Difference between Stationary and Roam?

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I know it seems like it should be pretty self explanatory but I'm confused. When in stationary the scanner still scans all CC's programmed and constantly switches between weak and strong ones and I miss some conversations. I tried roam and it does the same thing, I would like the scanner to just lock on to the strongest one and stay there since I'm not moving anywhere. So I just switched everything to off, and programmed in the strongest CC in first so it stays there. I kind of thought this is what stationary would do it would find the strongest and stay there, while roam would stick with the strongest until the signal strength went below the thresh hold and then would move to the next strongest signal.
 

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Page 82 & 83 of your manual:

Multi-Site Mode On Networked Systems
Some Motorola and P25 systems include a large
number of sites that are networked together to
provide radio coverage to a large geographical
area. These types of trunked radio systems

are more commonly used for large statewide
systems, and for some systems that are used in
large, rural counties.


As a system user moves around, or “roams,” in
the coverage area of the network, their radio will
automatically find and use the nearest tower site.
Each tower site includes a number of channels.
One of these channels is used for control channel
data, and the remaining channels are used for
voice traffic. As a user moves away from the
coverage of one site, the radio will search other
control channel frequencies for a better site to use.
Multi-site can be enabled by editing the trunking
system (TSYS) parameters for a Motorola or
P25 system. Multi-site can be set to Off, Stat
(Stationary) or Roam. By default, Multi-site is set
to Off.

The ROAM setting is ideal for those times when
you are driving around in the service area of a
networked trunked radio system, as it allows the
radio to find and use the best tower sites as you
move in and out of the coverage footprints of
different sites.

The STAT (stationary) setting is ideal for those
times when you are not moving and are within
range of more than one tower site, as it will allow
you to monitor traffic from any tower that you are
within range of.
 

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I hate the manual but thanks, so on roam the scanner will lock on to the strongest CC and stay there? Stationary it moves around, is that correct?
 
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