CapitalPunishment
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If you think you can help me, PLEASE read this post all the way through. It shouldnt take too long.
The original thread on when i originally posted this a long time ago:
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22800
Ok for quite some time now (many months) every once in a while when the dispatcher goes to give out a priority call such as a robbery, I dont recieve it. Ill receive up to the point of the priority beep tone immediately after the dispatcher is done giving out the call. Itll go like this:
Radio: All units stand by for a priority call
*Silence for about 10-15 seconds*
3C3: 3 Charlie 3 copy en route to robbery
3C2: 3 Charlie 2 en route also
3C1: Charlie 1 en route
Its to the point now where it does it every time. A while ago i never had this problem, and it was brought on by seemingly nothing. Whats going on? This is really bothering me.
Im listening to Anne Arundel County in Maryland:
http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=187
Its a Motorola Type II SmartZone system. I definitely have all the frequencies programmed in. I always listen to talkgroup ID 1648.
When I initially had this problem i was using a uniden 250D with a digital chip. Since then ive bought a new scanner. Im now using a uniden 396T. I use the 250D as my dedicated car scanner and i am still having these problems also.
I used unidens programming software to program my scanner. I will use this to show you my scanner settings. My scanner settings are as follows:
system: motorola 800mhz type 2 standard
hold time 2 seconds
delay 2 seconds
p25 threshold: AUTO
Attenuator: OFF (unchecked)
control channel only: ON (checked)
Ignore statis bit: OFF (unchecked)
Ignore end code: OFF (unchecked)
I-call: ON
Modulation: NFM
Emergency alert tone: OFF
Emergency alert level: AUTO
I havent even messed with the fleet map.
Squelch level: 3
Priority mode: OFF
Battery save: ON
Other information that might help:
I can receive signal 13's just fine (when the officer presses his emergency button on his radio and also when the dispatcher issues the signal 13 across the county).
I can receive fire dispatches on the fire dispatch channel just fine. This is odd because a fire dispatch call comes out the same way as a priority call on the police channels, complete with the beep tone at the start of the dispatch.
I dont actively scan or search, i just 'park' the radio on the talkgroup that i am listening to. However I have the same problems when i scan or search too.
By county policy, the county must dispatch all calls over the air. That means that they arent using i-call or using the officers cell phones or anything like that.
Sometimes if a priority call is close to 2 districts, one dispatcher will dispatch on both those district's channels simultaneously. Im not sure how.
I would R E A L L Y appreciate anyones help with this, as it is an extremely annoying problem. It sucks missing all the juicy calls. I have tried everything in my knowledge to fix this and i am completely stumped.
-Dan
The original thread on when i originally posted this a long time ago:
http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22800
Ok for quite some time now (many months) every once in a while when the dispatcher goes to give out a priority call such as a robbery, I dont recieve it. Ill receive up to the point of the priority beep tone immediately after the dispatcher is done giving out the call. Itll go like this:
Radio: All units stand by for a priority call
*Silence for about 10-15 seconds*
3C3: 3 Charlie 3 copy en route to robbery
3C2: 3 Charlie 2 en route also
3C1: Charlie 1 en route
Its to the point now where it does it every time. A while ago i never had this problem, and it was brought on by seemingly nothing. Whats going on? This is really bothering me.
Im listening to Anne Arundel County in Maryland:
http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=TRSDB&sid=187
Its a Motorola Type II SmartZone system. I definitely have all the frequencies programmed in. I always listen to talkgroup ID 1648.
When I initially had this problem i was using a uniden 250D with a digital chip. Since then ive bought a new scanner. Im now using a uniden 396T. I use the 250D as my dedicated car scanner and i am still having these problems also.
I used unidens programming software to program my scanner. I will use this to show you my scanner settings. My scanner settings are as follows:
system: motorola 800mhz type 2 standard
hold time 2 seconds
delay 2 seconds
p25 threshold: AUTO
Attenuator: OFF (unchecked)
control channel only: ON (checked)
Ignore statis bit: OFF (unchecked)
Ignore end code: OFF (unchecked)
I-call: ON
Modulation: NFM
Emergency alert tone: OFF
Emergency alert level: AUTO
I havent even messed with the fleet map.
Squelch level: 3
Priority mode: OFF
Battery save: ON
Other information that might help:
I can receive signal 13's just fine (when the officer presses his emergency button on his radio and also when the dispatcher issues the signal 13 across the county).
I can receive fire dispatches on the fire dispatch channel just fine. This is odd because a fire dispatch call comes out the same way as a priority call on the police channels, complete with the beep tone at the start of the dispatch.
I dont actively scan or search, i just 'park' the radio on the talkgroup that i am listening to. However I have the same problems when i scan or search too.
By county policy, the county must dispatch all calls over the air. That means that they arent using i-call or using the officers cell phones or anything like that.
Sometimes if a priority call is close to 2 districts, one dispatcher will dispatch on both those district's channels simultaneously. Im not sure how.
I would R E A L L Y appreciate anyones help with this, as it is an extremely annoying problem. It sucks missing all the juicy calls. I have tried everything in my knowledge to fix this and i am completely stumped.
-Dan
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