NE Tarrant P25 Simulcast - Better or Worse?
Hi Folks,
RE: Site 3 of the Fort Worth Regional Radio System.
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7349
Has anyone else noticed a change in reception to the NE Tarrant P25 Trunked site recently(using Uniden and Whistler scanners)? If so, are you receiving better or worse?
Something about the simulcasting or propagation has changed recently for some reason. I don't know if an antenna got moved or adjusted at one or more of the towers, or what, but my reception in the Bedford and Hurst area is horrible now. I get a full 5 bars on the Uniden scanners, but the pieces of junk just flash away "Finding Control Channel" most of the time. When they do decode, the audio is often very poor quality. I'm using Yagis, but the signal strength is strong enough from all towers for me that, the yagis simply do not help. I'm experiencing the problems on separate scanners at home, work, and in the car, driving around Hurst, Bedford, Colleyville, etc.
I am well aware that the problem is with the poor design and quality of the Uniden and Whistler scanners. My main reason for posting, is just to see how others are receiving lately.
My Unication G4 and G5 radios are doing just fine, and I may have to sell the crappy scanners to switch over to more Unications. I really wish Uniden would get it together and make their scanners work well with simulcast P25 systems. They have a better user interface and feature set, but they just don't work well for P25 simulcast systems in my area.
OK, I feel better now, but I'd still like to hear from anyone else monitoring in the area if you've noticed any changes in reception lately.
Happy Scanning!
Ben Saladino
KC5IRJ
Hi Folks,
RE: Site 3 of the Fort Worth Regional Radio System.
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=7349
Has anyone else noticed a change in reception to the NE Tarrant P25 Trunked site recently(using Uniden and Whistler scanners)? If so, are you receiving better or worse?
Something about the simulcasting or propagation has changed recently for some reason. I don't know if an antenna got moved or adjusted at one or more of the towers, or what, but my reception in the Bedford and Hurst area is horrible now. I get a full 5 bars on the Uniden scanners, but the pieces of junk just flash away "Finding Control Channel" most of the time. When they do decode, the audio is often very poor quality. I'm using Yagis, but the signal strength is strong enough from all towers for me that, the yagis simply do not help. I'm experiencing the problems on separate scanners at home, work, and in the car, driving around Hurst, Bedford, Colleyville, etc.
I am well aware that the problem is with the poor design and quality of the Uniden and Whistler scanners. My main reason for posting, is just to see how others are receiving lately.
My Unication G4 and G5 radios are doing just fine, and I may have to sell the crappy scanners to switch over to more Unications. I really wish Uniden would get it together and make their scanners work well with simulcast P25 systems. They have a better user interface and feature set, but they just don't work well for P25 simulcast systems in my area.
OK, I feel better now, but I'd still like to hear from anyone else monitoring in the area if you've noticed any changes in reception lately.
Happy Scanning!
Ben Saladino
KC5IRJ
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