rbhtxk
Member
Just wanted to pass on what I am finding with the Pro-106 and the Texas DPS.
When I first got the Pro-106, I created a scan list with the new P-25 conventional frequency setup with the appropriate NAC information for each channel. Initially, I was extremely impressed because the motor-boating from the adjacent channel interference was completely gone (per 396T). However, I noticed that even thought I was not hearing any trash, I was missing a big part of transmissions. When one of the 159.210 MHz or 159.2175 repeaters transmitted, the Pro-106 slowed down and looked at each of the several similar channels (same frequency but different NAC) for up to a second, even though the proper NAC was not being broadcast. I traveled north-south across Texas, over the weekend, and had both the Pro-106 and the 396T scanning the Texas DPS P-25 channels. Though the 396T locked onto adjacent channels during transmissions, more often than not, the Pro-106 was missing some transmissions completely because of the above mentioned issue.
When I got home Sunday, I created a scan list with just the listed frequencies, no duplicates; from the P-25 channel plan. I put each different frequency in as a conventional object in P-25 search mode (no NAC specified). So in this scan list there is only one instance of 159.210, 159.2175 and so on.
Then, I had to make a run east on I30 Sunday. From what I could tell, I heard all traffic without any misses, no motor-boating, or miss channel lockups that I used to get with the 396T. I heard DPS Garland, DPS Tyler, DPS Texarkana, and DPS Sulphur Springs clearly with no co-channel interference. I never had to switch to a local scan list; I was able to monitor all the local DPS traffic without issue (just like in the old analog days). When I am hooked up to the big antenna at home, I get no issues and a lot more intelligible traffic. I was never able to do this with the 396T.
Just my two cents.
When I first got the Pro-106, I created a scan list with the new P-25 conventional frequency setup with the appropriate NAC information for each channel. Initially, I was extremely impressed because the motor-boating from the adjacent channel interference was completely gone (per 396T). However, I noticed that even thought I was not hearing any trash, I was missing a big part of transmissions. When one of the 159.210 MHz or 159.2175 repeaters transmitted, the Pro-106 slowed down and looked at each of the several similar channels (same frequency but different NAC) for up to a second, even though the proper NAC was not being broadcast. I traveled north-south across Texas, over the weekend, and had both the Pro-106 and the 396T scanning the Texas DPS P-25 channels. Though the 396T locked onto adjacent channels during transmissions, more often than not, the Pro-106 was missing some transmissions completely because of the above mentioned issue.
When I got home Sunday, I created a scan list with just the listed frequencies, no duplicates; from the P-25 channel plan. I put each different frequency in as a conventional object in P-25 search mode (no NAC specified). So in this scan list there is only one instance of 159.210, 159.2175 and so on.
Then, I had to make a run east on I30 Sunday. From what I could tell, I heard all traffic without any misses, no motor-boating, or miss channel lockups that I used to get with the 396T. I heard DPS Garland, DPS Tyler, DPS Texarkana, and DPS Sulphur Springs clearly with no co-channel interference. I never had to switch to a local scan list; I was able to monitor all the local DPS traffic without issue (just like in the old analog days). When I am hooked up to the big antenna at home, I get no issues and a lot more intelligible traffic. I was never able to do this with the 396T.
Just my two cents.
