[Scan-DC] dropped transmissions muttgummery

[Doug Kitchener]

Thanks, guys - at least misery loves company!  I haven't tried radios side-by-side but my buddy has - nothing conclusive though.  I guess that will be an over-the-winter indoor project.

LOL re analog... you got that right, Andy.  I started a reply to the "scanner hobby" thread and never finished it, will finish that up... but let's just say that the radio system that mungfunkery county was using in the late 1960s worked better than anything that came afterwards - 

by the way, I'm in the process of updating firmware on a bunch of my radios... I don't expect it to do anything... but...


      From: Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com>
 To: Scan DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>; Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com> 
 Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 7:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] dropped transmissions muttgummery
   
#yiv2344635312 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I've noticed this with Arlington County on my HP-1. Some replies are completely missed. No garbled transmission, no static, no unit ID, nothing. Even when locked on a TG, as you say. I've always chalked it up to decoding problems. At my QTH, I have problems with dealing with multiple signals on their simulcast, as I'm up quite high with line-of-sight to more than one site.
The other thing I've noticed with the HP-1 is that very frequently the first few seconds of a longer transmission are clear, then 2 or 3 seconds are garbled or lost, then it decodes fine for the rest of the transmission.Seems to be a pattern. This occurs so often that I don't think it's my imagination. Of course, the most critical information is always during those 2-3 seconds that drop.
I've thought about getting one of the new "true I/Q" decoding scanners like the Uniden SDS100, as they are supposed to be better at dealing with simulcast interference and also weak signal situations. The $800 total all-in price tag is a bit of an eye-opener though.
I really miss good old-fashioned analog.
W4JE

From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Doug Kitchener via Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 6:32 PM
To: Scan DC
Subject: [Scan-DC] dropped transmissions muttgummery All,
Has anyone who listens to the muttgummery county trunked system noticed the occasional missed transmission - ie, a unit will apparently call in but you don't hear them call, but the dispatcher acknowledges them, or something similar?

A couple of us have noticed this occasionally, and it happens _even when your receiver is locked on a talkgroup_ - so it's not scanning delay or anything like that.  It also seems to happen with both Uniden and Radio Shack / GRE scanners... a couple of us have noticed this and were talking about it last night... not sure what to attribute it to... what... to...

anyone else?  any thoughts?
thx

1830, KGC-3............... 3 4
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