Uniden BCD996XT Listening Issue

[dandio]

Received my 996 the other day - it was preprogrammed to my county and I can pick up tons of Police, EMS, City, HAM, etc conversations. It seems to pick up a great deal of signals that I am interested in.. and for the most part I hear them loud and clear, except that every two seconds or so, on the dot, the volume cuts out for about a half second, and it becomes impossible to follow what is going on. It is like clockwork, and it happens on every system/frequency. I am using the included antenna & wall wart. I have tried adjusting the squelch, and moving the scanner to a different location.

I am hopeful that I am overlooking something easy.. maybe it is simply a setting that I can change - any ideas on what could be happening?

 

[davidmc36]

Close Call. or some other priority function

 

[ka3jjz]

To be a bit more complete, see the 2nd question of....(blue text is a link)

DMA P25 Decoding and Audio Issues - The RadioReference Wiki

Mike

 

[dandio]

Thank you both - perfect!

 

[ks_scan]

dandio,

Check the weather priority, that is likely your issue if you don't have a priority channel set. The weather priority being on mimics what you are reporting.