I’ve just kind of gotten back into scanning, but have never had a trunk tracking scanner. Recently I’ve purchased a BCD536HP and am mostly liking it. (Although I didnt realize till now that the SDS100/200 were the better option until now.)
Anyway, Im receiving all conventional frequencies (digital & analog) loud and clear. However, I have not been able to pick up any sort of audio from a p25 trunked system even though it’s showing full signal bars that it’s picking up the site.
The primary system I was trying to monitor is Midland (P25). Based on what I’ve read/researched. Midland is simulcast, so I chalked it up to maybe that was the issue and kind of wrote it off and stopped trying to monitor it. I might mention that I also thought distance could be an issue as I was trying to monitor on the fringes of the system. I did go mobile once and got a lot closer (within 5 miles of site) and still nothing.
So I travel a lot and I thought I would bring it to San Angelo and try to monitor the San Angelo (P25) system. From what I can tell San Angelo is not simulcast so that shouldn’t be the problem. I am only expecting to hear fire because police is fully encrypted. I am within 5 miles base trying to monitor this system. Again showing full signal bars but not catching any audio.
It feels as if I’m missing a setting somewhere. The scanner has been updated and set up through sentinel. Including fav list and assigning quick keys. The correct services are turned on. I have even tried using the zip code function
Anyway, Im receiving all conventional frequencies (digital & analog) loud and clear. However, I have not been able to pick up any sort of audio from a p25 trunked system even though it’s showing full signal bars that it’s picking up the site.
The primary system I was trying to monitor is Midland (P25). Based on what I’ve read/researched. Midland is simulcast, so I chalked it up to maybe that was the issue and kind of wrote it off and stopped trying to monitor it. I might mention that I also thought distance could be an issue as I was trying to monitor on the fringes of the system. I did go mobile once and got a lot closer (within 5 miles of site) and still nothing.
So I travel a lot and I thought I would bring it to San Angelo and try to monitor the San Angelo (P25) system. From what I can tell San Angelo is not simulcast so that shouldn’t be the problem. I am only expecting to hear fire because police is fully encrypted. I am within 5 miles base trying to monitor this system. Again showing full signal bars but not catching any audio.
It feels as if I’m missing a setting somewhere. The scanner has been updated and set up through sentinel. Including fav list and assigning quick keys. The correct services are turned on. I have even tried using the zip code function