wv_mountaineer
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So, I was crossing the state on Wednesday and Thursday on 80/94 while using my 996XT. Having downloaded the state system into the scanner from RR I figured I was good to go. I thought wrong! I didn't hear or even get a signal with the downloaded info in Steuben, Elkhart, La Porte (North Tower), Porter or Lake Counties. However I was able to pick up La Porte (South Tower), St. Joseph, Lagrange and Noble Counties. I did a check online to make sure the control channels were correct and they were and were also set to FM.
When I realized I wasn't picking up anything I did a limit search and that hit on the control channels just as you would expect the scanner to do. I had a relatively strong signal in each and every county however I had absolutely no modulation (which was set to "auto") at all even though I was picking up the talk group ID's. This makes a lot of nonsense to me. Does anyone have a solution or does anyone have the same problem.
This was my first time out with the 996XT in the truck. I normally have my 396XT with me and it has always worked just fine in the state. Saying that, I have not run across your state with the 396XT in about 6 months and I have no clue if the way I have it set up will work right now and won't know till Monday afternoon when I return to Chicago by way of 80/94.
I can't see how one scanner would work and the other not since I cloned from the 396 to the 996. Any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated. BTW, I am also using and external antenna and not the stock antenna. I am trying to cover all of my bases here as to alleviate any unnecessary replies.
When I realized I wasn't picking up anything I did a limit search and that hit on the control channels just as you would expect the scanner to do. I had a relatively strong signal in each and every county however I had absolutely no modulation (which was set to "auto") at all even though I was picking up the talk group ID's. This makes a lot of nonsense to me. Does anyone have a solution or does anyone have the same problem.
This was my first time out with the 996XT in the truck. I normally have my 396XT with me and it has always worked just fine in the state. Saying that, I have not run across your state with the 396XT in about 6 months and I have no clue if the way I have it set up will work right now and won't know till Monday afternoon when I return to Chicago by way of 80/94.
I can't see how one scanner would work and the other not since I cloned from the 396 to the 996. Any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated. BTW, I am also using and external antenna and not the stock antenna. I am trying to cover all of my bases here as to alleviate any unnecessary replies.