369t being choppy?

[emd001]

396t being choppy?

hey guys, so i have a uniden 396t. Im in walker county, Texas. I have it setup with only the control channel scanning in its own system. When it picks up a voice signal, it locks like usual but the sound is real choppy, it sounds really clear, and the signal is strong as my pro-97 doesn't sound choppy on the same transmission, so i don't know what to think or do next. Any advice is greatly appreciate, thanks in advance.

 

[torontokris]

double check that Close Call, Priority, and weather are set to off

normally if any of these are on the scanner will be choppy every 3 seconds ro so to check them for activity

 

[n4yek]

You don't happen to have your AGC turned ON do you? Try it with it OFF if you do and see if that helps.

 

[emd001]

thanks guys i did all that and it is less choppy. I live in walker county texas and have it setup has a p25 system and i only have the control channel in the system. I have it on scan mode and it will show the "dat" every couple of seconds and hold for a bout a second, then it will "nfm" where the frequency usually is. Not sure if that means anything? this is my first "high tech" scanner. Im gonna go through and program all the id groups and freqs when i get to it, but i do have it on ID/search now so it should pick up everything that comes across correct? Thanks for yalls help.

 

[n4yek]

thanks guys i did all that and it is less choppy. I live in walker county texas and have it setup has a p25 system and i only have the control channel in the system. I have it on scan mode and it will show the "dat" every couple of seconds and hold for a bout a second, then it will "nfm" where the frequency usually is. Not sure if that means anything? this is my first "high tech" scanner. Im gonna go through and program all the id groups and freqs when i get to it, but i do have it on ID/search now so it should pick up everything that comes across correct? Thanks for yalls help.

If it is on ID search, you should hear all comms on the system. You might also try turning the Attenuator ON to see if that helps the choppy audio. You never know....