Marauder
Dazed and Confused
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- Oct 27, 2014
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Recently moved and today unboxed an old scanner that just happened to have 151.16 plugged in and while letting it scan around for a bit to see what I get at the new place I heard some noise come over and noticed it sounded like a control channel. So I checked the DB and was FLOORED to see that it came back to Wapp PD on a DMR system.
I could never tell if they used a poor signal system or some type of analog scrambling (is that a thing?
.)
I could be right down the street from the station (Literally across the street at mesier park) and get the same sound so it leads me to believe if I am right next to the station hearing that, I couldn't imagine how bad it would be for units in the field if it is indeed low signal or another issue.
If you have ever heard the noise you know exactly what I am talking about its a few short bursts of a buzzing noise (EEERT EEER EEEERT) almost like APRS but certainly not. I know this is not on my end because I have heard it on 5+ different radios in different locations with different antennas as well as talked to a local about it with them confirming the same sounds. Another person a long time ago told me they just have really bad radios but It's the same sound every time, never once in all the years I have been scanning have I ever heard a voice come over, even while right across the station and really just anywhere in the village.
For years I have always wondered why but never figured to ask on here but this has redrawn my curiosity on it even though it looks like that system is now either degraded or done being used. I'm sure someone with much more knowledge than I will chime in, and I hope so!
I could never tell if they used a poor signal system or some type of analog scrambling (is that a thing?
.)I could be right down the street from the station (Literally across the street at mesier park) and get the same sound so it leads me to believe if I am right next to the station hearing that, I couldn't imagine how bad it would be for units in the field if it is indeed low signal or another issue.
If you have ever heard the noise you know exactly what I am talking about its a few short bursts of a buzzing noise (EEERT EEER EEEERT) almost like APRS but certainly not. I know this is not on my end because I have heard it on 5+ different radios in different locations with different antennas as well as talked to a local about it with them confirming the same sounds. Another person a long time ago told me they just have really bad radios but It's the same sound every time, never once in all the years I have been scanning have I ever heard a voice come over, even while right across the station and really just anywhere in the village.
For years I have always wondered why but never figured to ask on here but this has redrawn my curiosity on it even though it looks like that system is now either degraded or done being used. I'm sure someone with much more knowledge than I will chime in, and I hope so!
