I finally gave up. Have tried everything I know. Tried adjusting the RANGE, used a different antenna, changed locations, did a clear data and started from scratch. For Mont County the HP-2 is just going to be deaf. I get all the other Marcs participants just not Mont Co. Preble, Greene, OSP, etc all good. Fooled around for hours trying everything I could read or find out with other users. No one seems to be able to get Motn Co Law Enforcement (57) on a Home Patrol. I have heard it once or twice but I assume because of SIMUCAST it is a paper weight.
I also set the HP-2 aside for a couple weeks. Last night I ended up updating Sentinel, and then a cycle of about 20 different times of creating a new Favorites List, attempting to squirt it into the radio, only to find that it didn't take. Including a half dozen variations of overwriting everything. So, I finally reformatted the card, resquirted the Favorites List, which now updated, and the radio now seems to work (I have the FM simulcast running, so I know when transmissions are going out). Although this radio, and the Grecom 800 both sound like all talkers are underwater. Sometimes the transmissions drop out, too. I am at the top of the hill near Rt 48 on the south end, so I can't see how reception could be an issue. Do we know where the transmission towers are?
Interestingly enough, the Grecom 800 is now working as well. I updated the application, set a couple scanlists up, and now it works.
All: Am I going to gain anything (fewer dropouts or better audio) with a different antenna than the stock 800Mhz antennas in the HP-2 or Grecom? If so, what antenna is recommended?
