Receiver for Troop I

[PD47JD]

I reside off Seymour Rd (Route 67) near its junction with Amity Rd (Route 63) in Woodbridge. Although I have a large accumulation of radios, I do not have one
that is capable of monitoring CLMRN. I'm interested in purchasing one for the sole purpose of monitoring Troop I (well, perhaps some others of interest). The radio will be used solely as a base receiver. I am not interested in either SDS model for a variety of reasons, cost is not one of them.
What would you recommend?

 

[Cheeseburgers]

P25rx II, best 👌

 

[wtp]

System Type: Project 25 Phase II
3 (3)	014 (E)	Troop I Simulcast	New Haven	769.33125	769.65625	770.33125	770.95625	771.35625	771.60625	772.43125c
				773.28125	773.45625c	774.03125c	774.58125c

401	191	T	CSP Trp I DISP 1	Troop I Dispatch 1	Law Dispatch
403	193	T	CSP Trp I DISP 2	Troop I Dispatch 2	Law Tac
405	195	TE	CSP I Secure	Troop I Secure	Law Tac

so you need a radio that get the 700 band AND can do phase 2 AND can do simulcast AND do it well AND not be an SDS series....................IDK.
you could try an SDR thing on a computer or one of the pager 'radios'.
good luck hunting.

 

[PD47JD]

System Type: Project 25 Phase II
3 (3)	014 (E)	Troop I Simulcast	New Haven	769.33125	769.65625	770.33125	770.95625	771.35625	771.60625	772.43125c
				773.28125	773.45625c	774.03125c	774.58125c

401	191	T	CSP Trp I DISP 1	Troop I Dispatch 1	Law Dispatch
403	193	T	CSP Trp I DISP 2	Troop I Dispatch 2	Law Tac
405	195	TE	CSP I Secure	Troop I Secure	Law Tac

so you need a radio that get the 700 band AND can do phase 2 AND can do simulcast AND do it well AND not be an SDS series....................IDK.
you could try an SDR thing on a computer or one of the pager 'radios'.
good luck hunting.

Thank you for your input. I do have an SDR set up. I also have all of the system info. which you had thoughtfully posted for my review.
I am nearly (not quite...it's 5 miles from my residence) in the line of sight for the Bethany site.
But, what does the "LDK" abbreviation stand for?

 

[PD47JD]

P25rx II, best 👌

It's under consideration as a possibility. Thanx for your input.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

But, what does the "LDK" abbreviation stand for?

It's "IDK" which stands for "I Don't Know". With that said the only receivers I recommend to mitigate likely simulcast distortion you'll face are Uniden's SDS100 or SDS200. Go with the latter if you're looking solely for base

 

[PD47JD]

It's "IDK" which stands for "I Don't Know". With that said the only receivers I recommend to mitigate likely simulcast distortion you'll face are Uniden's SDS100 or SDS200. Go with the latter if you're looking solely for base

I reside within 5 miles of one of the sites in use. Not overly concerned with simulcast. Had a friend stop by with a Homepatrol2...no simulcast issue. He keeps it in his car and nary a complaint re: simulcast issues. SDS radios do have their place in a RF-rich environment, but for me, overkill.

 

[Cheeseburgers]

FWIW, I use a 1st gen P25rx on CLMRN, Listening to a dozen or so TGs, it works fantastic even at my house on Simulcast L, with low signal strength

 

[wtp]

i would just have said "i don't know" and that may not have helped.
a few years back the wife heard a signal 20 on our county sheriff's system.
she asked "what does a signal 20 mean"?
in my best Abbot and Costello, i answered "that's crazy"
she said "i am not crazy and i know what i heard"!
i again said "that's crazy" and then she got it.
i was hoping to get to the part of "what, he's on third base".
but yes, it was supposed to be a moment of thought and then i don't know.
and yes, you might live in a sweet spot.
my county's 700 simulcast system and my 325 work great, everywhere, except my house.
so i will be getting a 100 soon.

