I have been trying to monitor Asheville's P25 for awhile. I have a SDS200, outside d130nj discone antenna 6' above roofline, Lmr400 coax, and about 23 miles from Asheville's east tower. I can receive vhf-uhf-viper north to Tenn&Va, south to SC, & 4 counties to the east, viper is crystal clear, but I could never pickup Asheville over the hill, unless I went mobile with the sds100, and would have to drive 5 or so miles closer. In the last 2 weeks, just as their 158.82vhf went off air, I have been receiving Asheville P25, using wide normal filter, rssi -116dBm, -100dBm, sometimes into the -90's.
I have two questions, can Asheville 'boost' power on the system, is that possible? And some/most nights after midnight, scanner goes quiet for up to 45minutes, even PD goes silent, days are so busy, midnight seems abnormal. Would they be using different freq to communicate? Thanks !
I have two questions, can Asheville 'boost' power on the system, is that possible? And some/most nights after midnight, scanner goes quiet for up to 45minutes, even PD goes silent, days are so busy, midnight seems abnormal. Would they be using different freq to communicate? Thanks !
