396 help

[dainom89]

I use the 396, and when monitoring calgary digital frequencies such as CPS, and CFD it seems that i miss the beginning of almost every transmission which gets really annoying because sometimes i miss something good and then i dont know whats going on. If anyone else has ever had this problem or knows if theres something i can do it terms of the way i set up my systems or if there is a setting i can turn on or ANYTHING i can try.. Please let me know!

thanks!

 

[Jay911]

CFD doesn't have any digital talkgroups that are active.

You will experience this clipping on the 396 because when it starts to receive a signal, it doesn't know if it should be receiving in analog or digital mode. So it receives the first bit in analog, until it realizes it's a digital signal, and then switches over. The signal improves the closer you are to the tower, so make sure you are using the best signal for your area.

 

[UPMan]

Try turning on CTCSS/DCS search for those analog channels and see if that helps.

 

[rdale]

That's what I was going to suggest - but Jay notes that he's on a trunked system...

 

[yyc_tbird_sc]

I know on the 996, you can set the mode to analog or digital when using software and programming systems. Maybe there is a way to dedicate the talk groups to only analog.

 

[rdale]

Not on the 396.