Hi all,
I have a RS PRO-96. I live in Chesapeake, and am having problems receiving the Chesapeake 800 MHz system on my scanner. It is receiving some transmissions, I do pick up some traffic from FD Dispatch, and occasionally from PD East and West, but it seems to spend a lot of time "hung up" flashing PD West on the display, and not providing any audio. I've checked the frequencies, I have all the control channels, in fact all of the frequencies programmed in the bank. I know there is more traffic than I am receiving, because if I listen to an online scanner through Broadcastify, I hear more PD traffic. I previously lived in the DC area until 2014, and the scanner performed fine in that geographical area. This problem with Chesapeake baffles me. I don't have any talkgroups locked out except for the ones for data (like the MDT's in the units, all they provide is a data burst sound.)
PS. I can't pick up Virginia Beach either, but I suspect that may be because some of their traffic is now in the 700 MHz band, which I know the PRO-96 can't receive.
I have a RS PRO-96. I live in Chesapeake, and am having problems receiving the Chesapeake 800 MHz system on my scanner. It is receiving some transmissions, I do pick up some traffic from FD Dispatch, and occasionally from PD East and West, but it seems to spend a lot of time "hung up" flashing PD West on the display, and not providing any audio. I've checked the frequencies, I have all the control channels, in fact all of the frequencies programmed in the bank. I know there is more traffic than I am receiving, because if I listen to an online scanner through Broadcastify, I hear more PD traffic. I previously lived in the DC area until 2014, and the scanner performed fine in that geographical area. This problem with Chesapeake baffles me. I don't have any talkgroups locked out except for the ones for data (like the MDT's in the units, all they provide is a data burst sound.)
PS. I can't pick up Virginia Beach either, but I suspect that may be because some of their traffic is now in the 700 MHz band, which I know the PRO-96 can't receive.