CO DTRS dropped calls ???

[rloeb]

Basic problem: call drops in the middle of transmission; scan picks it up again but some part of message is lost.

I'm in Douglas County. I've tried this on both the Franktown and Silver Creek towers. I have line-of-site to Franktown tower.

BCT396T, Radio Shack 800mhz "rubber ducky." Signal strength shows 5 bars. Priority is NOT on. AGC is on. Only one system active at a time. Freqs and TGIDS from RR database. Squelch at 2 (at 1 get too much "white noise.") Close call off. Service and custom search off. Broadcast screen on. No attenuation. P25 level == auto. Delay time == 3. Hold time == 2. ID Scan. I-Call == Off. Emergency Alert == Off.

Scanning for Douglas County sheriff and fire dispatch plus Parker PD.

Are there other settings I need to review? Suggestions?

Thanks,

Rog

 

[rckydenver]

Welcome to the Colorado Forum, the only thing i can think of, do you have the Wx alert in stby or on?

 

[rloeb]

Fixed, but don't know how ...

Reset scanner, then reloaded from ARC396. Went through EVERY menu and made sure anything that could interrupt was off. Now seems to work OK... I suspect I had something like "data skip" or "WX alt alert" turned on somewhere.

Needed to reorg anyway to provide separate systems for various CSP locales...

Thanks for paying attention!

Rog