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Just bought a Scratch and Dent TRX-1 and proud to say there wasn't one scratch or one dent on it. Probably a return or open box.
Nice scanner however I have one problem. The town I live in has two P25 Phase 1 systems that I am interested in following. New Bern Public Safety and North Carolina VIPER.
New Bern Public Safety System is P25 Phase 1, LSM and the TRX-1 can barely decode it at all. The VIPER system is C4FM and is essentially flawless.
I hopped in the car yesterday and drove closer to the tower and that clearly isn't it. In fact my home is WELL within range of the tower and I decode this system fine on three RTL-SDR systems in my house and another scanner (SDS100), so I know for a fact it isn't the system or the range.
Since I have so many other ways to listen to this NBPS system I programmed the TRX-1 to do all the local Analog, DMR, NXDN stuff to free up the other scanner to just do the P25 systems.
So to be clear.......I AM NOT KNOCKING THE TRX-1 but it does seem to have a limitation on the P25 LSM stuff.
I have tried messing with an external antenna, (and drove to the tower as stated above) and messed with dwell timing and squelch. Nada. Nothing.
It will receive the occasional call but it has a bit of chop to it but by and large it misses almost all of the calls.
Nice scanner however I have one problem. The town I live in has two P25 Phase 1 systems that I am interested in following. New Bern Public Safety and North Carolina VIPER.
New Bern Public Safety System is P25 Phase 1, LSM and the TRX-1 can barely decode it at all. The VIPER system is C4FM and is essentially flawless.
I hopped in the car yesterday and drove closer to the tower and that clearly isn't it. In fact my home is WELL within range of the tower and I decode this system fine on three RTL-SDR systems in my house and another scanner (SDS100), so I know for a fact it isn't the system or the range.
Since I have so many other ways to listen to this NBPS system I programmed the TRX-1 to do all the local Analog, DMR, NXDN stuff to free up the other scanner to just do the P25 systems.
So to be clear.......I AM NOT KNOCKING THE TRX-1 but it does seem to have a limitation on the P25 LSM stuff.
I have tried messing with an external antenna, (and drove to the tower as stated above) and messed with dwell timing and squelch. Nada. Nothing.
It will receive the occasional call but it has a bit of chop to it but by and large it misses almost all of the calls.