thomasp942
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- Nov 17, 2020
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Hello. I'm still a n00b, I've only had my SDS100 scanner for about 3 weeks but I'm picking things up quickly. I bought the scanner with the desire to listen to Hanover Area Fire & Rescue 79 as well as those stations immediately surrouding like West Manheim, Gettysburg, New Oxford, etc. I have the Sentinel software which I have used to create a York PA favorite list and I have deleted or avoided just about everything except Dynamic Patch, Fire, and the C/N/S/W Simulcast. I also have police, ems, and hospital service types off. My issue is that I still always seem to miss the initial dispatches for 79. I tried setting up an alert tone in the SDS100 for the Fire-Dispatch channel and the tone worked for other York County stations but not 79, it I would also seem to miss the first 2 seconds or so of the dispatch with the alert tone on. Back in the day when I was a kid departments had tones and everything seemed so much simpler. I pick up Adams County dispatches great, but they still use tones. I can also pick up Carroll County and Fredrick County in Maryland so I don't think signal reception is my issue. I get full bars on Signal Strength and Decode Quality.
I'm looking for any advise or suggestions on how to improve reception on initial York county FD dispatches.
My current setup:
-Uniden SDS100 scanner with latest firmware and database
-Bingfu HF VHF UHF 20MHz - 1300MHz magnetic antenna
-Antenna is mounted to a large metal plate on my deck (about 2 stories high)
-Cable Experts RG-8X Coax Cable (50ft)
-Ancable Lightning Arrestor/Surge Protector
-Uxcell RG58 BNC Coax Cable (25ft)
Thanks
I'm looking for any advise or suggestions on how to improve reception on initial York county FD dispatches.
My current setup:
-Uniden SDS100 scanner with latest firmware and database
-Bingfu HF VHF UHF 20MHz - 1300MHz magnetic antenna
-Antenna is mounted to a large metal plate on my deck (about 2 stories high)
-Cable Experts RG-8X Coax Cable (50ft)
-Ancable Lightning Arrestor/Surge Protector
-Uxcell RG58 BNC Coax Cable (25ft)
Thanks