Sweeping Sound on Scanner Listening to Local Police Dispatch

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eteves

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I've been monitoring my local police dispatch frequency for my city which is obviously on a repeater. Each time someone talks, whether it be a dispatcher on a base station or a police officer on their mobile/handheld, there is this constant "sweeping" like sound. Like the sound a broom would make. It's a constant sound that gradually fades in and then out like every second constantly for the duration of the transmission. Not sure if anyone's heard this before.
It occurs on multiple scanners that I own including a commercial-grade Motorola DMR radio.
Could it be some sort of interference or maybe even just the repeater that could be bad that's serving my scanners?

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It's on a VHF Frequency in the 158. MHz band on Analog.
They have 3 repeaters interconnected to cover more land as there would be dead spots if not.

--Let me know if I need to provide more details in addition to the above.
I can also provide an audio recording just so you get the idea of the sweeping sound if needed.
 

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Posting an audio clip is probably the only way to identify it. It's probably some kind of interference.
 
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If you are running multiple scanners, then it could be local oscillator emissions from one that is scanning nearby.
 

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Possible voter repeater system crossing into the other sites area? Just a thought.
 

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Phase noise from a simulcast system out of tune? Voters not switching properly?
 
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