My brain hurts. I just thought I could buy a scanner, turn it on, and hear cool stuff.......didn't realize how involved it was! Although I guess until a month ago that was pretty much what I did. Ok, I'm going to do the GPS coordinate suggestion, however.....how do I know which site to receive from when there are so many? Just take the one closest to my house? This is what the website shows:
Simulcast A: Phoenix Police and Municipal Services
20 frequencies (unknown which 20 of 39 below) transmitting from 9 sites in Phoenix:
Site 1 (WPNW554): Downtown Phoenix, 200 West Washington.
Site 3 (WPWX741): SW Phoenix, Fire Sta34, 50 N. 51st Ave.
Site 4 (WPWT692): Maryvale, 4020 W. Glenrosa.
Site 5 (WPWR968): Squaw Peak Area, Phx PD Substation, 6208 N. 24th St.
Site 6 (WPXE694): North Mountain (North Central Phoenix), 10600 N 7th St.
Site 7 (WPWS651): Sky Harbor Airport area, T4, 3800 E Sky Harbor Blvd.
Site 8 (WPWY575): Conv Fire Ops: Far N. Desert Hills. 701 W Carefree Hwy.
Site 9 (WPWS758): North Phoenix, Adobe Mountain, 23060 N. 27th Avenue.
Site 26 (WPXE706): NE Phoenix, 15040 N. Tatum Blvd.
I'm also going to try and track down a spectrum analyzer, that would be interesting. Back to the drawing board. I just know I miss hearing all the action. Something strange is going on because one night I turned on the scanner and it was dead and it was working fine the night before. I look like an idiot walking around my house all contorted trying to get a signal.....I do know my neighbor nextdoor plays in a band and I hear him practicing in his garage.....could something he set up cause this?
I would like to throw this out there too in and effort to problem solve - right now I have the scanner turned on on Simulcast A and it will stop on the talkgroups I have programmed briefly, but no sound. Would that suggest weak signal or interference - that it receives it but can't seem to lock in to transmit the voice....?