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06-10-26 Monmouth County 700 system Im not getting any signal on the Monmouth County 700 system from Toms River. Zero signal on any control channel. I did notice the frequencies that came with my SDS200... 06-10-26, 14:07 pm Im not getting any signal on the Monmouth County 700 system from Toms River. Zero signal on any control channel. I did notice the frequencies that came with my SDS200 were different from the RR listing, however still not recieving anything. I do have a discone antenna in the attic. Any ideas? I do not think Im too far away? View article »
06-10-26 Why are hams allergic to tone squelch? The vast majority of amateur radio repeaters (in my area at least) use uplink tones but not downlink tones. I wouldn't consider that a problem except that my house has... 06-10-26, 14:07 pm The vast majority of amateur radio repeaters (in my area at least) use uplink tones but not downlink tones. I wouldn't consider that a problem except that my house has very favorable topography to the east. From my base unit, I can hear and transmit some pretty impressive distances on 2 meters. My club's repeater 22 miles to my north and another club's repeater 146 miles to the northeast share the same repeater pair. I can't reach the other club's repeater, but I can hear it...sort of... Read more View article »
06-10-26 Help Me Purchase a Vintage Desktop Scanner -... Nostalgia: I have a hankering for an older analog conventional desktop style scanner to sit on my home-office desk as my area is still heavily conventional analog and... 06-10-26, 14:00 pm Nostalgia: I have a hankering for an older analog conventional desktop style scanner to sit on my home-office desk as my area is still heavily conventional analog and there's plenty to listen to: Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference for Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA) www.radioreference.com I have an old 80's-era Regency HX-1500 hand held but it is silent when it runs and I haven't been able to fix it yet. I ran an AI and it spit out the reeults below. I'm open to your experience, wisdom, and other model suggestions. I am... Read more View article »
06-10-26 XG-100P AGC settings, what do you have it set... Some users come in super soft, others blow out my speaker. What do you all have the AGC settings set to? Would this setting help these audio volumes? 06-10-26, 13:51 pm Some users come in super soft, others blow out my speaker. What do you all have the AGC settings set to? Would this setting help these audio volumes? View article »
06-10-26 Zadig WinUSB Issues I am a casual but long-time Unitrunker user. In the process of installing Unitrunker onto a new PC, it seems that I can not get Zadig to load WinUSB (or any other... 06-10-26, 13:49 pm I am a casual but long-time Unitrunker user. In the process of installing Unitrunker onto a new PC, it seems that I can not get Zadig to load WinUSB (or any other driver)... It just keeps throwing the same error message: "The driver installation failed / Could not allocate resource" The Zadig log file shows the following: "Zadig 2.9.788 Windows 11 Pro, x64 (Build 26200.8457) ini file 'zadig.ini' not found in 'C:\Users\ashev\Downloads' - default parameters will be used default driver set... Read more View article »
06-10-26 2026 Chicago OEMC Public Safety - 800 MHz P25... Please continue the OEMC system discussion here for 2026. Prior thread: New Chicago OEMC Public Safety - 800 MHz P25 06-10-26, 13:49 pm Please continue the OEMC system discussion here for 2026. Prior thread: New Chicago OEMC Public Safety - 800 MHz P25 View article »
06-10-26 APX 8500 TX inhibited We're installing an APX 8500 into an RV, with dual O5 control heads. Whenever we try to transmit, we get "TX INHIBITED". Yesterday we moved the radio into... 06-10-26, 13:38 pm We're installing an APX 8500 into an RV, with dual O5 control heads. Whenever we try to transmit, we get "TX INHIBITED". Yesterday we moved the radio into another technician's truck, and then it had no trouble transmitting. When we put the radio back into the RV and tried to transmit, we got "TX INHIBITED" again. Obviously something is different between the RV and the other technician's truck, but we can't figure it out. We have 12.64 VDC. We disconnected one of the two control heads... Read more View article »

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Worcester County, Massachusetts (MA) Scanner Frequencies and Radio Frequency Reference