[TheList] PDW and Decoding

Mon May 31 15:37:44 AEST 2010

Awesome thank you, that has worked.

Dave.

On Mon, 31 May 2010 16:48:10 +1200, Phil W <suckerpunchnz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Adjust the volumes of both the scanner and/or computer input.
> Do it by trial and error, but the decoding is very volume sensitive.
> 
> Have a listen to what the sound output from the scanner is like, is it
> clear?
> Make sure your reception is good if it's not.
> 
> In Auckland we use 157.950, don't know if trying that would help.
> 
> Doesn't sound like it's anything to do with Win 7 though.
> 
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>> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 14:56:02 +1200
>> From: pr1me at orcon.net.nz
>> To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>> Subject: [TheList] PDW and Decoding
>> 
>> Hi Everyone just wondering.....
>> 
>> I run windows 7 and have downloaded PDW 2.60 and have got it working,
> however when I decode stuff I dont really get many messages, certainly not
> like I used to a few months ago, dont see any fire turnouts or ambo
> turnouts.
>> 
>> I live in the manawatu and the freq im scanning is 157.925
>> 
>> I am only interested in fire and amb, dont care about anything else, my
> scanner is ubc60xlt, and still works fine, can hear voice channels np, I
> have an external aerial connected to roof through bnc...only thing I can
> think off is PDW isnt setup correctly, although I do see these messages
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