azraphale
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Now that I've moved to a location where I can pick up the Schunnenunk tower, I've been noticing a problem.
I think it may be incorrect LCNs. Often I will get a lock on a talkgroup off the Schunnenunk tower, but the audio will sound like control channel digital data. About one time in ten or so, halfway through the transmission, it will switch over to voice, although my BCT-15 does not appear to indicate another channel becoming active during the transmission. I get a full display of TGID info and group on the display when it locks onto a channel, which is odd. And about one time in 15, I get regular audio as if everything is functioning properly.
I've checked and rechecked my programming again the database and it all matches. I have no problems with any other towers on the NYCOMCO EDACS system, so it's isolated to the Schunnenunk tower. The only real clue I can find is that according to my BCT-15, all the other towers nearly always use LCN 1 as the control channel at all times. The Schunnenunk system seems to be using LCN 4 almost exclusively as the control channel, which while not impossible, seems odd given the programming of the other towers.
Anyone out there that can confirm or correct the info in the database for the Schunnenunk tower, and/or give me any ideas about what might be going on? I'm half ready to just lock the tower entirely out of my scanner.
I think it may be incorrect LCNs. Often I will get a lock on a talkgroup off the Schunnenunk tower, but the audio will sound like control channel digital data. About one time in ten or so, halfway through the transmission, it will switch over to voice, although my BCT-15 does not appear to indicate another channel becoming active during the transmission. I get a full display of TGID info and group on the display when it locks onto a channel, which is odd. And about one time in 15, I get regular audio as if everything is functioning properly.
I've checked and rechecked my programming again the database and it all matches. I have no problems with any other towers on the NYCOMCO EDACS system, so it's isolated to the Schunnenunk tower. The only real clue I can find is that according to my BCT-15, all the other towers nearly always use LCN 1 as the control channel at all times. The Schunnenunk system seems to be using LCN 4 almost exclusively as the control channel, which while not impossible, seems odd given the programming of the other towers.
Anyone out there that can confirm or correct the info in the database for the Schunnenunk tower, and/or give me any ideas about what might be going on? I'm half ready to just lock the tower entirely out of my scanner.