scottyhetzel
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Are the new 700 MHz base extenders in full effect now ? Are people hearing extenders if they are close to stations? I never hear a peep near my station...
Are the new 700 MHz base extenders in full effect now ? Are people hearing extenders if they are close to stations? I never hear a peep near my station...
I thought you only have to be near a unit with their extender turned on… It doesn't have to be the unit transmitting. The extender allows the officer's portable radio to receive transmissions, and you were doing the same exact thing while monitoring on a scanner or radio.
Yes near the vehicle extender or the base extender... Correct any transmission will be heard...in my area only the base frequency...L.A. has repeater on the the Mobile VHF low side. Yes exact same thing...however a 700 mhz signal. I much rather hear the 700 mhz side from my home than the scratch vhf low side.. I get tired of hearing the crummy sound of static and distortion.
This ^^ is what I presumed to be the purpose of the "mobile extender". Its been burned into our brains that the extender(old and 700 MHz) was only listenable within about a mile from the unit that has it activated. This is why I was surprised to hear the repeated traffic on the extender when I was no where near the unit that had it activated. That would mean the CHP unit I was behind had his extender activated still, I get it now. Was this possible with their old set up?...the officer has the extender on while making contact with a driver. When the officer returns to the vehicle to run the license and uses the mobile, the extender would have to be turned off again.
This ^^ is what I presumed to be the purpose of the "mobile extender". Its been burned into our brains that the extender(old and 700 MHz) was only listenable within about a mile from the unit that has it activated. This is why I was surprised to hear the repeated traffic on the extender when I was no where near the unit that had it activated. That would mean the CHP unit I was behind had his extender activated still, I get it now. Was this possible with their old set up?
This ^^ is what I presumed to be the purpose of the "mobile extender". Its been burned into our brains that the extender(old and 700 MHz) was only listenable within about a mile from the unit that has it activated. This is why I was surprised to hear the repeated traffic on the extender when I was no where near the unit that had it activated. That would mean the CHP unit I was behind had his extender activated still, I get it now. Was this possible with their old set up?
I notice that also they keep them on when moving or forget turn them off, but it's great for us.
There was a post that stated that the mobile extender activates when exiting the vehicle...like the dome light circuit triggers a relay.... The officer has to disable it while back in the driver seat.. In my area officers run the licenses / plates thru the mdt....unless they are in pursuit. Obviously motor units do not have this luxury.
The 154 MHz extenders were activated by pushing a button on the control head; the radio in the car played an anoying beep out of the mobile radio speaker while the extender was active (as a deterrent from the officer leaving the extender on while in the car, in an effort to prevent multiple units from providing VRS services when more than one unit was at a given location).
I have not seen how the new 700 MHz extenders are configured.
This was not the reason the beep or tone was used for. It was an officer safety issue/incident that took place the beeps were for.
Please explain.... Your statement is not clear.
In the older vehicle when the repeater was activated inside the car the radio would beep every 2-3 seconds to let the officer know that the repeater was activated. Another person post that the beeps were so the officer would turn the repeater off when the officer got back into the car since the beeps were annoying to listen to. The reason that the beeps were add was because if by mistake you double pressed the button the repeater would have been turn on then off again.