The error rate should drop for each transmission and the threshold levels should automatically adjust to a more optimal setting. Then, once the threshold level settles to a stable setting, make a note of the value." Doesn't this mean that I should expect to see the P25 Threshold Level value, the three decode voltages (or values displayed on both lines change? I only see values changing briefly from "---" to two-digit integers for Err:
I even reasoned that, though the audio was somewhat garbled when the starting P25 Threshold Level was at 8, maybe that was determined to be optimal so no change in values was displayed. I then experimented with several other P25 Threshold Level values as starting points. None resulted any "settling" to difference values for P25 Threshold Level or decode voltages.
What am I missing?
Has anyone found the optimal value for CT State Police Troop C (Tolland Site)?
I think I understand that, had the scanner settled on a different value for P25 Threshold Level, I should use that value and set the P25 Threshold Mode back to Auto. Is that correct?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Glenn
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I have read both the Uniden-provided Owner's Manual (p. 59) and the "Easier to Read" version's P25 Adjustment Mode topic.
I have set the P25 Threshold Mode to Manual and keyed Vol-Function-Vol showing the lines with err:, Level, and Mode values and, then below, the three decimal decode threshold levels.
My confusion stems from the fact that, while I do hear some partially intelligible transmissions over the course of several minutes (in another case overnight), neither the P25 Threshold Level nor the set of three decode voltage values change.
I read "The error rate should drop for each transmission and the threshold levels should automatically adjust to a more optimal setting. Then, once the threshold level settles to a stable setting, make a note of the value." Doesn't this mean that I should expect to see the P25 Threshold Level value, the three decode voltages (or values displayed on both lines change? I only see values changing briefly from "---" to two-digit integers for Err:
I even reasoned that, though the audio was somewhat garbled when the starting P25 Threshold Level was at 8, maybe that was determined to be optimal so no change in values was displayed. I then experimented with several other P25 Threshold Level values as starting points. None resulted any "settling" to difference values for P25 Threshold Level or decode voltages.
What am I missing?
Has anyone found the optimal value for CT State Police Troop C (Tolland Site)?
I think I understand that, had the scanner settled on a different value for P25 Threshold Level, I should use that value and set the P25 Threshold Mode back to Auto. Is that correct?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Glenn
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