TRX-1 Signal Meter Issues

[W4BOZ]

The s-meter on my TRX-1 doesn't seem to be working. Has anyone experienced this issue before? I first noticed it a few days ago when I added some frequencies to the memory.

I can hear local and distant traffic just fine and can still hear my local TRS without an antenna. I have tried different antennas (both handheld and a discone) to see if it changes anything with no luck.

Is there a factory reset procedure for this radio? When I got it a few years ago, I loaded it with a PSR800 file which didn't work and caused some issues. I got it straightened out with help from Whistler but always thought it acted a little wonky after that. I'd like to do a reset regardless to see if it clears up all the issues I'm having.

 

[Ubbe]

You have a reset function in EZ-Scan to load the default values that you can set for the signal level that should activate each signal bar. I have adjusted those to my liking so they don't show full strenght as soon as the noise goes away on an analog channel. I wish to see the difference in strenght as much as possible even from strong signals and EZ-Scan lets me do that. Advance Settings/Display Options.

/Ubbe

 

[W4BOZ]

Thanks, that seems like it worked.

How did you determine what values to use for your custom settings?

 

[Ubbe]

How did you determine what values to use for your custom settings?

I let the first bar turn on when the signal was more or less noise free, and all bars just turns on when I recieve the strongest signal I have at my location.
At saturated levels the values doesn't change much so it could be a slight difference depending of the individual scanner and of course if it is TRX-1 or 2 but what I ended up with on my TRX-2 was: 300 330 335 338 340

/Ubbe