In using the 396XT which setting, CC Output or the CC Output Extended seems to work the best with Pro96Com? I have never set down and compared them but I usually use the Extended setting thinking it might give more data.
Why Uniden chose to remove the CC Channel Output functionality from their radios is strange. As far as I know, only the XT models have this capability.
I don't have an answer about regular or extended CC Out. They both seem to work as well with Pro96com. I let the two 996XTs run with separate instances of Pro96com with Extended out on one 996 and regular out on the other 996 and Pro96com logged identical data. Perhaps there are some control codes spit out in Extended mode that Pro96com does not know how to decode but I sure could not catch it.
Like you, I do usually have it set to Extended though. For my tests, I'll either select the Imperial or Weldon Spring Moswin sites as those sites both give me darn near equal signal levels.
I agree they should have still given us CC out on the newer models. I'm not sure if the SDS models even have a data slicer in them to extract the CC data but they read the data internally somehow so you would think they would still be capable of outputting CC data.
Maybe this is a future feature of the Micro USB-1 Ports that seem to mostly do nothing right now. I'd love to see pure unfiltered baseband audio also so one could use an SDS model with Unitrunker or DSD+. It would be nice if the unused Micro usb ports could be configured for either output type from a menu item! I guess that's asking too much though.
You are correct that only the XT models appear to have offered CC out. I'm not sure if the P2 XT versions still offer CC out as I never purchase any of those models. I also have a few older x96T models and they do not off CC out or even UID display. I wish the older T models did have CC out! They don't have enough memory space to hold entire statewide P25 systems for many systems. One must break up the systems into several Systems to get it all to fit. They still work well though. I also like the ability to select Manual P25 decode settings which was taken away in the XT series. It seems that Uniden always removes a nice feature when they come out with an upgraded model! Sure, the new model may have a new feature or two but why remove some of the common features that many used on the older model. Makes no sense! Fixed line level audio out was also a nice feature that is now gone today. That was perfect for feeding external audio devices and for those into live audio streaming.
With the 6+ MHz or wider front ends in the SDS models, a true baseband audio out may not work worth a darn unless it is using an unfiltered source after the so called "filters".
I'm still not convinced the filters in the SDS models are true Low and High pass filters in the sense we are used to using externally such as those made by PAR for example. They don't really seem to work like a typical low or high pass filter anyway. That's my two cents after playing with the filter settings for hours upon hours on different signals in all the bands the SDS models can receive. They really seem like they may be applying filtering in an IF stage instead of the actual tuned frequency which could still be leaving the TV Tuner front end run wide open. It's hard to tell really.
I have a 700 MHz Moswin site that my SDS100 works very well when the filter is set to Off. That setting works day after day only to suddenly stop working a couple days later with the exact same incoming signal conditions. When Off fails, I usually find the Wide Invert or Wide Normal filter will work for a couple days before I must go back to Off again. That one is frustrating! No rhyme or reason why the filter mode must be changed in the SDS100 after working so well for days.
Back on topic, I only have one 700 MHz Moswin site within range. I also have the 800 MHz simulcast site in St Louis City.
The 800 MHz site can be tricky being simulcast but I aim a 12 element yagi towards the city and usually have no LSM issues.
All the other Moswin sites I monitor are all VHF sites.
I did notice a couple months ago that the Weldon Spring site changed its CC to what was the Alternate of 154.695. The old CC was 152.660. I had issues with the 152.660 CC due to paging signal overload from very near paging signals on both 152.240 and 152.690. Both run from tall hospital rooftops about a mile from me. Some Moswin user radios had problems not hearing dispatch call at times. They always seemed to be at one of these hospitals are very close to them. Was the paging signals causing the subscriber radios to desense and not hear the CC? I don't know but that may be why the swapped the CCs for that site.
The old CC is now considered the alternate when watching the data with Pro96com. I suspect this may be a permanent change.
