Hello Folks,
What used to be an enjoyable hobby has become an experience of frustration.
I have a Radio Shack PRO-197 scanner, that I've had for several years, and have successfully monitored communications in my area, until they switched to the Project 25 system.
I reside in Lake County Ohio, and I really enjoy listening to police, fire, EMS, etc...
I have downloaded and successfully installed all firmware updates (ver. 2.1) for my scanner, and I have downloaded all of the applicable talk groups, trunked systems, and frequencies that I'm interested in, yet I can't get even a quarter of the traffic that I used to get. A lot of the transmissions are garbled, and I can't seem to hear anything from central command, which dispatches nearly everything in the county.
Am I doing something wrong, or is the PRO-197 just a paperweight at this point?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
David
What used to be an enjoyable hobby has become an experience of frustration.
I have a Radio Shack PRO-197 scanner, that I've had for several years, and have successfully monitored communications in my area, until they switched to the Project 25 system.
I reside in Lake County Ohio, and I really enjoy listening to police, fire, EMS, etc...
I have downloaded and successfully installed all firmware updates (ver. 2.1) for my scanner, and I have downloaded all of the applicable talk groups, trunked systems, and frequencies that I'm interested in, yet I can't get even a quarter of the traffic that I used to get. A lot of the transmissions are garbled, and I can't seem to hear anything from central command, which dispatches nearly everything in the county.
Am I doing something wrong, or is the PRO-197 just a paperweight at this point?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
David