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While listening to my local PD the scanner went silent, I have read the horror story's of others saying they would say something like "go to channel 1" and they would go encrpyted, but that didn't happen and it is not showing " ENC" at the bottom like when listening to encrypted, is this something with the scanner or should I post in my local area forum, is this a common problem or can someone help me not be so confused about what might be going on? Thanks for any help
 

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are you able to obtain control channel data off the trunked system? Can you receive other agencies off the same site you are utilizing to listen to Alabaster? I ask this because I also read your other post on the Alabama forum
 
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I am recieving other channels but not sure how to retrieve control channel data or which site it is coming from, I just heard them!! I do not know what site it was before but now I can hear them from a certain site, do you think the other site/sites may be down?
 

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nevermind, its still a little sketchy, coming through more often then before I held on a site but is still missing some transmissions
My guess is that you may be getting bitten by simulcast issues. Although I do not own a 436, I do own a 536 and she suffers from simulcast abnormalities from time to time.
Alabaster brings back memories...I worked someone down there 20+ years ago on 6 meter FM.
 

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Well we get some various issues going on here. First of all you have cross posted the same subject on two different forums which is a no no. People will be responding to both threads so they need to be combined, also you are on Uniden Tavern which is really not for technical stuff. Should be on the Uniden tech support thread and the two should be combined , I would think the Alabama Forum would be better. I don't think anything is wrong with your radio.

You are looking at a phase ll digital system so right away with a 436 so you might get simulcast distortion, your locals would know more about that.

It looks like Shelby county is more encrypted than not and they may be switching to those interop or Tac channels that are full-time encrypted. Also are you listening and rolling through every site in the system LOL that could account for missed Transmissions. I don't know your geography but again check with the locals and maybe come down to one or two sites that are close to you.
 
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as of this time shelby county is not simulcasted. there are plans to have a simulcast site in shelby county. but as of now its not up .
it could have been that no radios were connected to that site you were on.
if you are talking about alabaster pd . your more likley to hear them off the pelham site, signal mt sites than the others unless a radio is within range of the other sites. like if alabaster goes to montevallo to pick up a prisoner then his radio would connect to the montevallo site thus being able to hear all of alabasters traffic untill he drives out of range of the site. the system was not designed to put all county radio traffic on all the sites.
 

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do you just have one in or all 7 ?

46B4 (4)011 (B)Hoover (Greystone)Shelby769.58125c771.40625a772.10625772.29375772.56875
46B4 (4)015 (F)Hoover (Spain Park)Shelby769.85625c771.68125772.35625773.88125
46B4 (4)017 (11)PelhamShelby770.50625c770.80625a771.15625772.61875773.74375774.39375
46B4 (4)018 (12)MontevalloShelby769.09375c771.09375772.21875772.94375773.99375774.64375
46B4 (4)023 (17)ShelbyShelby771.04375c771.46875771.81875772.31875772.89375773.24375
46B4 (4)028 (1C)ColumbianaShelby851.750c852.2375a852.575853.2875853.500853.900
46B4 (4)029 (1D)Sterrett (Signal Mountain)Shelby771.06875c771.54375a771.79375772.24375772.54375772.91875
 
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as of this time shelby county is not simulcasted. there are plans to have a simulcast site in shelby county. but as of now its not up .
it could have been that no radios were connected to that site you were on.
if you are talking about alabaster pd . your more likley to hear them off the pelham site, signal mt sites than the others unless a radio is within range of the other sites. like if alabaster goes to montevallo to pick up a prisoner then his radio would connect to the montevallo site thus being able to hear all of alabasters traffic untill he drives out of range of the site. the system was not designed to put all county radio traffic on all the sites.
I was holding on calera and heard them, I drove away from the location where I couldn’t hear them and they came through perfectly, was worried they went E or on a event channel, I don’t know why I couldn’t hear them but now I know I can, just not as well in my house
 
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