I have a Pro-106 scanner that is a few years old.... One day the scanner stopped powering up due to a broken internal power connection... I sent it in to a repair shop, and they fixed the power issue. While he had it, he told me it was only receiving at 50% (based on dialing up NOAA weather in his area). He had no idea what to do next, and shipped it back to me. Keep in mind, I have had no problems with reception on this scanner until this shop got ahold of it.
When I got the scanner back (after it sat on his shelf for three months), I had moved to a different part of the state, and reprogrammed for my new location. Now, the scanner DOES have receive issues... Many talkgroups are spotty reception; I went into the TSYS analyze menu, and in some cases, I'm seeing 99% signal on the trunk that the talkgroup is on... return to scanning, and it's spotty. In some cases, some talkgroups on a trunk are perfectly normal, while others are spotty.
With the above occurring, I can dial up NOAA weather, and it's clear as a bell. I was thinking it was a rubber duck antenna issue, so I upgraded to a roof-mount magnetic antenna, and the problem persist...
1) How does one determine what percentage the scanner is receiving?
2) Any thoughts on either the 50% receive, or why the reception is reduced after the power issue?
3) Any known reputable repair shops who might could repair this?
ETA: I went into the extended settings menu and clicked on the "reset to default" button just to see what happened... it seems that the Endtone Threshold was set to 350, and the default is 80. I'm not sure what this setting is, but maybe it has something to do with the scanner thinking the transmission ends before it actually does, therefore cutting in and out...?
When I got the scanner back (after it sat on his shelf for three months), I had moved to a different part of the state, and reprogrammed for my new location. Now, the scanner DOES have receive issues... Many talkgroups are spotty reception; I went into the TSYS analyze menu, and in some cases, I'm seeing 99% signal on the trunk that the talkgroup is on... return to scanning, and it's spotty. In some cases, some talkgroups on a trunk are perfectly normal, while others are spotty.
With the above occurring, I can dial up NOAA weather, and it's clear as a bell. I was thinking it was a rubber duck antenna issue, so I upgraded to a roof-mount magnetic antenna, and the problem persist...
1) How does one determine what percentage the scanner is receiving?
2) Any thoughts on either the 50% receive, or why the reception is reduced after the power issue?
3) Any known reputable repair shops who might could repair this?
ETA: I went into the extended settings menu and clicked on the "reset to default" button just to see what happened... it seems that the Endtone Threshold was set to 350, and the default is 80. I'm not sure what this setting is, but maybe it has something to do with the scanner thinking the transmission ends before it actually does, therefore cutting in and out...?
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