markymayhem
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- Jul 18, 2017
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Hi there! I am sort of an old hand with scanners - in that I owned everything from some heathkit tube units through some of the nicer 1980s and early 1990s Radio Shack units. Back when they had a paper catalog to drool over, and the cheapest scanners took crystals.
Anyway - A client came to me [I do IT mostly, but some electrical repairs] with a BCD436HP they said used to get wonderful reception, and now it was very static filled.
I took it in, opened it up, closed it up, no change. I took it in, opened it up, checked the shielding again, sheilded the battery compartment, closed it up.
Then - almost no reception except the strongest NOAA weather station.
I took it in. Backed up their favorites lists, updated the firmware, and reset the unit and the settings.
Re-set location, did a discovery - I now get weather and crappy reception of a few FM stations. I'm about to reset the settings again, as I've had my grubby little mitts all over the place, and I don't understand the full ins and outs of this scanner.
Basically they just want to receive fire, police, EMS for a few areas.
When those are programmed in, no reception at all.
I am in the city compared to their location, so I turned on all the services and set it to pick up my local city police. I live in St. Louis, MO. There is plenty of police radio traffic. I can receive none of it.
Any thoughts, suggestions, places I may be going wrong etc? Your help would be very much appreciated.
Anyway - A client came to me [I do IT mostly, but some electrical repairs] with a BCD436HP they said used to get wonderful reception, and now it was very static filled.
I took it in, opened it up, closed it up, no change. I took it in, opened it up, checked the shielding again, sheilded the battery compartment, closed it up.
Then - almost no reception except the strongest NOAA weather station.
I took it in. Backed up their favorites lists, updated the firmware, and reset the unit and the settings.
Re-set location, did a discovery - I now get weather and crappy reception of a few FM stations. I'm about to reset the settings again, as I've had my grubby little mitts all over the place, and I don't understand the full ins and outs of this scanner.
Basically they just want to receive fire, police, EMS for a few areas.
When those are programmed in, no reception at all.
I am in the city compared to their location, so I turned on all the services and set it to pick up my local city police. I live in St. Louis, MO. There is plenty of police radio traffic. I can receive none of it.
Any thoughts, suggestions, places I may be going wrong etc? Your help would be very much appreciated.