I haven't installed Rensselaer Co on the G4 yet. Albany Co is loud and clear with the County 1 and 2. But since the SDS200 receive anything but the County 1 and 2 there must be another answer to that issue. I just installed Guilderland Police EMS and Fire on the G4. They are Albany Co. I put the Alb Metro and Alb Co sites in and the Guilderland talk groups. All works fine with strong signal. I was listening to a call on Rt146 with a tree down with wires across the road. PD Fire EMS all came in loud and clear. Albany County seems to be a head scratcher....Also Colonie is fine also. At first I received nothing then I had to eliminate the County site and just used the Metro site. Ray from Ray's Pagers suggested that. And it worked.
Yes. On the G5 I have several different knob positions for different scenarios. I have a knob for Metro. A knob for County and a knob for Cohoes. Cohoes signal is weak where I am. But I know why that is and what it’s supposed to do.
A very long time ago I used a couple of other radios with wildcards to determine what TG was on what cell. As I recall, I think there were only three or four TG’s that are on both county and Metro. I look at Schenectady as a whole separate entity.
Later I made knob positions for Albany PD and FD. Guilderland PD and FD. Albany Public Works. Colonie. Etc etc. to me it made it more like a scanner. There are a lot of TG that frankly I’m not very interested in. So I made a “Misc” knob for those.
I also made a few analog and P25 conventional scanlists. Yes it used a lot of knob positions but it was fun to do and it works well. It’s a commercial grade pager after all!
Again, I have heard commas after arrival on the County FD, but rarely. I would suspect that those entities are using portables on their Old VHF or UHF frequencies which may be repeated or not!
I have no doubt that if you create a knob for Rennselaer County the G4 will receive it flawlessly!
I do understand your issues with the SDS. After about a year of frustration and with the help of many nice folks on here, my SDS 100 works much better! It has its limitations like most everything. But it’s not horrible. With your antenna and some “adjustments” you could probably get it “chirping away!” Out of the box? Probably not!
I like you love my Unication!