Lately I have not obtained a control channel from any of the listed 5 Westchester Zone 3 frequencies. Metro25 zone full bars here. I wonder if it is off the air or it is just me.
Bob
MRRS System (MTA PD)
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Bob
Wow OK thanks for that info. Interesting. They must have changed something. Even during a band opening for the past couple of days where I was hearing Ham and Coast Guard from North Carolina and trunked systems from Atlantic City, I wasn't getting a peep from Zone 3 on my Unication G5. I can get Metro25 with the stubby duck sitting in my living room for comparison. A few weeks ago I was getting Zone 3 the best I ever had. (See post #628 in this thread)
I receive Zone 3 in all of lower Westchester besides while in Port Chester
Coming in Lima Charlie for me. Right now, the active Control Channel is 769.90625.
Can you hear the CC when tuned to that frequency?
Well, I programmed the CC in my G5 as a simplex, analog, no pl frequency. I open the squelch and I can hear nothing, even though I get 3 bars on the display. So, a little further investigating. I took the G5 out of the Amplified speaker and connected the yagi directly to the G5, and whala.. now it connects to the system with the same 3 bars. Apparently, the amplified charger is inducing noise into the radio on that frequency. I hooked my TinySA spectrum analyzer up to the amp using the signal generator mode. It takes about -90db of signal strength before the radio opens up on that frequency connected to the amp. When I connect the signal generator direct to the G5, the tone opens the squelch at -128db. Normally, the Amplified charger gives me 1 to 2 bars better on any other 700-800 frequency (except UHF, and that's a whole new thread lol). Something I have to keep my eyes on in the future.
Bob
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