Pro-197 no signal?!?!

[JohnDavid]

I turned on my scanner today and it has absolutely no signal?? Ive hooked up three different attennas and nothing. tried reload freqs and nothing. what is going on?

 

[zzdiesel]

The solder joint breaks on the board sometimes for the antenna lead.

 

[JohnDavid]

im baffled.. all my conventional freqs work well. ive updated the firmware and rewritten everything. still nothing. everything in the circuit board looks fine help!

 

[zzdiesel]

I'm thinking I might've been talking about a Pro106 instead of the 197.

 

[satosi]

Is the global attenuator on? If so, turn it off.
Make sure you don't have the squelch set too high;
If priority mode is on, turn it off. I have read about it causing some problems in other threads.
Make sure you set up the trunking systems correctly, refer to the manual or whichever guide you used to set them up.

 

[mulveyr]

im baffled.. all my conventional freqs work well. ive updated the firmware and rewritten everything. still nothing. everything in the circuit board looks fine help!

You've made two diametrically opposite statements; In the first post, that you have no signals whatsoever, but "all my conventional freqs work well" in this last post. Does that mean that you ARE getting conventional channels fine, but no trunked systems?

Is this a new radio, or one that you've had for a while? Has it ever worked correctly?

 

[KC5EIB]

I see there has been a change to the Arkansas Wireless Information Network for Green County. If that is who you are trying to listen to, have you made the changes in your radio?

 

[JohnDavid]

The scanner shows just an "S" in the signal bar. Conventional freqs work fine. (I left that out in my dramatically different statement bc I only scan trunking systems) the scanner has been in my patrol car for 6 months and worked fine. I listen to the burdette tower. I've reset the scanner completely. And reprogrammed it using rr. Still nothing.

 

[gewecke]

The scanner shows just an "S" in the signal bar. Conventional freqs work fine. (I left that out in my dramatically different statement bc I only scan trunking systems) the scanner has been in my patrol car for 6 months and worked fine. I listen to the burdette tower. I've reset the scanner completely. And reprogrammed it using rr. Still nothing.

Check the antenna your 197 uses in your squad? Do other officers share that car, It's possible they damaged the cable or antenna.

73,
n9zas

 

[JohnDavid]

tried that....used a different antenna. still nothing....geez!

 

[cg]

Looking at the database for that system, it looks like rebanding is starting. Be sure the firmware is updated and then I would enter the system as a rebanded system. Since I am not down there I can't give specific help but after going through the CT statewide system's rebanding, it created lots of problems for scanners.

chris

 

[JohnDavid]

chris i thought you had it solved bud but still nothing.

i updated my firmware to 1.8 (mainly bc 1.9 seemed pointless)

rebanded my programming.

and put in more sites but still nothing......

 

[datainmotion]

The scanner shows just an "S" in the signal bar.

This indicates that the scanner is barely pulling a signal from the noise floor.

If you know one of the CC frequencies you think you should be hearing, hit the "Tune" button and enter just that frequency manually. What signal level does the display show now? Can you hear the CC data?

 

[JohnDavid]

i put in the cc and got static.. couldn't hear anything else. i maybe got one bar next to the "s".

 

[KC5EIB]

Was it STATIC or were you hearing the control channel data?

 

[JohnDavid]

it was defintily static. i know what the data sounds like

 

[JohnDavid]

ive analyzed it and it brings up the control channel, starts static, and doesnt give me the lat and long like it used to. its not getting any data from the tower at all. but its not the antenna?? what else could it be?

 

[Highpockets]

ive analyzed it and it brings up the control channel, starts static, and doesnt give me the lat and long like it used to. its not getting any data from the tower at all. but its not the antenna?? what else could it be?

Maybe you can hit Func - Scan - then Srch Key until you get to Public Safety and see if you can find a strong CC or new one if it changed. Use the up arrow key if it stops on a freq in the other bands or turn off 0 1 & 2 (push appropriate key) just search the 700-800 freq's. Can't hurt trying.

 

[JohnDavid]

i believe the mississippi country burdette tower has changed. i switched to another tower and its picking up the data. so its not the radio. how would i get updated freqs for that tower?

 

[Highpockets]

i believe the mississippi country burdette tower has changed. i switched to another tower and its picking up the data. so its not the radio. how would i get updated freqs for that tower?

Try each of these using the TUNE key (enter freq and hit enter one at a time and see if you hear the CC on one of these:

851.5500
851.8000
853.5000
853.7500
853.7875