I have a Radio Shack Pro-651 and I am not able to pickup any Madison police channels any longer, I updated to the new Madison Area Public Safety/Project 25 (system Type P25 Auto) using the software and RR download and they sound like they are talking under water.
Unfortunately you’ve got the wrong tool for the job. Just like DaneCom, The Madison P25 system is simulcast, which means most all scanners (except the SDS-100 and the VHF Unication G5 pager) won’t pick it up reliably unless you’re in just the right spot ie right next to a tower. This is something the scanner manufacturers have done a poor job of informing the public. They might say they work on P25 phase 1/2 but if the scanner is not one of the aforementioned models, they mean NON-SIMULCAST P25, which from what I gather is not what most public safety systems use these days.
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