I am a complete newbie that bought what I thought would be a good scanner. If you throw out typical scanning terms and nomenclature, I probably won't understand them.
What I do know is that after almost sending it back because I couldn't figure out how to program it, I did get it working and I was enjoying listening to it. Though disappointed that my local PD is encrypted. Anyway, for several days, it was working what seemed to be flawlessly, but yesterday and today, EVERY transmission from all the channels I have programmed are now getting cut off for a half second to a full second and depending on the length of the transmission, it will cut off and stop at least twice. Makes it really hard to understand what's going on.
Anyone know why or what I can do? FWIW, I live in LA County and only have a few channels I am currently scanning. The only ones I ever hear are LA County Fire Dispatch, Montebello Bus System something or other, Montebello PD (that I can hear dispatch and responding officers) and Verdugo Fire. They were all flawless transmissions, but now every single one is choppy. Every one.
Very frustrating and making me want to box it up and send it back again.
What I do know is that after almost sending it back because I couldn't figure out how to program it, I did get it working and I was enjoying listening to it. Though disappointed that my local PD is encrypted. Anyway, for several days, it was working what seemed to be flawlessly, but yesterday and today, EVERY transmission from all the channels I have programmed are now getting cut off for a half second to a full second and depending on the length of the transmission, it will cut off and stop at least twice. Makes it really hard to understand what's going on.
Anyone know why or what I can do? FWIW, I live in LA County and only have a few channels I am currently scanning. The only ones I ever hear are LA County Fire Dispatch, Montebello Bus System something or other, Montebello PD (that I can hear dispatch and responding officers) and Verdugo Fire. They were all flawless transmissions, but now every single one is choppy. Every one.
Very frustrating and making me want to box it up and send it back again.