I have channel 380 base 138.000 step 12.5 that still don't make it sound clear.. maybe i should take the BCI-96 card out and take a Q-Tip of IPA on the contacts and then dry it on the other side of the Q-TIP and then re-set the card and try it again... ??
Good deal! Glad you have it working mostly.
Did you try the hidden P25 tuning menu? I think its explained around page 51 or so in the owners manual.
It's where you hit Hold on an active talkgroup and then hold the 9 key in until the menu appears.
Once there, you can rotate the tuning knob and adjust the P25 threshold for the best decode.
I know every system is different but our VHF statewide system here in Missouri gave me the best decode quality with the left number set at close to 900 something. If you never tried that, it's worth doing as it can make a difference.
I had a hard time doing it as the conversations are so short.
You need to enter the menu when talk is active and then if they go silent, I just waited until they started talking again on the talkgroup and frequency I was sitting on until I was able to finally zero in on the best setting.
I had to do the same thing for an 800 MHz system here also as the 796 stores your P25 setting separately for each band.
I'm also not sure I have the correct custom table entries here.
One of the sites here needs two custom table entries while another site only needs one. I was able to use Pro96com to figure that out.
Good luck with it all!