Arlington County Reception

[johnnynewtown]

Using a PRO-96 around DC Metro area ...Reception is clear and crisp for most jurisdictions except Arlington County. Transmissions tend to have a fair amount of static noise throughout my various locations in county. Any thoughts or suggestions welcomed.

 

[dtscho]

Not much you can do, unless you can get a better antenna. It's the nature of an analog system. Look for Arlington to switch to a true Project 25 (9600 bps) system soon, however. You should be able to copy that system better.

Dave

 

[ScanManQSL]

Here in Rockville, the signal could have a less static but over all I am able to receive Arlington just fine.

johnnynewtown, What of antenna are you using?

 

[Mtirv]

Yeah. Arlington County's signal doesn't seem to be all that strong. As others have said, it is most likely just your antenna. Using the antenna I have (a really bad one), I can receive Fairfax and other counties from a lot farther away than I can from Arlington. Just try using a different antenna or wait to see if the switch to P25 solves things.

 

[dc2wheel]

Even when in Arlington with a good 800mhz antenna the reception is static-ridden. It was slightly better with Uniden's BCD-396T, but not by much.

As stated before, Arlington is switching to P-25 [digital] soon - actually heard an EMS unit ask dispatch yesterday if they should "be using the new radio system" & were told "not quite yet".