stlouisx50
Member
I noticed the other day while inside that I could hear a local officer on the input frequency (PL tone enabled) as he was close by, but could not pick up dispatch or himself on the main dispatch frequency.
This had me puzzled so I wondered if it it was interference causing a weak signal, but this was not the case. I tested this by going to the tune feature and programing in the frequency with tone search enabled. I was able to hear them on their frequency with 5/5 bars
So I looked and found that I had the tone & frequency programed properly and not locked out, the squelch was to it's minimum level , but still could not pick them up.
The only solution was to disable the PL tone which allowed reception again.
This had me puzzled so I wondered if it it was interference causing a weak signal, but this was not the case. I tested this by going to the tune feature and programing in the frequency with tone search enabled. I was able to hear them on their frequency with 5/5 bars
So I looked and found that I had the tone & frequency programed properly and not locked out, the squelch was to it's minimum level , but still could not pick them up.
The only solution was to disable the PL tone which allowed reception again.