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What happens if you press the Tune button? Do you get constant squelch there too? If you do, there could be something wrong with the radio itself. If it's acting normally in the tune mode, then I would look closely at settings in the software. I know nothing about software as I am an old...

Diatonic, Have you had any luck with York yet? If not, have you tried a manual entry of some of the control channels to see if you are able to receive a signal?

I would not think that you're too far away at all. York would want to have coverage in your area for mutual aid calls into Adams County. (Sometimes with simulcast systems, being further away can actually help when using scanners) You said you have York setup with the Phase II system but just in...

This old thread may help some on your question. https://forums.radioreference.com/pennsylvania-radio-discussion-forum/16932-question-about-chester-county-fire-dispatching.html

Here is a link to take a look at. As it says, it's not for the faint at heart, but it could solve your problem. http://forums.radioreference.com/radio-shack-scanners/207256-pro-106-scratchy-volume-control-solved.html Good luck and be careful if you go this route!! Adam-14

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Welcome to the forum. Although I have a Pro-197, it is very similar - if not identical to your 651. Here are some questions and ideas for you. 1. Did you do any programming at all or just turned it on and this is what you found? 2. There is a way to disable the key beeps. 3. Did you press the...

I just checked mine and #7 is also FFFFFF as stated in the manual, however, mine is a light blue color rather than white. Looking at the Pro-197 manual, they say..... Slight variations to LED colors are a normal part of the manufacturing process. You may notice these variations when using the...

Did you accidentally edit the White? Here is the information from Mark's easier to read manual for the 651, 652, etc.. where you can customize the colors. Maybe it can be changed back to a White shade for you. Color 0-7 Here is where you customize the colors used to illuminate or flash the LED...

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Shane, If you're mainly interested in Dauphin County, there are many scanners out there that will be able to receive the system. Just make sure it is a digital scanner that can receive a P25 Phase 1 system. I mainly monitor Dauphin County from home (not mobile) so I have been using a Radio...

Chuck, With you living so close to the tower at the C.H. fire station, it could be overloading your radio and as you stated, the simulcast system (which CH is one of) can be very difficult to monitor when you are in the lower county area, such as we both are. If you did enter in all 10 of the...

Wolverine, Is it possible that you're doing the same thing that I did incorrectly, although I never received a heap error. See my post from a few months ago at: http://forums.radioreference.com/radio-shack-scanners/318095-overwriting-tsys-when-manually-programming.html

I opened the one Deskon and noticed what looks like many terminals for output and input wiring. There is also a sticker on the back that says the unit puts out 150 VDC. Does anyone out there have an idea which terminals would work for just an audio output vs a DC control signal? I could use a...

Thank you for the responses, guys. Jim, I'll open them up sometime and should I expect to see some jumpers that set the configuration to a 2 or 4 pair system? If I make a mistake hooking them up, is there enough DC that I could turn both into paperweights? Thanks again.

Hi Folks, Years ago, I was given two working GE Deskon II's and they ended up in boxes in the basement. I don't need an intercom but was wondering if there is a way to hook them up to be used as an intercom. I am thinking that they can not be, that there needs to be a base station of some sort...

Thank you so much. The problem was that I hit SEL and should have just toggled down to TSYS and arrowed to NEW. It works perfectly now! Hopefully this will help someone in the future with this same issue. Thanks again TP!! Adam-14

Thanks for the quick response. When I arrow down from the Scan List choice (*11) to TSYS and press SEL, P25 Auto comes up. I think for a new system, it should default to MOT 800/900 and that's probably where my problem comes in. NEW is not displayed anywhere, and using the L and R arrows only...

Hi All, I am a manual programmer with my Pro-197. I have a few different TSYS's that I've manually entered over the years. I recently decided to add a new TSYS or TRGP. It happened to me years ago too but figured it out somehow, but I kept overwriting my "main" TSYS which is in scan lists 01...

On the subject of scrambling from years ago, I thought I'd throw in a story too. Around 1974, Dauphin County added fire channels to low band and moved from a single channel police frequency (45.42) to a 5 channel UHF system. The majority of the police vehicles had GE pro, 4 channel scanning...