 

[Reconrider]

I reside off Seymour Rd (Route 67) near its junction with Amity Rd (Route 63) in Woodbridge. Although I have a large accumulation of radios, I do not have one
that is capable of monitoring CLMRN. I'm interested in purchasing one for the sole purpose of monitoring Troop I (well, perhaps some others of interest). The radio will be used solely as a base receiver. I am not interested in either SDS model for a variety of reasons, cost is not one of them.
What would you recommend?

I would suggest 2 cheaper SDRs. RTL-SDRs can be had for about 50 bucks for the kit which includes antenna and dongle.
SDRTrunk is a decode program for p25 but I hate it with a passion as it's just plain crap.
DSDPLUS Fastlane has a free choice but it's junk. Spend the 25$ for lifetime updates and you'll be happier than anything. Lightweight which is great so you can run multiple systems at once - 1 dongle per system.

 

[nhfdcadet]

Could always get yourself a unication pager, can be used as a base and has a portability option as well

 

[Cheeseburgers]

I would suggest 2 cheaper SDRs. RTL-SDRs can be had for about 50 bucks for the kit which includes antenna and dongle.
SDRTrunk is a decode program for p25 but I hate it with a passion as it's just plain crap.
DSDPLUS Fastlane has a free choice but it's junk. Spend the 25$ for lifetime updates and you'll be happier than anything. Lightweight which is great so you can run multiple systems at once - 1 dongle per system.

I agree, skip SDRTrunk, its garbage... DSDPlus is good.

Again, highly reccomend the P25rx, works very very well.

 

[Reconrider]

I agree, skip SDRTrunk, its garbage... DSDPlus is good.

Again, highly reccomend the P25rx, works very very well.

Never used the P25rx. I wanted to pick up the second version of it, but seller stopped selling so I went the rasp pi route with airspy R2 lmao.

I've heard great things about it though

 

[Reconrider]

Could always get yourself a unication pager, can be used as a base and has a portability option as well

Not a reply directly to you cadet but more for OP but really for anyone who sees it.

I have the Unication G5 barely used. Never left my house if you decide to go with a pager, I will sell cheaper than what the stores are selling it for - just DM me
Edit: forgot to tag OP @PD47JD

 

[PD47JD]

Could always get yourself a unication pager, can be used as a base and has a portability option as well

Thanx..under active consideration. I do have a VHF Unication.

Post script: I always enjoy reading your posts.

 

[cg]

The website for Bluetail says the P25RXII is available with 5 day wait. No idea if that is current or not. Also, the forum on his site says there is a handheld coming out soon, BTT Eagle. That comes with a display.
I have the original and it sits on HFD Dispatch via CLMRN. Real nice audio ( I am only a few miles from a H Simul site).
There are RR or CSV import functions so it was easy to set up with TGIDs & RIDs.

There are some forums on his website but not a huge amount of content. Some of that is because the help file is pretty decent and a lot of the basic stuff was hashed out on RR before he was banned.

I have not done anything other than some basic CLMRN monitoring so I can't comment about anything but the P25P2 which works excellent for me.

 

[Cheeseburgers]

I agree, outstanding performance, BT Config software is really robust now, I keep one in a small case and can set it up in minutes and be listening.

 

[Firebuff66]

I would suggest the same thing as nhfdcadet, I have Unication G5s now and I love them for listening to the CLMRN

 

[N1SQB]

I reside off Seymour Rd (Route 67) near its junction with Amity Rd (Route 63) in Woodbridge. Although I have a large accumulation of radios, I do not have one
that is capable of monitoring CLMRN. I'm interested in purchasing one for the sole purpose of monitoring Troop I (well, perhaps some others of interest). The radio will be used solely as a base receiver. I am not interested in either SDS model for a variety of reasons, cost is not one of them.
What would you recommend?

It has not been suggested but there is another option, Uniden 996 P2. I actually recently sold mine and I live about 5-7 minutes from you ironically. It is a great scanner for what you are looking to do. I had no need for it since I have 2 SDS200s and an SDS100. It never gave me any problems with reception. I loaded the CLMRN into it and just locked out everything except Troop I. Just a suggestion

Manny

 

[Reconrider]

It never gave me any problems with reception.

Manny

Each area is dependent on reception so your house could be 1 house closer or further from the tower and it works, where as his house could have enough of a multi signal to not work.