Hi. New 996XT owner here and it's a handfull. Got the RR freqs for STARS and Fauquier County, only got the towers in my view, Apple Orchard (5 bars), Dumfries (5 bars), Fairfax (2 bars), Fork Mt (5 bars), Mt WX (5 bars), Arlington (?), Hogback (5 bars), Independent (5 bars). Set up custom searches for what I want. Got plenty of questions, but I'll keep it short to start. Biggest thing is it appears that Fauquier has a different radio system than the State. Simulcast as I understand and I've been hearing things on the Fauquier list. Big question is when the 996 stops on a Fauquier freq/TG there's no indication of the frequency or anything, just an ID. Wondering if I should limit my searches to just one freq since it's simulcast, not that I'm real clear on the simulcast thing. I notice that if I scan from 850 to 852 I get plenty of things in P25 (Fauquier stuff) that I do not hear while using the Fauquier RR list. It's like the frequencies are different than what's in the RR list????
I've locked out plenty of TGs in the State and County systems too.
I'm using a 2M/70cm Larsen antenna on my chimney roof at about 700' amsl, and it seems to be working pretty good even at 800, but plan on trying some different things when it warms up.
Another thing, Freescan seems a bit flakey sometimes, usual? Is there something better, especially for computer control?
Dave
N3DT in Hume
I've locked out plenty of TGs in the State and County systems too.
I'm using a 2M/70cm Larsen antenna on my chimney roof at about 700' amsl, and it seems to be working pretty good even at 800, but plan on trying some different things when it warms up.
Another thing, Freescan seems a bit flakey sometimes, usual? Is there something better, especially for computer control?
Dave
N3DT in Hume