Anyone have any issues picking up with close call? The only thing I can pick up is if I key up one of my radio's I sat in the local hospital parking lot. and also, close call at the airport inside. nothing. Any advice?
SDS100/SDS200: Close call SDS-100
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What do you have these set at?
set UHF and 800+ because all the other hospitals in area are on UHF DMR. and on RR but Abrazo is not in RR. sat in parking lot for like an hour nothing. locked out others because kept getting radio station 94.5
Ubbe
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I haven't looked in a SDS100 but all other Uniden scanners use a dedicated frequency counter chip, and as such it isn't as sensitive as the receiver and it needs a single signal to be able to count the frequency correctly. Any other signal will interfere and make it harder for the chip to count properly. The setting for closecall sets the scanners normal bandpass filters to be used during the signal sampling.
The user manual says that closecall sensitivity are nominally between -52dBm to -57dBm for a single signal without modulation. So a pretty strong signal are needed. You can look at the dBm value during normal reception to see what receive levels you have.
Using better external bandpass filters will always help, for normal reception but specifically for closecall.
/Ubbe
The user manual says that closecall sensitivity are nominally between -52dBm to -57dBm for a single signal without modulation. So a pretty strong signal are needed. You can look at the dBm value during normal reception to see what receive levels you have.
Using better external bandpass filters will always help, for normal reception but specifically for closecall.
/Ubbe
Which campus, any of the below?
| Entity | FRN | State | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAZO CENTRAL CAMPUS | 0017500232 | AZ | MARICOPA |
| Abrazo Scottsdale | 0017430588 | AZ | MARICOPA |
| ABRAZO WEST CAMPUS | 0030282107 | AZ | MARICOPA |
Turn off "VHF Low 2": Set CC Bands
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When Close Call doesn’t receive a signal, even after a reasonable amount of time passes, we start suspecting the feature is broken. It’s usually a case of impatience. We strive for immediate confirmations in everything we do. So, when it comes to having to sit and wait, like we do in a doctor’s office waiting room… where the clock on the wall runs slower or backwards, we get impatient. I’ve waited for the better part of an hour without hearing a thing. It was like someone erected a Faraday Cage around me! Sometimes we’ve just got to wait it out. If it’s just a testing session you are looking for, I suggest a big box store such as BJ’s. See if you can capture their frequency and start monitoring their comms. If not, move closer. They don’t call it “CLOSE” Call for nothing!
Hmmm where did you find this? It is on Bell road and 40th Street.
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Try 452.250 first. If no joy, try the class "MO" frequencies
FCC Callsign WQIJ562 (Abrazo Scottsdale)
FCC Callsign WQIJ562 (Abrazo Scottsdale)
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Not true. It tends not to capture DMR simplex
I may sound like an idiot but what filters?
Many, many threads here covering the SDSx00 filters. A small sampling of such threads linked below:
SDS100 and SDS200 FAQ Page - The RadioReference Wiki
- See the Global Filter Settings Spreadsheet and Information Thread
- See the SDS200 Filter Settings Thread
- See the What is the difference with all the filters in the SDS100 Thread
- See the Global Filter Modes Thread
- See the The Art Of Filtering Thread
- See the SDS100 Filter Failure Thread
- See the What is the Difference With All the Filters in the SDS100? Thread
- See the Filters (usage of) Thread
fantasma25
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Also, see this thread to see if it helps you:
forums.radioreference.com
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