Machine gun static ?

[ArleyB]

Brand new at this scanning stuff . I keep getting this machine gun sounding static . Is there a fix ? I have a new antenna coming as I am just running the telescope now . This is and older RadioShack analog scanner .

Thanks for any information offered ,

ArleyB

 

[Phoenix805]

Could be a few different things. First, is it on one frequency, several, or all? Can you tell us what frequency it's on, that might help. Can I assume you turned your squelch up to eliminate normal background static? I'm assuming you know what normal static sounds like and this is something different. Is it continuous or short lived? I'm leaning towards data bursts that often last a few seconds and often have a burrrrrap kind of sound.

 

[mmckenna]

Brand new at this scanning stuff . I keep getting this machine gun sounding static . Is there a fix ? I have a new antenna coming as I am just running the telescope now . This is and older RadioShack analog scanner .

Thanks for any information offered ,

ArleyB

Sounds like you are either hearing digital radio traffic or landed on a trunked system control channel.

A new antenna isn't going to fix that.
If it's digital, and depending on exactly what type of digital it is, you may want to look into a newer scanner that supports some of the digital modes. Not all digital modes are supported by the currently available off the shelf scanners.
If it's a trunked system control channel, and it's running analog audio traffic, and it's one of the trunked modes that some scanners will support, you may be able to hear what's going on by getting a trunking capable scanner.

Probably if you listed the frequencies and your city, someone might be able to point you in the right direction.

 

[ArleyB]

Static

Could be a few different things. First, is it on one frequency, several, or all? Can you tell us what frequency it's on, that might help. Can I assume you turned your squelch up to eliminate normal background static? I'm assuming you know what normal static sounds like and this is something different. Is it continuous or short lived? I'm leaning towards data bursts that often last a few seconds and often have a burrrrrap kind of sound.

It seems to be on 2 frequencies . I can not catch them as it switches fast . I can set the squelch to get rid of them but then I miss some transmit ions then . Yes I do know what normal static sounds like . It has been known to last a very long time if I do not squelch them out . At other times it is very short . I just wondered if it was my set or the antenna that was the issue .

Thanks for the feedback .

Arley

 

[ArleyB]

Static

Sounds like you are either hearing digital radio traffic or landed on a trunked system control channel.

A new antenna isn't going to fix that.
If it's digital, and depending on exactly what type of digital it is, you may want to look into a newer scanner that supports some of the digital modes. Not all digital modes are supported by the currently available off the shelf scanners.
If it's a trunked system control channel, and it's running analog audio traffic, and it's one of the trunked modes that some scanners will support, you may be able to hear what's going on by getting a trunking capable scanner.

Probably if you listed the frequencies and your city, someone might be able to point you in the right direction.

See above . I have an old analog scanner as I can not afford a digital right now Plus I am retired and on a fixed income

Thanks ,
Arley

 

[Phoenix805]

Sounds to me like data in one form or another. It's probably on a dedicated data/control frequency, not one used for 'normal' voice traffic. My suggestion would be to lock it out and don't worry about it. If you have an older analog scanner you won't miss anything.

 

[KR7CQ]

Almost certain you are hearing the control channel of a trunked system. If you can set a delay on your search..then you can catch it, and lock it out.

 

[JoeyC]

Sounds to me like data in one form or another. It's probably on a dedicated data/control frequency, not one used for 'normal' voice traffic.

Voice traffic on any of the RWC channels, voice or control, will sound similar to what the OP is hearing on an analog scanner.

A good deal of the valley is digital so having your analog scanner land on many frequencies across the 700 and 800 mhz spectrum is likely to produce machine gun sounding noises.