Assistance programming Charles Co, Md

[lynnk]

I need some advice on programming the Charles Co MD trunking system (A42E) on my 396T. The system is a Motorola Type II Smartzone / Analog and APCO-25.

I connected directly to RadioReference with ARC396 and loaded the system into my database. The radio sees the system ... if you hold it on the control channel it shows the talkgroups that are being used but when scanning no audio comes thru ... occassionally you will hear a partial transmission that cuts in and out.

I am not close to the system, but my RS PRO-96 picks the system up well with just the rubber duckie. I have even tried with the outside antenna to be sure I had plenty of signal.

The 396 is still using the Ver 1.07.01 firmware. I've tried setting P-25 levels to various settings but nothing seems to improve it.

anybody got any suggestions to make it work better?????

 

[ka3jjz]

That's because it's not a true P25 system, since it has some analog. Define the system as a regular Moto analog 800 Mhz Smartzone, and let the 396 do the job of detection.

If you have more questions re the 396 and Maryland, jump on over to the Maryland forum. Lots of very knowledgable folks there. 73s Mike