GSHastings
Member
I'm new to current scanning, having just purchased a BCP996P2. Turns out, that scanner is significant overkill. I live in Mayberry, and the few channels here are "conventional".
After loading in the public service channels from Radio Reference, there are two UHF channels which always hang the scan. They seem to do this because both have some kind of perpetual hiss being transmitted.
I have tried to adjust the Squelch control for those channels, but that hiss cannot be squelched away. So, every time the scanner lands on one those channels, it assumes that it is active, and will hang onto that channel indefinitely.
I have locked out both of those channels, and the rest of the scanning seems to function properly.
Those are the only UHF channels which are used in my area (according to the data imported from RadioReference).
So, I'm not understanding what is happening, or is wrong. I assume they are supposed to be used for something, otherwise why would they be included in the database?
Thanks,
Greg
After loading in the public service channels from Radio Reference, there are two UHF channels which always hang the scan. They seem to do this because both have some kind of perpetual hiss being transmitted.
I have tried to adjust the Squelch control for those channels, but that hiss cannot be squelched away. So, every time the scanner lands on one those channels, it assumes that it is active, and will hang onto that channel indefinitely.
I have locked out both of those channels, and the rest of the scanning seems to function properly.
Those are the only UHF channels which are used in my area (according to the data imported from RadioReference).
So, I'm not understanding what is happening, or is wrong. I assume they are supposed to be used for something, otherwise why would they be included in the database?
Thanks,
Greg