Bergen county nj p25 phase 2

[djcarty]

I am a newbie. I have downloaded the data base from radio reference for Bergen county’s p25 system. My town is uses pd dispatch 7. I am able to listen to the other channels on the p25 system but I am not receiving anything from pd dispatch 7. I went over the talk group setting and frequencies. Any ideas would be appreciated.

thanks

 

[APX8000]

What site are you using ?

 

[wtp]

what radio are you using ?

 

[djcarty]

Sorry.
im using a whistler ws1040. I downloaded the data from radio reference and used arch500 software to upload to radio.
im trying to listen to the Bergen County nj p25 system.

thanks again

 

[APX8000]

Lockout the UHF sites and use only Site 3.

 

[wtp]

when every site is simulcast, that might be the problem.

 

[tvengr]

Dispatch 9 thru 16 show P25 Phase 2. Perhaps, Dispatch 7 has switched to Phase 2 also and the database has not been updated yet. The WS1040 is capable of P25 Phase 1 only. Can anyone verify that Dispatch 7 is still Phase 1?

 

[seagravebuff60]

Simulcast distortion might be an issue. When I had my 1080, it did horrible on P25 in General, on both conventional or trunked P25 simulcast systems.

 

[tvengr]

Simulcast distortion may definitely be an issue. The Whistler scanners are awful with simulcast sites. In this case the OP is receiving other talkgroups OK which leads me to believe that simulcast distortion is not a factor at his location. That is why I suspect that the Dispatch 7 talkgroup has switched to Phase 2 which the WS1040 cannot receive. It is still listed as Phase 1 in the database.