Cant get Lancaster Texas

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bravo14

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Unless they changed CH ID around or RAN settings. Might want to get all active freqs and do a RAN search than Analyze finder.
 

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22 minutes and about 17 miles away, the OP should be able to get some sort of a pick up if the site is indeed putting out 100 watts output. But other factors like topography and obstructions could hinder that, especially if an external antenna isn't used. I'd suggest the OP to click the report link and ask to relocate this thread to the Texas discussion forum for more local feedback. OP can also post their Sentinel hpe export as an attachment to be checked by someone local to them to rule out a programming error
 

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22 minutes and about 17 miles away, the OP should be able to get some sort of a pick up if the site is indeed putting out 100 watts output. But other factors like topography and obstructions could hinder that, especially if an external antenna isn't used. I'd suggest the OP to click the report link and ask to relocate this thread to the Texas discussion forum for more local feedback. OP can also post their Sentinel hpe export as an attachment to be checked by someone local to them to rule out a programming error
Okay..thanks
 

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Circle says 5 miles hard to tell if it is correct on distance wise....
I've been involved a conversation with the OP before, both on a previous thread, and also PMs. He was able to hear Lancaster on his TRX-2, but not his SDS200. He is very close to the 'antenna farm' in Cedar Hill, where all the broadcast towers for the DFW metro area TV stations, as well as many of the FM stations, are located. Most of these towers also have multiple repeater platforms for various PLMR systems as well.

I am farther away than the OP, but have no problems hearing Lancaster, including from locations even farther north and west of my residence..
If Encrypted you won't hear them. Do you have ID Search on or off? If off than try On see if there is other activity?
Lancaster is not encrypted.

While I have not been able to confirm it, I still suspect that the issue may be caused by interference from newly activated digital TV stations. There were comments to that effect, regarding interference, in the October 2020 issue of The Spectrum Monitor. Two of the local PLMR providers, with multiple sites in North Texas, have reconfigured the frequencies they are using in part due to this interference. See this thread from the Texas forum.
 

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