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Scan issues with conventional dmr system, mot radios not all rx randomly

AdvCom

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Curious if anyone has simular issues or advise. We're experiencing randomly Motorola radios not catching on to a conversation when channel scan is enabled. Latest firmware as of last month.
Our Scenario:
2 repeater dmr conventional system in large Warehouse
Ch01: ReptA Time Slot 1
Ch02: ReptA Time Slot 2
Ch03: ReptB Time Slot 1
Ch16: ReptB Time Slot 2
Channel 16 is emergency channel with idea of channels 1-3 to scan for activity on 16 in case of emergency.

The whole system is approximately 100 radios with a mix of Motorola CP100d, CP200d, CM200d, and Kenwood NX1300s. The NX1300 seem to work perfectly while all of the Motorolas keep missing transmissions speratically.

I'm looking for recommendations, insight, is there a better way to do this?

Thanks in advance!
 

AdvCom

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Channel 1 and 2 are used the most and that is where my primary complaints are coming from. I have set in the scan list: selected ch and ch 16. No priority in case anyone was wondering.
 
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RFI-EMI-GUY

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I would try to duplicate the problem with the Kenwood radios to rule out user preferences on Ch1 and CH2. Having no priority also means the radios are going to dwell on repeater 1 for a long time before scanning to the second repeater,
 
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