I have a PRO 652 scanner that I bought a few years ago. Where I was living I had a lot of reception issues (dead air signals, and just intermittent good reception or no reception at all for long periods) and had pretty much given up on trying to listen to it.
I moved a few months ago and am doing a little better. Now I am able to monitor the county that I live in with no problems (I am in Scott County, MN, Near Minneapolis) but my signal meter shows very weak even though I can step outside here and see the water tower where I know one of the towers is.
I don't really understand the whole trunking thing, I get how it works but not how towers are assigned or why I can be so close to a tower and still have a weak signal showing.
I am wondering if there is a setting on the radio that is low or off that is making me not pick up signals very good as I cannot get anything from any of the adjacent counties unless I put them in under the county that I am in. For example, If I put in Dakota County TG's on the Dakota County Towers I get absolutely nothing but if I put them in with the Scott County towers then I get them intermittently, whenever their communications jump over to this system for some reason.
If need be I can make a video of what I am seeing with the signal meter, post it and put a link so that someone can look at it and see what I mean.
I moved a few months ago and am doing a little better. Now I am able to monitor the county that I live in with no problems (I am in Scott County, MN, Near Minneapolis) but my signal meter shows very weak even though I can step outside here and see the water tower where I know one of the towers is.
I don't really understand the whole trunking thing, I get how it works but not how towers are assigned or why I can be so close to a tower and still have a weak signal showing.
I am wondering if there is a setting on the radio that is low or off that is making me not pick up signals very good as I cannot get anything from any of the adjacent counties unless I put them in under the county that I am in. For example, If I put in Dakota County TG's on the Dakota County Towers I get absolutely nothing but if I put them in with the Scott County towers then I get them intermittently, whenever their communications jump over to this system for some reason.
If need be I can make a video of what I am seeing with the signal meter, post it and put a link so that someone can look at it and see what I mean.