lgentle
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Guess it won't be long until I'm going to have to shell out the money for a new scanner.
New Baltimore County P-25 System
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n3vbj
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Baltimore co P25
Here in Dundalk sounds like the fire department is on the digital on all areas. Hearing east west and central response as well ADO. PD only on Wilkens and Pikesville so far. From what i'm hearing audio is clear and stable.
Here in Dundalk sounds like the fire department is on the digital on all areas. Hearing east west and central response as well ADO. PD only on Wilkens and Pikesville so far. From what i'm hearing audio is clear and stable.
troymail
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0730: control channel just changed 854.0375 to 856.2125
My receptoin seems to have droped to nearly non-existent switch the CC freq change... I'm seeing TGs lock in but hearing no voice.
My receptoin seems to have droped to nearly non-existent switch the CC freq change... I'm seeing TGs lock in but hearing no voice.
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n3vbj
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Bco p25
looks like as of 7:30 the new system has migrated to analog frequencies. all analog has been replace by the Digital system. Sounds good!
looks like as of 7:30 the new system has migrated to analog frequencies. all analog has been replace by the Digital system. Sounds good!
troymail
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Those able to listen and understand what they are saying -- hopefully you're running with a wildcard - several extra talkgroups are active that are not in the RR database... I just can't understand what they are saying.
Looks like my days of listening to BCounty from home are over....lost BCity and BCounty in the last year. Nice.
Looks like my days of listening to BCounty from home are over....lost BCity and BCounty in the last year. Nice.
lgentle
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I have a question for you guys.....
I'm looking at two Radio Shack models: PRO-197 and the PSR600.
Which would be the safest scanner to buy?
Thanks!
I'm looking at two Radio Shack models: PRO-197 and the PSR600.
Which would be the safest scanner to buy?
Thanks!
n3vbj
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I have found with most digital systems Antenna height is important. If you are in the county you listen to rubber ducks work fine. Other counties and outside antenna is a better option. I have a discone up about 40 feet and can get Balto city fairly well and Baltimore Co no problems. I also can hear most systems i surrounding Counties. Antenna height is important in P25
n3vbj
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RS has the pro197 refurbed for 299.99 web price in the stores. I got one last week and was in perfect condition. works fine on BC PD/FD P25. Be sure to do the firmware updates and program it using RR database. GRE is listed at 599.99 go figure?
troymail
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Updated: replied to the wrong post the first time!
Doesn't help me too much -- I'm a handheld/mobile listener -- they don't make cable that long and it would get wrapped around all of my furniture at home and steering wheel when I'm driving :lol:
n3vbj
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hearing all precincts and fire grounds channels on P25 system on pro 197 and P106 in Dundalk, MD
lgentle
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Great! Thanks. Making a trip to RS today. The old 2052 has been quiet except the dispatcher to say we are no longer monitoring analog.
I have a Pro96 and I am not hearing anything, have programmed the bank using the RR database information to the win 96 and then uploaded into the radio. I live in Timonium in the dead center of the radio system so I thought the older P96 would work. I know people that use the P96 with no issues that live in the city.
I thought the P96 would work
I thought the P96 would work
n3vbj
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Go to radioshack.com and in the search box top right type in pro-96 when the page comes up you should see four files download the last file from 08 that is a firmware upgrade. i think you turn on the scanner and hold PROG to put it in the upgrrade mode. This will erase al your memories.
Install the upgrade and reprogram our pro96 and be sure to get the P25 system and you should hear the county. today is a test and analog will return for a couple of weeks and they will switch for good.
Install the upgrade and reprogram our pro96 and be sure to get the P25 system and you should hear the county. today is a test and analog will return for a couple of weeks and they will switch for good.
New Baltimore County system is full quieting in Delta, PA.
Can only get North System, but maybe later on they will incorporate Northpoint and Essex into the North as well.
Is the North/South dividing line Rt 40/Pulaski Hwy?
Can only get North System, but maybe later on they will incorporate Northpoint and Essex into the North as well.
Is the North/South dividing line Rt 40/Pulaski Hwy?
No, the north system is comprised of only the Hereford, Maryland Line, and Spookhill towers, so it is very unlikely you'll ever hear Essex or Northpoint police from those towers.
n3vbj
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I listening on the south site my scanner is showing the current freq bank on 856. 857, 858, 859 and 860. .0125 2125 4625 7625 and 9625, apparently they migrated to the analog freq group in digital mode. No problems with audio
troymail
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Started the "tour" across Baltimore County -- from BWI Airport up 95 to 695 to 83 and into Southern PA (New Freedom/Shrewsbury) -- currently sitting in Cockeysville (not Hunt Valley as originally reported) at York Rd and Shawan Rd.
First - I can confirm that the NORTH and SOUTH labels on the two sites is in fact backwards - I will submit that to the database admin shortly.
Using my 2 PSR-800s for the trip - both programmed with the North and South systems programmed but one radio has all possible talkgroups enabled and the other with POLICE talkgroups locked out.
Reception wasn't too good until I got off 95 North onto 695 towards Towson via Pikesville. Police were, as usual, very chatty and fire was active periodically to include a box alarm in Co. 56's area on TG 2-2.
As I went north on I83 towards Maryland Line, things remained unchanged until I crested the hill at Shawan Rd in Cockeysville. At that point I briefly picked up activity for the North (labeled South) site but then returned to the South (labeled North site) on the north side of the hill (in the valley).
