On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:56:30 GMT, "Rob Cullen" <robc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
:>I suspect you've hit the nail on the head Sarah. Operator error springs
to
:>mind.
I'm leaning that way too Rob especially considering he said he's had the
problem with five scanners.
:>"Sarah Czepiel" <ninety7gt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
:>news:4qla14hbh2ak4c2o2kp0ilhrk61f0pg7j6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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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