Hello, I recently purchased a sds 100 Uniden scanner, and I’m trying to listen to Huron county p25 trunk and Lorain county 5 city. I also have the 920s antenna as I heard a lot of good reviews for. My question is I pick up the Marcs trunking system but the Huron county and Lorain county I don’t receive if I do it’s only once in awhile. I live about. 28 miles from the 5 city tower and 15 miles from the Norwalk p25 tower. Any help would be appreciated
Huron county p25 and 5 city p25
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Your a bit out of range for the 5-City coverage... Maybe with a rooftop ant...
And looks like your on the ragged edge for Huron County P25 coverage...
Huron County P25's Law Enforcement is showing Encrypted...Except for Bellevue...
And looks like your on the ragged edge for Huron County P25 coverage...
Huron County P25's Law Enforcement is showing Encrypted...Except for Bellevue...
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Location is everything. Are there any tall structures between you and the target area, that could
help block the signal? How is the elevation? We are talking about 700/800 MHz here, 28 miles is
an awfully long haul for 800 MHz. MARCS is a statewide system with broad coverage. Smaller area systems
such as Huron County and Lorain City are not designed for their signals to travel much beyond their intended area.
If you click on the sites it will show you the average range from center of the system. In this case Huron is 16.1 miles and
the Lorain 5-City system is 18.23. Despite using the Remtronix 920S (I also have one), you are on the far edge of those
systems. I can think of a couple of things to try
1. Since you are using a handheld, you can move about your QTH and find the "sweet" spot for best reception.
2. Get a Yagi antenna that you can point toward the exact system tower you want to receive. Of course this
will probably limit you to receiving one system at a time.
Beyond that, without moving closer to them, that's all you can do.
help block the signal? How is the elevation? We are talking about 700/800 MHz here, 28 miles is
an awfully long haul for 800 MHz. MARCS is a statewide system with broad coverage. Smaller area systems
such as Huron County and Lorain City are not designed for their signals to travel much beyond their intended area.
If you click on the sites it will show you the average range from center of the system. In this case Huron is 16.1 miles and
the Lorain 5-City system is 18.23. Despite using the Remtronix 920S (I also have one), you are on the far edge of those
systems. I can think of a couple of things to try
1. Since you are using a handheld, you can move about your QTH and find the "sweet" spot for best reception.
2. Get a Yagi antenna that you can point toward the exact system tower you want to receive. Of course this
will probably limit you to receiving one system at a time.
Beyond that, without moving closer to them, that's all you can do.
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