Manchester / Nashua Reception in Salem NH

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petereye

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I recently purchased an SDS200 and was wondering if anyone in Salem Nh has been able to receive anything from Manchester or Nashua . I have a discone antenna up 30ft and haven't heard a peep. I am getting Mass St police pretty well. I also tried a 20db LNA still crickets.
 

Dave2582

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I just barely hear nashua/manchester and I'm next to Nashua. It depends on your elevation/how high your antenna is/what direction you're pointing at/what antenna you have. Obviously different factors will indicate if you can hear the system or not. Start by stopping on the control channel in search mode. For Manchester, hold the frequency on 859.4875 and see if you can get any sort of reading. Same goes to Nashua. Hold it on 853.4500 and see if your scanner can pick it up. If it falls on deaf ears, most likely you're too far to hear the system. The higher you are, the better chances you may pick it up.
 

petereye

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Thanks that at least confirms my suspicions as I have tried the control channels for both Nashua and Manchester and both are dead to me. I have a Discone and a Diamond dual band both 30 ft in the air, and with an 20db LNA I thought I would at least get a blip . Oh well no sense it keeping the favorite List. Not worth putting up a yagi for me,thanks for the Info.
 
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