I've always kept my squelch at the minimum level to keep my scanners stopping on weak signals.
Then I was reading in my new RS Pro-528 that reception improves on trunking when the squelch level is more toward the "middle" of the range.
I tried this with the 528 and, lo and behold, the trunking channels "came alive" with far more activity than they did before.
Tried the same thing with my GRE PSR 500, which I thought did a pretty good job on picking up trunking with the squelch low--moved toward the middle it improved reception by more than 50%.
I know there's a technical reason for this, but it's interesting that the PSR 500 documentation doesn't mention this as a potential reception solution.
Suzie
Then I was reading in my new RS Pro-528 that reception improves on trunking when the squelch level is more toward the "middle" of the range.
I tried this with the 528 and, lo and behold, the trunking channels "came alive" with far more activity than they did before.
Tried the same thing with my GRE PSR 500, which I thought did a pretty good job on picking up trunking with the squelch low--moved toward the middle it improved reception by more than 50%.
I know there's a technical reason for this, but it's interesting that the PSR 500 documentation doesn't mention this as a potential reception solution.
Suzie
