First use of a MAC, 45188 Fire #5 by Massillon on a gas leak with evacuation.
Just got a shipping notice from Scanner Master on my SDS200 with delivery Friday so I will report on it's performance on Stark Simulcast.
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I had both the sds100 and sds200 connected to the same yagi. Both on them sounded great. I use the invert filter that really helps out.
45172, sounds like some law enforcement operation. Units are on West Tusc in Canton. Mentioned warrant is being signed by judge now. All the routine stuff that gets enceypted and what sounds like a raid is in the clear
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Sounds like one of those ones you hope nobody reports. Otherwise they suddenly become ENC
Posie777
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WS1065 (1 yr old) and WIN500 Hello folks. Hope this is okay to post here
Freq / talkgroups worked great with type Mot 800/900 and P25 Auto (OSHP) until Stark County went to Marcs IP. Yesterday, I joined Radio Reference and downloaded 20 talkgroups. To get strong signal bars, I had to changed the RSSI Bar Threshold from the original 370, 450, 520, 610, 680 to 190, 230, 260, 290, 320.The few transmissions I do get are short burst of garble or silent . Talkgroups displayed for 1-3 seconds. Squelch is turned to the left almost to zero. Looking at the screenshots from WIN 500, can you tell me if any settings need to be changed / what to change them to?
Thank you . Appreciate suggestions. I am at my wits end with this scanner. Hate to throw it away. I have read several articles / comments trying to find a solution.
Freq / talkgroups worked great with type Mot 800/900 and P25 Auto (OSHP) until Stark County went to Marcs IP. Yesterday, I joined Radio Reference and downloaded 20 talkgroups. To get strong signal bars, I had to changed the RSSI Bar Threshold from the original 370, 450, 520, 610, 680 to 190, 230, 260, 290, 320.The few transmissions I do get are short burst of garble or silent . Talkgroups displayed for 1-3 seconds. Squelch is turned to the left almost to zero. Looking at the screenshots from WIN 500, can you tell me if any settings need to be changed / what to change them to?
Thank you . Appreciate suggestions. I am at my wits end with this scanner. Hate to throw it away. I have read several articles / comments trying to find a solution.
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Your set up looks correct. Don't worry about the RSSI settings. They are for display looks only and don't have an effect on reception.
My guess is that you are in a bad location and not receiving well because of the dreaded Simulcast Distortion issues (Stark Co. uses a simulcast system).
There are lots of threads here on RR that describe simulcast distortion and that offer remedies which may or may not work.
The only sure fire way to deal with simulcast issues is to upgrade to a Uniden SDS100/SDS200.
With my Pro197 and PSR600 which are essentially the same scanner as your WS1065, I get great reception of the Stark Simulcast. In my experience, you want as little antenna as possible. I use the factory back-of-set antenna completely collapsed and folded down. I believe that this helps the scanner receive only one tower, the nearest. I get 4 signal bars this way. I program mine with ARC500.
Testing on 45153. I am guessing Plain Twp Fire 2 as 45152 was previously identified as Plain Twp Fire 1.
Swipesy
Member
Posie777, try changing the Boost to off in your P25 settings and see if that helps. Normally you don't need boost.
gobeit
Member
So I have a Homepatrol 2; I did the new download of the Uniden Sentinel software to my scanner on Monday and I still can't seem to locate Massillon Police and Massillon Fire; any idea where I can find them. They use to be under Canton/Stark County tab.
xusmarine1979
Active Member
I'm guessing that the database hasn't been updated yet in Sentinel. I have been adding mine manually.
xusmarine1979
Active Member
That's what I was thinking a few weeks ago that everyone else has seemed to jumped to MARCS. Plus it would be nice to monitor everyone on a single system.
xusmarine1979
Active Member
Living in Louisville, I was pretty excited about them possibly being in the clear, but most likely they won't be. I've been so busy but still haven't heard anything since the schools were testing on one of the channels in the beginning.
Posie777
Member
Regards to #266 .. WS1065 .. Thank you Nasby, Volfirefighter, Swipesy. I tried your suggestions.
I called Whistler 2/6. Spoke to Brian in Arkansas. Said he got a call from another person in Stark County today. He will be emailing that person and me with info / Win500 download that may be a solution (if I understood that right) That was suppose to be this afternoon. When / If I get the info and if it works, I will share with you.
I called Whistler 2/6. Spoke to Brian in Arkansas. Said he got a call from another person in Stark County today. He will be emailing that person and me with info / Win500 download that may be a solution (if I understood that right) That was suppose to be this afternoon. When / If I get the info and if it works, I will share with you.
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Nice to see a photo with all that “other stuff”turned off on the screen !
And looks to me your keypad back light works !
And looks to me your keypad back light works !
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I suspect 45145 / 45150 are Perry Twp Police Dispatch / 2 -- all encrypted. Radio IDs are IDs very unique on the system to no others agency.
Quite a bit of activity today.
RIDS: 7610166 - 7610209 with dispatch on 7600023 and 7600025
Quite a bit of activity today.
RIDS: 7610166 - 7610209 with dispatch on 7600023 and 7600025
Why the gap of 5 TG's? Everyone else on this system has their TG's one right after the other.
45210 Osnaburg Local Schools Emergency Radio, tested this morning. I see we had 45018 previously identified as a countywide school emergency. So, do all schools have their own as well? Cancom answered the test from Osnaburg High School Principal probably due to the fact that they dispatch East Canton Police.
