Mason69
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my trx1 is scanning very slow. squelch is at the recommended setting. i have some trunked systems in. idk what’s happening.
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The more Trunking Sites the slower the Scan.
The more the Frequencies the slower the Scan.
Setup your Favorites List and only have a list turned on when you are in range to hear it. This keeps your scan cycles much smaller and faster.
There are reasons I have over 20 Scanners Operating at home I have scanners setup to hear 1 County only that covers 10 Scanners 1 Scanner for Jackson THP 1 Scanner for Memphis THP 1 Scanner for Nashville THP. You get the idea.
The more the Frequencies the slower the Scan.
Setup your Favorites List and only have a list turned on when you are in range to hear it. This keeps your scan cycles much smaller and faster.
There are reasons I have over 20 Scanners Operating at home I have scanners setup to hear 1 County only that covers 10 Scanners 1 Scanner for Jackson THP 1 Scanner for Memphis THP 1 Scanner for Nashville THP. You get the idea.
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Mason69
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oh wow okay. i have a whistler ws-1065 but it doesn’t like P25 phase 2!! which is most of what is in my area.
I thought you posted you have a TRX-1.
The 1065 should not even decode Phase 2
The 1065 should not even decode Phase 2
Mason69
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i do have a trx1. that’s my main one i’m having problems with. i was just saying i have a 1065 bc u mentioned all of your other ones.
CycleSycho
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He did post he had a TRX-1... Ubbe
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How do you check that it scans slow? The display only show what systems are enabled to scan and not the actual rate at what they are scanned at.
If you go to Program Menu/Global Settings you will find IF Out: and set that to HP and connect earphones to your scanner and listen to how it scans. You should hear at what scan rate it goes thru channels. For DMR/NXDN it scans the voice channels of a trunked system and for P25 it has to dwell on its control channel for a while to check if any calls are active on the site and that will slow down scan, as all control channel trunk tracking will do.
/Ubbe
The WS1040 & 1065 were released years after Phase-II became a standard. Kind of intriguing to me why they were unable to adapt to the technology at that time
Well it will only decode FDMA talkgroups (mode "D") on a Phase-II capable system, but that's it. Throw simulcast distortion into the mix and it will struggle greatly to do so...
Whiskey that would be because they were the same GRE 500 / 600 Radioshack 197 / 106 Scanners that replace the Pro96 Pro2096 scanners that were released before Phase 2. The only Phase 2 Scanners for Whistler were the SD Card Based Scanners.
Mason69
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the reason i know it scans slow is whenever there is a transmission, i press the button to make it keep scanning and it takes about 5 seconds for it to come back to that frequency.
Ubbe
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That's a good way to test. But to be sure, as Whistlers squelch function are a bit flawed, are to listen with earphones with that IF out enabled to hear that it actually starts to scan and are not stuck on a channel waiting for a delay time to time out. That happens to me a lot.
/Ubbe
Then you are scanning way too many objects you need to thin down how much you are scanning.
What you should be scanning is only objects that you can hear where you are.
You must be trying to scan 1000 or more objects.
What you should be scanning is only objects that you can hear where you are.
You must be trying to scan 1000 or more objects.
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Less is best when it comes to scanlists and objects. Basically the more you have it scan, the more time it takes to cycle back around.
wtp
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THIS is why you buy more radios, no waiting time !
i usually have my counties trunked system in one radio and have an older analog one for everything else. (when out)
i usually have my counties trunked system in one radio and have an older analog one for everything else. (when out)
