Lackawanna PD - Saianet

[dronesinflight]

Can anyone offer any tips to improve DMR communication transmission with West Seneca and Lackawanna police?
Car radio is fine however dispatch radio is very muffled and garbled. Thanks in advance.

 

[Wackyracer]

Can anyone offer any tips to improve DMR communication transmission with West Seneca and Lackawanna police?
Car radio is fine however dispatch radio is very muffled and garbled. Thanks in advance.

Dispatch needs a different microphone, nothing any of us can do to improve it on a scanner.

 

[Saint]

Can anyone offer any tips to improve DMR communication transmission with West Seneca and Lackawanna police?
Car radio is fine however dispatch radio is very muffled and garbled. Thanks in advance.

Make sure you have a good antenna, the stronger the signal the better quality of the audio, but some of these digital systems, there is little you can do. Also try using a audio equalizer, if you do not have one go onto the internet and down load one of the free ones, this may make the difference to be able to clear up the audio for you.
Steve

 

[ak716]

Dispatch needs a different microphone, nothing any of us can do to improve it on a scanner.

Outside of using subscriber units, a handful of the dispatches in the area sound subpar on scanners and/or DSD.

Hamburg PD on DSD and a scanner; their dispatch sounds terrible. Using an NXDN radio, it sounds crystal clear.
A handful of dispatches on SaiaNet sound eh on my 436; however, they sound fine on DSD, and I'd imagine on subscriber units, it sounds fine too.

Systems are designed for subscriber units, not scanners, not SDRs. So everyone's mileage will vary on the audio quality. That is not to say they are using the "best mic" (I have no idea if they are or aren't), or someone is talking far away from it because it's "in the way", but it's not designed for "us".

 

[Wackyracer]

Outside of using subscriber units, a handful of the dispatches in the area sound subpar on scanners and/or DSD.

Hamburg PD on DSD and a scanner; their dispatch sounds terrible. Using an NXDN radio, it sounds crystal clear.
A handful of dispatches on SaiaNet sound eh on my 436; however, they sound fine on DSD, and I'd imagine on subscriber units, it sounds fine too.

Systems are designed for subscriber units, not scanners, not SDRs. So everyone's mileage will vary on the audio quality. That is not to say they are using the "best mic" (I have no idea if they are or aren't), or someone is talking far away from it because it's "in the way", but it's not designed for "us".

Interesting observation, I have a sds-100, A whistler TRX-1, a ws1080 and a SDR-RTL ( if I ever get audio back on DMR.). I will have to pay closer attention to the difference in audio quality (muffled vs not) on those systems.