telephone interfere with reception

[mrhognuts]

have you guys ever heard of that? 1 mile from walmart in berea.

 

[jcpd9720]

no... but i guess it is possible, it is a radio radio transmitter. what freq range is the phone on? what is it interfering with? if it is a radio of some sort, what freq range is the radio?

 

[mrhognuts]

lee,ive got a 2052 rs scanner & im usually in the 150-160 range,,seems like when my scanner & phone are plugged into the same outlet,i get nothin,,,& also,why would the local police freq have a lot of static,when @ night i can pick up lexington pd loud & clear? i appreciate yer time.

 

[ShawnCowden]

ive heard phone overbleed on 800 mhz freqs before on the trs in richmond before around 1-75

 

[mrhognuts]

im 1 mile from i-75

 

[unitcharlie]

lee,ive got a 2052 rs scanner & im usually in the 150-160 range,,seems like when my scanner & phone are plugged into the same outlet,i get nothin,,,& also,why would the local police freq have a lot of static,when @ night i can pick up lexington pd loud & clear? i appreciate yer time.

What kind of fone are you talking about.... some cell fones, if they are close to the radio, can make your reception go bad quickly when they are in use or communicating with the tower.... but being plugged in to a common AC outlet shouldn't have any impact on your reception.... Berea PD is on the Madison County TRS which means you should receive them fairly well all the time... are you using an external antenna or the one supplied with the radio?

 

[mrhognuts]

hey nonesuch,i cut tobacco there yrs ago for a guy named eddie lay,,do you know him? was living on a farm around there,visiting my cousin,,never forget that little store where we ate dinner,,,,,,,,ive got an outside antenna stuck up through a fireplace chimney,i dont use,hehehe

 

[mrhognuts]

its a cordlesss tele

 

[unitcharlie]

I don't think the 2052 accepts PL/DPL... that might be the problem, there aren't many transmitters in the immediate area unless it might be chatter from the drive-thrus and Wally World and the like.... You might sit there sometime and do a search and see what freqs you can find that you receive to get some kind of an idea what you are up against....

 

[mrhognuts]

what is pl/dpl

 

[unitcharlie]

Essentially they are subaudible tones or codes sent with the transmission so a radio on the same freq but belonging to a different agency won't key-up.... The 2052 doesn't decode PL/DPL which means you are going to hear a lot of cross-talk with frequencies near the one you want to hear... double check the freqs you want to listen to making sure they aren't repeater inputs, etc so you can minimize the amount of interference.... if you haven't had your 2052 long you might take it back and trade for the PRO 97 and get the cable and software.... it decodes pl/dpl. Unfortunately, the 97 will not monitor the KSP. Which agencies do you want to monitor, I might be able to help with a list for you... let me know if you get a 97 (it is easier for me to make lists in that format).