Hello all! Short time lurker and first time poster here.
Well, my county recently re-banded (Fayette County, GA) and after working with a few folks in our Ham Radio group and local PD reps I think I finally got the new frequency assignments figured out. Since my old Pro-95 can't handle the new re-banded frequencies on the Motorola system I went ahead and bought a Pro-107. It was delivered today and I've been playing with it over the past several hours. I generally like the concept of the radio and to start I have my county system programmed in as the only active playlist.
The problem I'm facing is that the 107 is only picking up about 50% of the traffic. I can track what is happening because I reprogrammed my old Pro-95 to scan the county frequencies in a non-trunked mode and I'm listening to both radios simultaneously.
What I've noticed is that when the 107 picks up a transmission it identifies the talkgroup, but the 'CC:/VC:' display line at the bottom of the screen (Control Channel/Voice Channel?) flickers intermittently as though there is a signal strength issue, and no audio comes through. However, the same conversation is coming in fine on the Pro-95. It doesn't appear to be a 'tower' issue - for example I will hear a conversation from our local jail just fine on the 107 then just moments later a transmission on the same talkgroup will be missed.
Just to be sure, I have the squelch turned off on the 107 and have the 'better' antenna mounted on it (a RS 800 mhz)
An ideas? If it is a receiver sensitivity issue I'm very disappointed and this thing may be headed back to the Shack.
Well, my county recently re-banded (Fayette County, GA) and after working with a few folks in our Ham Radio group and local PD reps I think I finally got the new frequency assignments figured out. Since my old Pro-95 can't handle the new re-banded frequencies on the Motorola system I went ahead and bought a Pro-107. It was delivered today and I've been playing with it over the past several hours. I generally like the concept of the radio and to start I have my county system programmed in as the only active playlist.
The problem I'm facing is that the 107 is only picking up about 50% of the traffic. I can track what is happening because I reprogrammed my old Pro-95 to scan the county frequencies in a non-trunked mode and I'm listening to both radios simultaneously.
What I've noticed is that when the 107 picks up a transmission it identifies the talkgroup, but the 'CC:/VC:' display line at the bottom of the screen (Control Channel/Voice Channel?) flickers intermittently as though there is a signal strength issue, and no audio comes through. However, the same conversation is coming in fine on the Pro-95. It doesn't appear to be a 'tower' issue - for example I will hear a conversation from our local jail just fine on the 107 then just moments later a transmission on the same talkgroup will be missed.
Just to be sure, I have the squelch turned off on the 107 and have the 'better' antenna mounted on it (a RS 800 mhz)
An ideas? If it is a receiver sensitivity issue I'm very disappointed and this thing may be headed back to the Shack.