Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
As I mentioned in post #176, one post above yours, just go into any county, select Nationwide, and avoid whichever ones you don't want to hear.
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As I mentioned in post #176, one post above yours, just go into any county, select Nationwide, and avoid whichever ones you don't want to hear.
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EXACTLY! I know on my HP-1, when I turned the nationwide systems off, they stayed off when I would do updates. Not so with the 436.
Jay, thanks but I'm not talking about the nationwide systems that are a part of each state, I'm talking about the system wide "Nationwide Systems". Despite what Marshal is saying, it is a real pain having to go and turn off every system just because I uploaded the database. Yes, to each his own, but I didn't have that problem with the HP-1, so I know it can be done.
Yeah, you can do that in the scanner too, but how many newbies will figure that out. Besides, that's a real PITA if you scan more than 1 county.
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Got my 436 today from Hamstation and am thrilled with it so far. One question - I'm wondering what backlight mode people would recommend? I would like it so the backlight turns on when there is a transmission received. It would seem setting Squelch to "OPEN" under the backlight settings would do the trick, but the backlight seems to disappear as soon as the squelch is broken on P-25 transmissions. Otherwise I've just been keeping the Backlight set to Infinite, which would seem to be a battery drainer.
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I chose the open squelch setting, that way if anyone is talking I can see who it is.
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I have the same problem.
None of the Backlight settings seem to keep the backlight reliably on when there is a transmission. None of the various Squelch settings do it.
I have the same problem on P25 systems.
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I'm not sure that "squelch" is relevant to digital radio systrems.
It has a meaning for analog, but I don't know about digital.
About chargers
If you guys are getting a USB wall charger, any will do. The scanner in charge mode uses very little power due to the trickle charge method, there is no overcharge/charge level circuitry, just a timer as upman said. You shouldn't have to worry about overcharging because it's not too harmful to the battery, at the amount that the scanner draws from the USB port.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel–metal_hydride_battery#Trickle_charging
If you guys are getting a USB wall charger, any will do. The scanner in charge mode uses very little power due to the trickle charge method, there is no overcharge/charge level circuitry, just a timer as upman said. You shouldn't have to worry about overcharging because it's not too harmful to the battery, at the amount that the scanner draws from the USB port.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel–metal_hydride_battery#Trickle_charging
do they have lasers?
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SDavis90
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Does this mean my Galaxy Nexus wall charger will work?
Have both my Hp1 and 536 monitoring only one channel. Seems the hp1 is picking up just a tad bit better. Maybe 1/2 -1 second faster on some transmissions so the 536 will miss just the very beginning of some transmissions and if they are short transmission like a unit just keying up to dispatch it will miss the transmission all together
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Is the Galaxy Nexus Wall charger "any wall charger"?
Point taken
Does it actually miss part of the transmission or is it merely delayed in 'playing' the transmission audio?
The reason I ask is because it was pointed out somewhere - in this thread or another one - that there is a delay (when next to an older scanner) due to the recording feature. In that case, though, it didn't miss or 'clip off' any traffic. So, just wondering.
Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
There must be something fundamentally different about the 436, then, if you have to do that in more than one county. In the HP1 Sentinel, I just pick the first one alphabetically and make the changes there, and they're reflected throughout the entire database.
And these are the nationwide systems, like "Air Shows - USA", "Amateur Radio - CAN", "Amateur Radio - USA", etc.
Jay911
Silent Key (April 15th, 2023)
1. Is this an analog or digital channel? If digital, is the P25 Wait Time set the same on both radios?
2. Are you recording on either or both radio? Maybe the higher capacity card in the 536 (assuming you are using the stock memory cards) takes longer to access. Or perhaps you have wifi enabled? I imagine if enabled, that might cause a "delay".
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Is the channel digital or analog?
If digital, do both scanners have the same "wait times" and no others things going on like one is recording but the other is not?
If digital do both scanner have "digital only" selected or is one set for "Auto" for type of modulation?
What ever the channel is; try the same experiment with the other type of modulation, i.e. if it is analog try doing the same thing with a digital channel and see if you get the same results.
This sort of thing is something I usually do with my scanner (comparing one to another and different antennas) but I just got my 436 yesterday and am still in learning mode.
Looks like Jay911 beat me to it while I was still typing.
If digital, do both scanners have the same "wait times" and no others things going on like one is recording but the other is not?
If digital do both scanner have "digital only" selected or is one set for "Auto" for type of modulation?
What ever the channel is; try the same experiment with the other type of modulation, i.e. if it is analog try doing the same thing with a digital channel and see if you get the same results.
This sort of thing is something I usually do with my scanner (comparing one to another and different antennas) but I just got my 436 yesterday and am still in learning mode.
Looks like Jay911 beat me to it while I was still typing.
I have them both locked on Harford County Maryland sheriff southern district. They were not recording on either and I have 16gb cards in each. I am trying to figure out if the ones that are coming in late are maybe from other agencies on the sheriff's channel but I don't think that's the case because a few of the latest transmissions are from SAM units and it was my understanding that they are sheriff deputy units. Once the initial transmission catches up it seems that the 536 is spot on. It's just when the radio is silent for a bit and there is a quick transmission and relies after that cone in fine
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