Stafford County / PRO-197???

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brandonb

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I am trying to get Stafford Counties system programmed into (working I should say) my PRO-197. I have everything programmed as near as I can tell. I can hear all of the control frequencies and will get blurbs of what I'll call 'digital junk'; almost as if the scanner isn't decoding the traffic on it's end. I know the SO is encrypted - all I'm trying for is Fire & Rescue. I have reprogrammed several times, add Wildcards, turned Audio Boost on, etc. all w/ no luck. Has any else experienced anything similar or have any suggestions. Thanks in advance!
 

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where do you live in stafford, i live on the Stafford/Fauquier line, and i get nothing from my psr-500 or very rarely my scanner picks up stafford....i can even be in garrisionville and it can still be digital chirping...it depends on your location in the county...i can get a 99% decode rate but still cant pick up the audio, also do you have it setup as a P25 system and not a Moto 800/900 right??? Stafford is the only system that i listen to that has this problem, if anyone else in the area has advice that would be great
 

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It is setup as P25. I live in King George actually - about (10) miles from the County line off Route 3. It's sad because I can pickup Fairfax but nothing from Stafford
 

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i can get Fauq, Culpeper, Spotsy, PW, FF, and i can even get Charles County, MD which is what 50-60 miles away.....but i cant get the county that im living in whats up with that...this is 1 system that i cant figure out, of coarse on VHF you can only hear dispatch not the units talking back which is 154.175...is your ATT on or off
 

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Freqs not the same in RR as in FCC database, RR has 771.86125 and the Fcc shows 771.36875. The rest are the same.
 

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I live in Stafford and hear them fine on my 396T. I also have a 996T in my car and can pick up Stafford at the Occoquan.
 

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Tried the updated programming - still no luck. I guess the scanner just won't play nice with the system. I know one person said their Uniden works fine with it; any others with the same?
 

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Pro-197

The last time I tried (a couple of weeks ago), I could receive Stafford's digital system on my Pro-197 on the outskirts of Fredericksburg, but due to the digital simulcast distortion issue, the quality of the audio is not good. I can at least understand some of the traffic though.

Picking up a digital simulcast system like Stafford is a real challenge for scanner owners. It has a lot to do with being in the right location.
 
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