Polk County

[k8484]

I listened to polk county in the past, but the list in the RR DB has the same frequencies that i have, which no longer work. Any help with what's being used now would be appreciated. I cannot email the feed provider due to being a new member or i would ask him.

Thanks in advance

 

[k8484]

Disregard. Polk County must have switched to a lower wattage repeater...got bored and pulled my old BC60XLT out, programmed all of the frequencies in the RR DB into it, and hooked it up to my old Wilson 1000 with a BNC connector. They're coming in, but not like they used to on just a rubber duck.

 

[b7spectra]

Could it be you are listening to the repeater IN channel?

 

[N8IAA]

Disregard. Polk County must have switched to a lower wattage repeater...got bored and pulled my old BC60XLT out, programmed all of the frequencies in the RR DB into it, and hooked it up to my old Wilson 1000 with a BNC connector. They're coming in, but not like they used to on just a rubber duck.

First, welcome to the GA forum It is possible that the county may have switched to narrow band on their radios. This would definitely cut the signal to an ht with a rubber duck in another county. My suggestion is not to use the Wilson 1K, as it is a CB antenna, and won't hear as well as an antenna closer in frequency. If you have a radio shack store near you, getting the telescoping whip would increase the receive ten fold over the cb antenna. The magmount scanner antenna will also do a ton better on the vhf frequencies. You just need a metal base for it to act as the ground plane in place of a vehicle.
HTH,
Larry

 

[k8484]

B7,
I don't believe that's the case, as I have every freq programmed, and i know their 400mhz EMS freq's are repeater out...they have roughly the same signal as the others.

N8,
Thanks for the advice. I just grabbed what I have. I also have an old A99 I could've hooked to, but I was outside enjoying the cool night air with a nice cigar at the time and the Wilson 1k was right beside me with the BNC connector on it. I programmed them into the Pro-106 after doing the test on the old BC and just switched it to NFM mode, seems to come in roughly the same as FM. Though I've done a bit of tweaking to the settings and it seems to come in a bit better. I haven't had my Pro-106 for long, I wasn't able to justify the price of one after just buying a Mustang GT.

As for antenna upgrades, any antenna upgrades will be focused on the 800mhz range for the WARRS P25 system. I'm thinking of trying just a basic RS 800mhz rubber duck as a starter. I'm fairly new to monitoring anything outside of VHF High, UHF T, and some 2 Meter.