raymondjtoth
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Name is tray toth i have a bc125at, and i scan fire in desplaines il and train and so on it comes in with static what's going on tried the rh77ca antenna same thing. what's going on?
BC125AT: Static on BC125AT
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raymondjtoth
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no its when audio playing like when sending fire department to place and weather radio got a hum with vary bad static to wear it just skips over them
wtp
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is it close to a cell phone ?
raymondjtoth
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i dont have cable to hook it up. there is a antanna tower not far from me not sure if cell tower or not.
You said "hum". Does it sound like 60 hz hum? Try moving it to a new location and see if that helps.
It's going to be hard for anyone to guess what's happening without a recording or a really good description of what's happening, though.
It's going to be hard for anyone to guess what's happening without a recording or a really good description of what's happening, though.
raymondjtoth
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ok may use usb mic to record it thanks just need upload it some were
wtp
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Ray, i mean a phone not the tower.
with some phones, they seem to put out enough power to give buzzing sounds and humming to a scanner.
with some phones, they seem to put out enough power to give buzzing sounds and humming to a scanner.
raymondjtoth
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i have a 6.0 home phone and a 5g cell phone
Is the scanner near anything plugged in like an old pc monitor? Only happen indoors? Do you live near a high power line? Do you have the exact freqs programmed or off by a .xxx? example 154.025 maybe you have 154.050? Are you correctly programming modulation types? AM/NFM/FM/Auto? Lot's of things can cause the noise.
raymondjtoth
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Yes I have butel software set to auto
wtp
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try turning the phone off and see what happens.
raymondjtoth
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I have tried that static I'm also right behind my apt. I have freight train if that, derail it come in my bedroom so close
Electric freight train (overhead catenary, not diesel-electric)?
raymondjtoth
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no think its diesel
wtp
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Ray, did the static just start ?
raymondjtoth
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no been going on wasnt this bad was only on weather channels from noaa weather radio
I'd still move the radio to another place and see if that fixes it. You said you were in an apartment. That could mean a lot of types of buildings, but especially in more modern mid-rise buildings I've seen some really strong RFI coming from the AC line trunks that feed through the building to other areas. Depending on how the wires are run and how many units they're feeding (i.e. how many amps are involved) it can be a really strong hum signal. Generally moving the scanner to another room, or sometimes even just a few feet, will fix it if this is it.
raymondjtoth
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ok thanks all will try that
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