Broward County (Fl) just swithed over to P25. I downloaded from RR to both my 996P2 and 325P2. The 996P2 works fine, but nothing heard on the 325P2, exact same file. Threshold is on auto, Filter on. I even tried an outside antenna, nothing. Any ideas? I used Freescan. Thanks
BCD325P2 not receiving P25
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The NEW system is SIMULCAST that means SDS100/200 and Unication G4/G5 will only receive it.
You can also use 2 SDR Dongles through SDRTrunk, which works great too.
See this forum
forums.radioreference.com
You can also use 2 SDR Dongles through SDRTrunk, which works great too.
See this forum
Broward County P25 (997.BEE00)
The main feed for Broward County Sheriff has gone offline. Did that move to digital also? Thanks.
Then how come my 996P2 receives it fine?
If it is simulcast issue, try different antennas (switching the two?) and moving the 325 around your house. Sometimes a better antenna will make simulcast distortion worse.
I don't have any first hand experience with either of those scanners, so can't offer any other suggestion.
I don't have any first hand experience with either of those scanners, so can't offer any other suggestion.
Location, location, location.....
Because simulcast is basically a number of individual towers all using the same control channel (frequency), your radio is receiving THE SAME INFORMATION from multiple towers simultaneously.
Example: If one signal is straight line of sight and another bounces off of a couple of hills before getting to the radio, the signal bouncing took slightly longer to arrive - and thus is slightly delayed. This causes multipath distortion. Some radios handle it better than others. Or... the physical position of the radio allows only one of these paths...
Another solution (other than a 100/200) is to use directional antennas, so you are 'omitting' the bounce(s)...
lock out all the control channels except the strongest one, then it will work.
Nope - sorry. With simulcast, the control channels are the SAME.... Hard to lock out the strongest one when they are the same...
Got it, thank you so much.
Also update the firmware from 1.06 to 1.08.01 as they ship with 1.06.
As of the video 1.08.01 hadnt been released.
All the improvements from 1.06 to 1.08.01 included are a few reception improvements. BCD325P2FirmwareUpdate < UnidenMan4 < TWiki
This procedure also is for the 996P2 it also ships with firmware 1.06
info.uniden.com
As of the video 1.08.01 hadnt been released.
All the improvements from 1.06 to 1.08.01 included are a few reception improvements. BCD325P2FirmwareUpdate < UnidenMan4 < TWiki
This procedure also is for the 996P2 it also ships with firmware 1.06
BCD996P2FirmwareUpdate < UnidenMan4 < TWiki
tvengr
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By any chance is HOLD flashing on the 325P2 screen? if it is, you are in system hold and will not switch to another system. If that is the case, press the HOLD button for about 3 seconds to exit.
tvengr
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Also check the squelch setting. Normally 2 is good. It can be set to 0 if scanning only trunked systems.
or try a upgraded antenna.
That was it. The squelch was set at 12. Reset to 0 now the 325 working just like the 996p2. Thanks.
It needs to be above 0 or it will slow the scanning down like tvengr said 2 is good. Opening the squelch all the way makes it look at every single frequency like it was busy.
wtp
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he has it set at 2.
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