Hi! I hope someone can help me with an issue. Just installed my new scanner (upgrade so I can get p25) and it's a bdc996p2. I have a nice antenna on a 60' mast that picks up a lot for me, but my counties p25 system. I have spent days trying to get the system to work. Applied system via free scan and also pro scan, I Just can't hear anything. I have tried everything and really need assistance. I am in Jamestown NY and looking at the Chautauqua County p25 Apco system.
BCD325P2/BCD996P2: New BCD996p2 reception problem
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ChrisABQ
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You didn't need to buy the upgrade, it comes with the radio, hence P2 (for Phase 2 capable P25 radio) at the end of it's name.
wtp
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If you press HOLD and turn the large knob to scroll through the frequencies, do you see any bars on 154.785? Any indication on the screen like SYSID?
How far from a tower site are you? Have you tried the antenna that came with the radio? Sometimes too strong a signal is not good.
How far from a tower site are you? Have you tried the antenna that came with the radio? Sometimes too strong a signal is not good.
wtp
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try putting the stock antenna back on and even then move the radio around.
Tried factory antenna.. still no go..
Did you program the P-25 system and TG's with software??
wtp
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depending on direction, you probably live many more miles away from a tower.
so it might be the true distance is the problem, perhaps a drive into the county with the radio ?
so it might be the true distance is the problem, perhaps a drive into the county with the radio ?
Yes sir.. did it with pro scan and free scan
lu81fitter
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If you live right in Jamestown and your antenna is at the top of a 60' tower, it's highly possible (near 100%) that you are picking up more than one site of that simulcast system. Probably need a little less antenna.
wtp
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i see 10 towers on the system.
all would have the same frequencies.
all would have the same frequencies.
What you are most likely experiencing with the Chautauqua County Public Safety System is a phenominon known as simulcast distortion, perhaps the most discussed issue on these forums. In a simulcast system, a site is not a single transmitter at a specific location, but rather a collection of transmitters spread out over a certain area that all transmit on the same frequency at the same time. It's all those signals coming to your scanner at the same time that cause most scanners to lock up, stutter, miss transmissions, etc. Ultimately the only scanners designed to mitigate the effects of simulcast distortion are the Uniden SDS100 (portable) or SDS200 (base). Yes they are the most expensive but they do the job right. There are a number of workarounds for other scanners mentioned in the wiki I linked but they work in very few cases
I am looking at the license and it is a very low power system.
WQVE292 this license shows additional frequencies, 151.15250000 , 151.28750000 , 151.31000000 , 151.38500000 and 153.92000000 and WQUZ436 this license has the frequencies you have in the scanner.
WQVE292 this license shows additional frequencies, 151.15250000 , 151.28750000 , 151.31000000 , 151.38500000 and 153.92000000 and WQUZ436 this license has the frequencies you have in the scanner.
Can you send me the Pro-Scan file. Just to look it over.
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