why wont sac county come in in rancho

[mts200]

ok i live in dph sac city come in good sac county good there. but at my work i cant get sac county at all? i work in rancho off of kefere and swatt. i can pick up sac citty good here?

 

[RolnCode3]

If you receive it normally, just not in one specific location: that's not abnormal.

Signal reception is spotty in many places, especially for scanners. The actual Mot radios do better, but even they're not 100% (and I'm sure someone with way more knowledge could tell you what coverage % Mot promises).

However, if you're having difficulty receiving the system recently, well....there's lots of talk about the changes to the system.

If you search for either of these topics in the CA forum, you'll see several threads.

 

[Sac916]

If you receive it normally, just not in one specific location: that's not abnormal.

Signal reception is spotty in many places, especially for scanners. The actual Mot radios do better, but even they're not 100% (and I'm sure someone with way more knowledge could tell you what coverage % Mot promises).

Scanner reception is at best decent. Using stock antennas you'll get poor performance the majority of the time. It seems you've got to be at the right location and elevation to get a decent signal. I lived near Sylvan and Auburn for years and the reception was HORRIBLE. ( back in the BC-245 ver 1.0 days )

Now talking about actual Motorola radios;
There are a lot of "dead spots" throughout the county, especially in Orangevale, Fair Oaks, Carmichael and parts of Rancho. I think you would be surprised to know some of the "major" intersections in the county ( where business burgs , accidents & other mayhem occur ) that are total dead spots. There are many, many apartment complexes that also kill the signal. You would think that some of the rural portions, or outskirts of the county have bad reception, but that's not the case. Most of the dead spots are in very well populated areas. It's beyond frustrating. It's disgusting.

PS
I'm not going to go into exact detail where some of the dead spots are loctated for officers, that's just not appropriate.

 

[sac-emt]

Antfreq,

I agree with you about certain areas that there are dead spots; like you, I will not identify them either.

 

[RolnCode3]

I can think of 3 of them, 2 are major traffic area/intersections. The third was a park related one. I know there are many more, but those are just some I found the hard way.

 

[mts200]

i have the rs 800 on it. sac pd come in so good at times i think that there is a repeter here.
now when we go on the digital will i have better rx on county? i will be geting the digital scanner soon

 

[swat]

Well i have had problems sitting pasenger in a car and the radio at my hip it came in pretty bad. and also my brother lives off of winters blvd and in his house it basicly wont come in at all. and one last place is motels. i stayed at a motel for 1 week for my house to get painted and it was so scrachy i turned it off. and i have that 800 band antenna. compared to stock its ALOT BETTER.