Ever wondered why your x36 stops on a channel so often, but you never hear anything or maybe just a half-syllable, and then it continues scanning? Your suspicions are correct: you're missing stuff.
My 536 is holding on a single talkgroup, and holding a single nearby site on TxWARN Analog. I have the system's scan time set to 5 seconds (i.e., it holds on the system for 5 seconds, then does what I am now seeing people calling the "housekeeping sweep" where it drops the control channel for about 500 ms, then goes back to the system), which is even longer than it should need to be.
With 3-4 bars out of 5, the scanner misses the first between 1 and 3+ seconds of pretty much every transmission (as properly received with no problems on another radio sitting right next to it). The mean is around 2 seconds of every transmission. This has been the case since purchase, and while I haven't tested it, my 436 also stops on channels w/o audio then resumes, so I can only infer that it's got the same problem.
FWIW, the next time you listen to your scanner on a busy channel, count how many transmissions are under 2 seconds, or how many transmissions have a pretty important first 2 seconds. You'd be surprised how much of the total traffic you're missing. I'd estimate I'm missing 75% or more of the total traffic. For example, while typing this, I've missed many entire transmissions like "What is your location?" and "Twelve thirty-four southbound," and "Phone number is 123-456-7890" came out as "90."
I know that some people don't have this issue, but that lots of people have complained about this, anecdotally (i.e., they see lots of no-audio transmissions) and after testing. Are there any plans to fix this? Let's face it: it pretty much makes the scanner useless.
My 536 is holding on a single talkgroup, and holding a single nearby site on TxWARN Analog. I have the system's scan time set to 5 seconds (i.e., it holds on the system for 5 seconds, then does what I am now seeing people calling the "housekeeping sweep" where it drops the control channel for about 500 ms, then goes back to the system), which is even longer than it should need to be.
With 3-4 bars out of 5, the scanner misses the first between 1 and 3+ seconds of pretty much every transmission (as properly received with no problems on another radio sitting right next to it). The mean is around 2 seconds of every transmission. This has been the case since purchase, and while I haven't tested it, my 436 also stops on channels w/o audio then resumes, so I can only infer that it's got the same problem.
FWIW, the next time you listen to your scanner on a busy channel, count how many transmissions are under 2 seconds, or how many transmissions have a pretty important first 2 seconds. You'd be surprised how much of the total traffic you're missing. I'd estimate I'm missing 75% or more of the total traffic. For example, while typing this, I've missed many entire transmissions like "What is your location?" and "Twelve thirty-four southbound," and "Phone number is 123-456-7890" came out as "90."
I know that some people don't have this issue, but that lots of people have complained about this, anecdotally (i.e., they see lots of no-audio transmissions) and after testing. Are there any plans to fix this? Let's face it: it pretty much makes the scanner useless.