CT land mobile system

[W1JOP]

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

 

[dispatcher812]

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.

 

[Dan6071]

John I live here in Groton and I program Scanners if you need any help.

 

[cg]

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

 

[W1JOP]

John I live here in Groton and I program Scanners if you need any help.

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?

 

[sefrischling]

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.

 

[Dan6071]

Groton Town police top of fort hill Flanders rd town land fill .

 

[sefrischling]

John

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.