[Scan-DC] MoCo police scanning

[Doug Kitchener]

Joel, have you had the impression that the users of the county radio system are actually encountering this same stuff?

One thing (in fact, the first thing) that I did ask the radio tech when I saw him last weekend (refer to earlier message) was if they were having problems or had made any recent changes; he said they had not... boy, I'd love to find out for sure that it was on their end!

DK

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> From: jrkahn at att.net
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:53:35 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] MoCo police scanning
>
> This is a problem with the MoCo system, not the scanners, as it is occurring
> on all types and models. It is intermittent with several hours n the clear,
> then the hung carrier for a while, and then not again.
> While I am not a radio tech, I often play one on TV! I think it is a
> problem with one of the Quantars (computer assisted transmitter). Maybe
> they put an older one in service while they reprogram another for the
> rebanding, and this one has a problem.
>
> Everybody has reported similar problems, a "carrier" sticking open and
> various other TGs heard. I was listening to prison cell transfers while 7A
> was stuck on Friday!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Kitchener
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:44 PM
> To: crayh5o at hotmail.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] MoCo police scanning
>
>
> I had been having the same problems with my Uniden BC796; last night I did
> all the firmware updates on it and it is "under test" right now.  So far it
> seems to be working better as far as the open carrier / scanning not
> resuming, and getting (not) the talkgroups mixed up - I don't think that's
> happened at all in the course of about four hours.  However, there seems to
> be a lot of garbles... I'm not sure about this next statement, but the
> garbles _seem_ to be more on the police side than fire... I'm going to try
> and track this... am scanning Gaithersburg and Germantown PD talkgroups.
>
> DK
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: crayh5o at hotmail.com
> > To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> > Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:14:36 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] MoCo police scanning
> >
> >
> > I am still having trouble listening to MoCo with my RS Pro-96. Sometimes
> transmissions sound garbled. Also, sometimes after a transmission, it sounds
> like there is an open carrier and scanning doesn't resume. Then, I'll pick
> up transmissions that are from other talkgroups which doesn't match what is
> being displayed.
> >
> > Anyone experience this and have a work around for the Pro-96?
> >
> > Ray >Everything seems to be working fine this morning. I'm hearing the
> primary
> > >TGs (A1 through A6) loud and clear, with no extraneous transmissions,
> > >sitting in the Rockville area with a Pro-96 and a rubber duck.
> >
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joel Kahn" <jrkahn at att.net>
> > To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 11:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] MoCo police scanning
> >
> >
> > >I wonder if the Techs are getting ready to reband? It would make sense to
> > > start testing in Rockville.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > > [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of BLGY2K at
> aol.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 3:50 PM
> > > To: racerpgt at aol.com; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] MoCo police scanning
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Matt,
> > > I am also having the same garbled transmission problem with the MontCo
> > > TRS. This started a few days ago (last Thursday night?) and noticed this
> > > only
> > > in the Rockville area. I am guessing one of the transmitting sites is
> > > acting up or is broadcasting on low power. Recently, I have noticed a
> > > continuous carrier tone broadcasting on the 17840 - Radio Communications
> > > talkgroup.
> > > I am assuming the radio technicians are well aware of this issue and
> > > hopefully resolve the problem soon.
> > >
> > > -Ben G
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 1/8/2012 2:22:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > racerpgt at aol.com writes:
> > >
> > > Anyone using a pro96 to scan mo-co popo? I am using radio reference
> > > tables
> > > and lately the listening has been horrible with garbled transmissions,
> > > fire rescue transmissions on the channel (when paused on rockville
> > > dispatch),
> > > and other districts coming up on the paused channel.
> > >
> > > Anyone else with similar issues?
> > >
> > > Matt
>
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