I suspect you've hit the nail on the head Sarah. Operator error springs to
mind.
"Sarah Czepiel" <ninety7gt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:55:00 -0700 (PDT), wdoe999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> :>Hi - I've gone through five scanners and was wondering if someone can
> :>recommend one before I run out of money. On all of these scanners, I
> :>try and set the squelch so that it skips unused frequencies. However,
> :>when a used frequency is found, the squelch chops out most of the
> :>audio. If I turn the squelch all the way down, I can hear all of the
> :>audio. I try and use the least amount of squelch possible, but it
> :>still chops the audio so you can't understand anything. Needles to
> :>say, I'm ticked off that devices could be designed so poorly.
> :>
> :>Thanks in advance.
>
> Can you tell us what scanners you've used? I use the Pro 96, Pro97, and
> PSR 500. Also have used several different Bearcat, Uniden, and Radio
> Shack
> models and haven't found the squelch too difficult to regulate.
>
> I assume you've turned the squelch all the way up and then backed it
> slowly
> down until it just allows the radio to scan thru the frequencies?
That's
> how I fine tune mine. If I have an additional freq. or two that
overloads
> and stops on that setting I back off the squelch just slightly to get
> those
> freqs/channels to scan. So far I don't feel I'm missing anything and
> everything seems to come in loud and clear.
>
> Am I missing anything? Is this what you've done so far without success?
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