Has anyone had any success with scanning Mansfield, TX? I have a PRO 164 and have had success everywhere else but Mansfield. I get some kind of funny tone and the channel bounces in and out quickly when it tries to pick up Mansfield. Any help would be appreciated.
Trouble with Mansfield, TX
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KE5BCP
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Lots of digital talkgroups on their system (Pro-164 is analog):Shock said:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=53
Yeah.. Digital...
I had problems getting them with my 396 and I am literally 1/2 mile from Mansfield. However, after the recent firmware upgrade to my scanner, I am picking them and Grand Prairie's digital systems great.
I had problems getting them with my 396 and I am literally 1/2 mile from Mansfield. However, after the recent firmware upgrade to my scanner, I am picking them and Grand Prairie's digital systems great.
andrewccm said:
Not sure if it was the firmware, location, or radio
itself, but sitting inside a restaurant (along with
plenty of steel and what-not to interfere) at Beltine
and Hwy 183 in Irving, Mansfield PD & FD came in
LOUD AND CLEAR on a PSR-500. I was impressed,
and it pretty much sold me on the scanner.
af5rn
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Wow! I live nearly in Mansfield, well within the Mansfield ISD, and they still barely push 1 or 2 signal bars on my 396 with an 800mHz rubber duck. Hearing them on a rubber duck in Irving is almost hard to believe.
af5rn said:
Yeah.. Gotta agree... You must live right next to me...LOL (Fannin Farm by chance?)
Even with Scantenna ST-2, RS800 and Channel Master AMP, I only get 2-3 bars on Mansfield...but the reception is clear now. Grand Prairie I get 1-2 and it's clear as well. Nothing like prior to the firmware upgrade which was unusable for those systems.
Well.. Just to add to the last couple of posts...
I was in Colleyville today visiting my folks... I was able to hear Mansfield P25 just fine using the RS800 duck from their driveway. The firmware upgrade did wonders in the regard... I believe Colleyville is at least (if not further) away than Irving.
I was very surprised.
I was in Colleyville today visiting my folks... I was able to hear Mansfield P25 just fine using the RS800 duck from their driveway. The firmware upgrade did wonders in the regard... I believe Colleyville is at least (if not further) away than Irving.
I was very surprised.
af5rn
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Not too far! I'm a couple of miles southwest of you still, right by Arlington fire station 13 on 287. I sure wish I could use that million-foot tower there for my antennae!andrewccm said:
Fannin Farm isn't Mansfield ISD, is it?
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af5rn said:
Yep... My son goes to Carol Holt (the new elementary school right over by you...) It's less than 2 mi. from my house as the crow flies.
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