p25 800mhz antenna and setup HELP

[abnrto]

The only one in Carrollton is on Oak Mt.

 

[acecducec]

Will a ducky antenna pick up at full bars 5 miles away? With some terian?

 

[N1XDS]

Will a ducky antenna pick up at full bars 5 miles away? With some terian?

It may or may not only way you're going to know for sure is to try it and see if it works or not.

 

[acecducec]

K will let ya know

 

[N1XDS]

K will let ya know

Sounds good!

 

[acecducec]

Well my best setup is a laptop by my radio have tried yagi directional. mobile 800mhz antenna to bring broadcast to my desktop with battery backup but every time i move off the ducky antenna i loose signal.
How can i get the signal to move 40 ft if not looking at a 40 ft audio cable which i have never tried
Any suggestions are appreciated
Check out my feed right now is the cleanest and most active it can be

 

[cebowman]

Set your DAC to - 2 or lower, and is you DSP set to 64. Close your Squelch some too, especially if you have any FM and or Cell Towers near.

 

[acecducec]

Yagi looses the lock and so do the mobile antenna

 

[acecducec]

Its all digital ao squelch dont matter i assume

 

[acecducec]

Dac ? Where is that in whilster software

 

[cebowman]

Squelch does matter alot

WQLC470 (WESTERN AREA REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM AUTHORITY) FCC Callsign Details

WQLC704 (WESTERN AREA REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM AUTHORITY) FCC Callsign Details

DAC is under the Advanced Feature Tab but you have to check mark the Show Advance Tab

 

[cebowman]

you can change the DWELL to something closer to 2.0 seconds

 

[acecducec]

I do have a cell tower between me and toe oak mt tower

 

[mmckenna]

I do have a cell tower between me and toe oak mt tower

Well, that can sort of put a damper on things.
You can try filtering out the cellular bands. Since there are cellular frequencies adjacent to the public safety bands, it's really easy for a high gain antenna like a Yagi to overload your receiver.
Other option, if it's a simulcast or multi site system, is to point your antenna at a different tower.

 

[acecducec]

Ok well the best config so far is a laptop on my kitchen table with tx-1 runnin 800mhz on p25
Iv tried yagi lmr cable 800 mhz portable antenna and none work as well as the stock radio connected to a laptop im at a loss as how to bring into the house to a dedicated server without signal loss
Iv spent close to 1000 on radios and cable and antena trying to get this into the house on my server and no luck
Laptop runnin xp tx-1 and 3.5mm head phone cable is the best i got
I want to set it and forget it but dont know how long laptop on kitchen tabel is gonna last
Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

[seth21w]

I pick up warrs all over pike and spalding with just my rs800 antenna and my bcd436hp, nice system, not sure how trx1 will perform on warrs?!

 

[acecducec]

Tx-1 works great just cant add external antenna to it....... the ducky is the only thing that works

 

[blue5011]

Ok well the best config so far is a laptop on my kitchen table with tx-1 runnin 800mhz on p25
Iv tried yagi lmr cable 800 mhz portable antenna and none work as well as the stock radio connected to a laptop im at a loss as how to bring into the house to a dedicated server without signal loss
Iv spent close to 1000 on radios and cable and antena trying to get this into the house on my server and no luck
Laptop runnin xp tx-1 and 3.5mm head phone cable is the best i got
I want to set it and forget it but dont know how long laptop on kitchen tabel is gonna last
Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated

I know it has been a couple of months now, has anything improved for you? I use a 19" 2mtr/ 440 rubber-duckie on the back of my 996XT to receive the MN ARMER (P25 800nhz) system. But southern MN is fairly flat and not much for trees, mostly farm fields.

You might use Google Earth to run an elevation profile line between your location and the tower in which you are trying to receive. Another scanner listener near me wondered why he could not hear a specific tower site (10 miles away). As it turns out he is two blocks away from a hill 50 ft higher in elevation. His reception issue would only be solved by erecting at least a 60 foot tower...