Homepatrol scanner

[ks4ui]

Has anyone noticed that when operating the HP-1 in a vehicle, using the dc cable and the GPS option, that the scanner will not remain locked in the Department or Talk Group position for more than about 20 minutes? My HP1 will remain locked while using batteries or the AC power supply that was provided with the radio.

 

[KD8HE]

I travel with mine quite a bit...i have experienced the same. I attribute that to location based database changes when driving. If I have a system or department locked and drive out of range it releases that entity and latches to the first valid entity in the new scan list. Either that or it is a bug...only when using GPS.
Harry

 

[ks4ui]

I had the dc and GPS cables bundled together and I was wondering if something was inductively going on between the cables or if it was something going on with the make of the car? Yes, agree the radio comes unlatched and locks on to another entity. Never noticed if it happened when near a cell phone tower. Run my HP1 with min squelch and no attenuation. Too many possibilities here, lets see what the other guys have to say.

 

[evfd1625]

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Mine does it too. Usually goes to the next system in the list.

 

[Jay911]

YES. Thank god someone else is finding this and not just me. I have tried to "complain" about this before, but never got far.

In addition to the above constraints, it seems to happen to me only if the Full Database is included in the active scan. For example, if I am scanning the full database and my favorites lists, and hold on a system in my favorites lists, after a while, the scanner will silently switch to holding on the first (available, depending on what service tags/avoids/etc are enabled) system in the part of the full database that it's monitoring. In other words, at/near my home location, if I am scanning Full Database and AFRRCS Only, and have my scanner holding on "AFRRCS Trunk" (one of three systems in AFRRCS Only), after a while, it will abandon that and go to "Bighorn", the first county in the Full Database that is unlocked/available considering my avoid and range settings.

However.. if I have the scanner only monitoring only the "AFRRCS Only" favorites list, without the Full Database included, it will sit on "AFRRCS Trunk" all day long and not move off it. This behavior also happens if the scanner is monitoring multiple favorites lists... so long as the Full Database is not involved, it will not change systems while in hold mode.

 

[evfd1625]

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YES. Thank god someone else is finding this and not just me. I have tried to "complain" about this before, but never got far.

In addition to the above constraints, it seems to happen to me only if the Full Database is included in the active scan. For example, if I am scanning the full database and my favorites lists, and hold on a system in my favorites lists, after a while, the scanner will silently switch to holding on the first (available, depending on what service tags/avoids/etc are enabled) system in the part of the full database that it's monitoring. In other words, at/near my home location, if I am scanning Full Database and AFRRCS Only, and have my scanner holding on "AFRRCS Trunk" (one of three systems in AFRRCS Only), after a while, it will abandon that and go to "Bighorn", the first county in the Full Database that is unlocked/available considering my avoid and range settings.

However.. if I have the scanner only monitoring only the "AFRRCS Only" favorites list, without the Full Database included, it will sit on "AFRRCS Trunk" all day long and not move off it. This behavior also happens if the scanner is monitoring multiple favorites lists... so long as the Full Database is not involved, it will not change systems while in hold mode.

Does the GPS change your experience?

 

[KD8HE]

Full database with GPS is where it does it for me...I raised the issue about a year ago, no response
Harry