nathancarlson
Member
I have been experimenting with my roaming thresholds for the multi site roam feature when programing the Colorado DTRS. The default settings of 95/75 are not really making me happy. For the entire time I have had my 106, if I get a signal thats not desireable I just hit scan and it usually picks a different CC. When Longmont switched over to DTRS, I created two different talksystems. One with only the Sunset Tower CC that I use when I am at home or just in town, and the other system with the "site neighbors" according to pro96com. I go to the object ID and unlock the Sunset Neighbors system when I hit the road. I have narrowed it down to Bald North, Mount Thorodin, Mead, Gunbarrel and a couple I can't think of off the top of my head (five total). I know it seems like a lot, but I use the neighbor system when I am on the road, roaming. I end up going all over the place, in Boulder, Weld, Larimer, and Adams counties which is why I have so many CCs. I don't want to go through a dead spot and miss out even though Bald North has great coverage and could probably work for the entire commute to work. Yesterday I drove from Loveland to Westminster, and wanted to monitor Longmont the entire time. A lot of the Control Channels show really good decode rates (over 85%) when I stop and do the analyze feature on the radio.
What are the best settings to use so that I can go without missing traffic, but avoid a bunch of digital or choppy transmissions?
If I do have the optimal roaming settings, will this keep the radio locked on the best CC instead of scanning through all of them in the systems that I have a lot of CCs? In theory, it wouldn't slow it down too much if I have 8 or 10 CCs in some systems, right?
Another issue I have had lately is with the State Patrol. I have five CCs in that system as well. Its just for 3A, 3C, and 6C (for my commute). I was sitting here at home and my 106 was missing a LOT of the traffic that my pro96 was picking up just fine from the Mead site, and Mead is one of the CCs in my CSP system on the 106. I checked the decode rates, and they were coming in with HIGH decode rates but it just wasn't picking up the traffic.
Thanks!
What are the best settings to use so that I can go without missing traffic, but avoid a bunch of digital or choppy transmissions?
If I do have the optimal roaming settings, will this keep the radio locked on the best CC instead of scanning through all of them in the systems that I have a lot of CCs? In theory, it wouldn't slow it down too much if I have 8 or 10 CCs in some systems, right?
Another issue I have had lately is with the State Patrol. I have five CCs in that system as well. Its just for 3A, 3C, and 6C (for my commute). I was sitting here at home and my 106 was missing a LOT of the traffic that my pro96 was picking up just fine from the Mead site, and Mead is one of the CCs in my CSP system on the 106. I checked the decode rates, and they were coming in with HIGH decode rates but it just wasn't picking up the traffic.
Thanks!