BCD325P2/BCD996P2: BCD352P2 programming

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As sallen07 has already noted, there is no way to program a single tower that is part of a simulcast site. All of the related transmit points use the same set of frequencies, each frequency in use is carrying the exact same radio traffic as all of the others. The variations in distance between your location, and the individual transmitter sites means that signals, carrying the exact same data & voice arrive at your location at separate times, due to the varying distances between your location & the sites. While that variance is infinitesimal, the signals are out of sync enough to prevent the scanner from properly decoding the voice signals.

The link in post 29, above, gives a more complete description of simulcast description, with a few suggestions that might help in some cases, though not all.

Do I get around the simulast system limitation by having a single site with all the system control channels? Is it even possible to do that? Did you notice how the software truncates the last digit from the 700 meg channels?
The scanner only accepts 4 digits (right of the decimal place). That last, fifth digit, is not significant in how the scanner can perform.
So it's possible then that this is not the right device for trying to monitor such a system then?
The 325P2 is not a good choice for simulcast systems. The best is the new SDS150, followed closely by the SDS100 & SDS200. The 436HP & 536HP are not as good with simulcast as the SDS scanners, getting 70 to 80% of the SDS100 on a field test I did on local simulcast systems. The 325P2 is below the SDS & x36HP scanners' performance, getting 50 to 60% of some local systems' transmissions. My Whistler TRX-1 is well below 50% in effectiveness.

What, sort of, works for me, using my 325P2 on the two Dallas sites of this system, is to lay my 325P2 flat on a desktop. Try that, using the OEM antenna, not a gain antenna such as the Remtronix antennas made for 700 & 800Mhz systems. Using a 'worse' antenna, pointed horizontally rather then vertically, reduces the signal strength reaching the scanner, in some cases, washing out the more out of phase signals. Also try moving the scanner around. Sometimes a move of only a few feet (even only one, sometimes) makes a significant difference in how the scanner might deal with simulcast issues.
 

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Hijacking thread…to get the 996P2 to scan all four towers in a non-simulcast system, I gave all the sites the same SQK! Does this sound right!

I just sold a 996P2 and 536HP to a fellow who reports both are receiving a simulcast system just fine! I grinned and said something about stars aligning, scanner gods smiling, etc.🤔
 

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to get the 996P2 to scan all four towers in a non-simulcast system, I gave all the sites the same SQK! Does this sound right!
Yes you can give different towers the same SQK, the scanner just scans them in the order listed in the programming. I have both simulcast and non-simulcast entered with the same SQK.
 

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Hijacking thread…to get the 996P2 to scan all four towers in a non-simulcast system, I gave all the sites the same SQK! Does this sound right!
If the towers (sites) ae not simulcast, then it would not matter whether they all had the same, or different, quick keys assigned. (Wild guess: Were these towers on this system? I can hear some of those sites even 60+ miles west, in Stephens & Eastland counties.

I just sold a 996P2 and 536HP to a fellow who reports both are receiving a simulcast system just fine! I grinned and said something about stars aligning, scanner gods smiling, etc
It's pretty much a luck of the draw (or perhaps I should say location) when it comes to receiving a simulcast system. I'm far enough out that I have no problems on the Ells County simulcast site on NTIRN, the NE Tarrant simulcast on NTIRN, and the PAWM on PAWMCo here at home, no matter which scanner I'm using.
 

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If this is you,

New to ProScan...trying to iron out the config I have in a BCD325P2.
I have it setup for a 3 site P25 trunk system. Imported data from RR. There are 700 meg freqs that are 5 places right of the decimal, and the software is truncating it to 4.
The thing acts like it wants to work. Every now and then something will come in clear. More times than not tho, its crap. Hi/lo/broken audio. I can tx on the portable, and the scanner may or may not pick it up.
I have an SDS100 that I built w/Sentinel. Gonna read that into ProScan next.

This was answered and many Uniden scanners exhibit the same behavior.
The scanner only accepts 4 digits (right of the decimal place). That last, fifth digit, is not significant in how the scanner can perform.

Only thing(s) to try is try one site at a time and also, try a paper clip for antenna. Less antenna has made a difference for some people in simulcast situations.
 
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