Connecticut Land Mobile Radio Network in NL county
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The stock antenna should be fine for you if its in a good location in your house and want to listen locally. The closest simulcast towers for you would be the Troop E and Old Lyme sites. Also, program in the talk groups for your area and also any of the state wide talk groups. one thing I do on my SDS100 and 996P2 is I leave the ID search feature on just in case I get a dynamic talk group (65xxx series numbers that pop up and are not "permanent" groups) or an unexpected town / service from out of area ends up coming over the simulcast site.
I'm usually mobile through NL County since I work in the area. There are several other members here on the board that will expand further on things I haven't put up.
I'm usually mobile through NL County since I work in the area. There are several other members here on the board that will expand further on things I haven't put up.
I am in Groton and use aSRH789 Antenna and also just put a yagi out side my house works great on the p25 system as well.
I have the SDS200 from Uniden, I am in NL county but due to my location I receive the tower at Troop F, I am listening to Waterford regional in my list 4 and I get locked onto the control CH , My list 5 is the state system it will scan the CC and i will get almost full bars but the radio will not lock into the CC, it will for 2 seconds then it scans the troop F site freqs.
I thought about buying a better antenna, but I am actually starting to think its a programming issue, I used ProScan with a subscription account..................but is there any adjustments I could make?
John
I thought about buying a better antenna, but I am actually starting to think its a programming issue, I used ProScan with a subscription account..................but is there any adjustments I could make?
John
For what its worth, on Tuesday I took a little drive from NE CT to the shoreline using all back roads. The further South I got, the less and less I received. I have all sites and Troop TGs programmed using GPS. For a time I was not even getting the CC to show. Even Going through through Troop K territory, I only picked up The troop F CC. And yes, I have reprogrammed the K frequencies. I was Even on Route 156 and did not see a good CC until I was almost in NL itself.
John I live here in Groton and I program Scanners if you need any help.
Obviously there is nothing like having a system radio with an external antenna made for the received bands.
There are many times where you will not hear CSP traffic. It is difficult to know what you are not hearing unless you have another way of monitoring the same cell at the same time. Shift change or bad weather is a good time to test reception as the CSP portion is often very busy.
If you suspect you are missing traffic, you could monitor a broadcastify feed at the same time. You also can turn on every talkgroup just to try to see what you can hear.
If you use the GPS, are you turning on and off groups along with the sites? For example, only monitor Troop K while on K Simulcast?
Also, out of area groups rely on affiliations to bring the traffic to a local site. Troop D disappears from C Simulcast at night when something happens and the West trooper goes east more. K not so much but still happens.
So if you are testing reception, keep everything on until your reception is confirmed
There are many times where you will not hear CSP traffic. It is difficult to know what you are not hearing unless you have another way of monitoring the same cell at the same time. Shift change or bad weather is a good time to test reception as the CSP portion is often very busy.
If you suspect you are missing traffic, you could monitor a broadcastify feed at the same time. You also can turn on every talkgroup just to try to see what you can hear.
If you use the GPS, are you turning on and off groups along with the sites? For example, only monitor Troop K while on K Simulcast?
Also, out of area groups rely on affiliations to bring the traffic to a local site. Troop D disappears from C Simulcast at night when something happens and the West trooper goes east more. K not so much but still happens.
So if you are testing reception, keep everything on until your reception is confirmed
john.o.primo@gmail.com all id like to know is there other towers for the New London County area? or is the one up at troop E the only tower?
You are in Waterford and are connecting to 1B (Troop F) not 1A (Troop E)?
I live in Niantic and with both the SDS100 with a whip and an SDS200 with an NMO antenna affixed to my truck, I connect to 1A, unless I am passed Exit 73 on I-95. The SDS200 scanners up at Oakdale Fire, in Troop E, but near the the border of Troop K, hit Troop E.
Where is your scanner located?
If you'd like, I can send you what I have programmed into SDS100/200 , you can just drag and drop it into your SD card (I always program to the SD card in a card reader, not the scanner itself) and see if that works for you.
I live in Niantic and with both the SDS100 with a whip and an SDS200 with an NMO antenna affixed to my truck, I connect to 1A, unless I am passed Exit 73 on I-95. The SDS200 scanners up at Oakdale Fire, in Troop E, but near the the border of Troop K, hit Troop E.
Where is your scanner located?
If you'd like, I can send you what I have programmed into SDS100/200 , you can just drag and drop it into your SD card (I always program to the SD card in a card reader, not the scanner itself) and see if that works for you.
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John,
Check your email. I sent you my HPD files, along with PFL and CFG File. Drop them into the right folders on your SDS SD card.
anyone have any information on the state of CT pumphouse Road Tower Site in East Lyme CT? I have an antenna I am ready to order I only am getting the troop-E simulcast at 1 and sometimes 2 bars and then will fade to nothing so its really not a strong enough signal for stable communication.
Pumphouse road is all 700Mhz freqs? what would happen if I programed these as a P25 System? would it work? or are these just simply system freqs used for linking
John/W1JOP
Pumphouse road is all 700Mhz freqs? what would happen if I programed these as a P25 System? would it work? or are these just simply system freqs used for linking
John/W1JOP
Is it close to you and you get nothing? Is it another site you want to get but is more distant?
Troop E Simulcast and Troop F Simulcast are located there. Have you tried both?
Are you towards the water near the Old Lyme standalone site? If you are, there is a reason it is there... poor reception of the regular simulcast sites.
Troop E Simulcast and Troop F Simulcast are located there. Have you tried both?
Are you towards the water near the Old Lyme standalone site? If you are, there is a reason it is there... poor reception of the regular simulcast sites.
i am in old lyme. i pick up the CLMRN using portables here with out any issue. I use a APX and g5. The CLMRN system you dont need a crazy antenna the less antenna the better
Are you trying to listen to both the Waterford and the CLMRN system at the same time
I live in Niantic near the transfer station, and if I am not there, I'm usually at the fire station up the road in Chesterfield. I have no issues picking up CLMRN with a Unication G5, SDS100/200 or public safety portables.
A basic antenna should pick it up just fine.
A basic antenna should pick it up just fine.
for a base desktop bass 700/800MHZ antenna what would you guys recommend? I am a ham with HOA restrictions I can receive the Pumphouse Road site in east lyme 0-2 bars but its to week of a signal for the scanner to decode most of the packets, would a 800Mhz right angled plugged into the back of the radio be a good bet? or would a better bet be to get a mobile 800?
for my convenance the mobile would work out for me because I could move the antenna around the room if need be
John/W1JOP
for my convenance the mobile would work out for me because I could move the antenna around the room if need be
John/W1JOP
There is no one that could say what antenna or location will or will not work for sure without being there and testing. I would suggest moving the radio to different areas of your dwelling and see if that makes a difference. It might get you away from local interference or blocking by parts of the building construction. You could also go outside with an extension cord and try it there.
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