yankees6161
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I have heard nothing from troop F for the last 2 days, I’ve changed nothing on my scanner. Any one else with same issues?
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yankees6161
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Thanks, I guess I’ll try to make some adjustments
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yankees6161
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Yes. Every thing else in Reno county comes in fine
Redneck0410
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Just a follow-up to see if you had gotten any improvement on the Troop F traffic.
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yankees6161
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I really haven’t resolved anything. Now it seems to be silent for 3-4 hours at a time. I’m using a radio shack 800mhz antenna I also swap to a rh77 diamond. Results are the same. I have the TRX-1. Any suggestions?
Redneck0410
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There are times where it is silent like that, so I'm starting to think it's not an issue with your scanner since you said all other traffic is fine. If you get out and about around Hutch, you might take that TRX-1 with you and see if your reception improves. From where I am on the southwest side of the city, I hit the KDOT tower no problem but the Partridge tower is essentially dead in the water.
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yankees6161
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I’ll give that try
Redneck0410
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You might also check and make sure everything is up to date on it (firmware, etc.) It shouldn't affect the operation but with all the technological advances in these scanners in the last few years I wouldn't put it past Whistler.
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yankees6161
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Thanks. Firmware and data base are up to date
yankees6161
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Why do they go silent from time to time?
Redneck0410
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It could be that there are no units affiliated to the Hutchinson tower.
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yankees6161
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Meaning that they are not in range of the Hutchinson tower??
Redneck0410
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It is possible, there is a coverage gap near Nickerson where they can barely transmit. However I doubt this is a case of not being in range.
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Thanks
Redneck0410
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I just got home from work and I have tomorrow off, I'll hook my scanner up to the laptop tomorrow and see if I can get a good read on what is going on with the Hutch tower.
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yankees6161
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I’m interested to hear about what you find. Troop F is loud and clear this morning
Redneck0410
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So far, it has been hooked up for about 10 minutes with Pro96com running. I have set my scanner to just monitor the Hutchinson tower and so far I have a handful of radios that are affiliated on the Hutch tower that are on KHP F2, which is the channel they use here in Reno County, as referenced in the map found here: http://wiki.radioreference.com/images/a/af/KHP-Digital_Zone_Map.jpg. The way the radio system here works is something like this: A Reno County EMS unit has to do an inter-hospital transfer from Hutch Regional to Wichita. They park their radio on Reno Fire/EMS talkgroup. Once they reach the hospital in Wichita, they call in on that talkgroup (transmitting on the Wichita tower) that they have arrived at the receiving hospital. Someone in Wichita who happens to have that talkgroup in their scanner would hear that traffic because they have essentially dragged their talkgroup onto the Hutch tower. All the while, they have affiliated to Wichita's tower as they have a KSICS tower in Wichita as well. The problem you seem to be having reads to me as if it's possibly a signal issue, but without your actual radio physically in my hand and side-by-side with mine (or vice versa) I unfortunately won't be able to further diagnose your radio issues.
yankees6161
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I appreciate that info. I am by no means a pro with this scanner or programming, I used the EZ Scan software to find what frequencies I wanted to monitor and downloaded to my SD card. I have had this scanner for about 3 months and still learning.Not sure what scanners you own and use but maybe we could get together or you could give me a call some time 620-200-8081
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