As I approached the Hereford zone, it seemed as if I had entered a "radio silence" area. In fact, I was then in the North site range and the police activity dropped to effectively non-existent. Police talkgroups for the most part disappeared with exception of occasional activity from the Cockeysville precinct. Fire dispatch continued on the north site and sounded great all the way up to and just past the Maryland Line fire station on York Rd but as I crossed into PA the reception quality started going down pretty quickly. Reception at MD Line fire station was excellent. I continued up York Rd and made a U-turn at the CVS in New Freedom (or is that Shrewsbury?).
Not able to tell with certainty yet but I'm wondering/assuming that the "divisional" fire talkgroups (East, West, etc.) may well be limited to the north or south site they are in too. Perhaps someone can verify. Dispatchers are referring to them as D1, F1, etc rather than East, west, and central.
Anyway, started back down York Rd through Maryland Line, Hereford, Parkton, Sparks, and into Cockeysville. The radio same to have trouble deciding which site (north or south) to lock onto once I was south of Parkton. Sitting here at the McD's at York and Shawan, the radio is pretty consistently locking to the south site but reception is a bit unstable.
Haven't heard any unit report a serious problem so far except for the occasional "can you repeat" or "I couldn't hear you", etc.
I'm now heading south and east across the beltway towards Essex and across the Key Bridge.
First - I can confirm that the NORTH and SOUTH labels on the two sites is in fact backwards - I will submit that to the database admin shortly.
Using my 2 PSR-800s for the trip - both programmed with the North and South systems programmed but one radio has all possible talkgroups enabled and the other with POLICE talkgroups locked out.
Reception wasn't too good until I got off 95 North onto 695 towards Towson via Pikesville. Police were, as usual, very chatty and fire was active periodically to include a box alarm in Co. 56's area on TG 2-2.
As I went north on I83 towards Maryland Line, things remained unchanged until I crested the hill at Shawan Rd in Cockeysville. At that point I briefly picked up activity for the North (labeled South) site but then returned to the South (labeled North site) on the north side of the hill (in the valley).
As I approached the Hereford zone, it seemed as if I had entered a "radio silence" area. In fact, I was then in the North site range and the police activity dropped to effectively non-existent. Police talkgroups for the most part disappeared with exception of occasional activity from the Cockeysville precinct. Fire dispatch continued on the north site and sounded great all the way up to and just past the Maryland Line fire station on York Rd but as I crossed into PA the reception quality started going down pretty quickly. Reception at MD Line fire station was excellent. I continued up York Rd and made a U-turn at the CVS in New Freedom (or is that Shrewsbury?).
Not able to tell with certainty yet but I'm wondering/assuming that the "divisional" fire talkgroups (East, West, etc.) may well be limited to the north or south site they are in too. Perhaps someone can verify. Dispatchers are referring to them as D1, F1, etc rather than East, west, and central.
Anyway, started back down York Rd through Maryland Line, Hereford, Parkton, Sparks, and into Cockeysville. The radio same to have trouble deciding which site (north or south) to lock onto once I was south of Parkton. Sitting here at the McD's at York and Shawan, the radio is pretty consistently locking to the south site but reception is a bit unstable.
Haven't heard any unit report a serious problem so far except for the occasional "can you repeat" or "I couldn't hear you", etc.
I'm now heading south and east across the beltway towards Essex and across the Key Bridge.
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troymail
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One other note - I did stop briefly and listen to my BC396T (not XT) and things sounded pretty good on that radio too.
PSR-500 sounds pretty good on the south site at York and Shawan Rd too.
PSR-500 sounds pretty good on the south site at York and Shawan Rd too.
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troymail
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Back home again after my "3 hour tour" (didn't see Gilligan the whole time ). 120 miles....
Reception around the beltway was mostly good -- a few poor or dead spots but I'm betting they we mostly due to cell towers in the area (rebanding may help the users of these systems but I don't think it's going to help us scanner users).
At one point I did hear a Cockeysville police unit reporting to dispatch he was having difficulty hearing other mobile units on the talkgroup ... but not too much as far as other complaints from the users on the system.
Reception got worse after passing Eastern Ave coming around the beltway into Sparrows Point and then dropped out nearly completely as I crossed the top of the Key Bridge. Lost reception almost entirely once on the AA County side of the Key Bridge.
Hopefuly the reduction in power of the system that makes it nearly impossible for me to listen from AA County now will result in a reduced electric bill to Baltimore County which can help offset the cost of the system.
). 120 miles....Reception around the beltway was mostly good -- a few poor or dead spots but I'm betting they we mostly due to cell towers in the area (rebanding may help the users of these systems but I don't think it's going to help us scanner users).
At one point I did hear a Cockeysville police unit reporting to dispatch he was having difficulty hearing other mobile units on the talkgroup ... but not too much as far as other complaints from the users on the system.
Reception got worse after passing Eastern Ave coming around the beltway into Sparrows Point and then dropped out nearly completely as I crossed the top of the Key Bridge. Lost reception almost entirely once on the AA County side of the Key Bridge.
Hopefuly the reduction in power of the system that makes it nearly impossible for me to listen from AA County now will result in a reduced electric bill to Baltimore County which can help offset the cost of the system.
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