[TheList] Waikato Rural in Auckland

Sat Aug 1 18:47:14 AEST 2020

Might pay to stick a multimeter across the shared antenna and see if 
there's voltage on it. Id think the scanner would have dc blocking 
capacitor on the input though...

Id also be trying an SDR on that antenna too.

On 1/08/2020 8:29 p.m., DogSecurity - Richard wrote:
> Depends on a few things.. First I'd check is do the auckFire 1 and 2 
> work on the 15X? If not then your receiver has some issues. If it does 
> then I'd put a splitter in line so the two radios are sharing the same 
> aerial... Compare the two screens ie if the 15X RX light/signal meter 
> is showing a signal then I'd ask if the 15X receives anything on 
> VHF/UHF - if not I'd look at the speaker of the 15X
>
> If it does receive VHF/UHF but nothing in the ESA band, then I'd be 
> thinking the 15X doesn't like ESA and further investigation would need 
> to be done with someone to see if it's internal interference inside 
> the 15X causing you grief. Or is it an external interference - ie we 
> had a customer that was getting interference on an I-band link or the 
> VHF repeater.. They used CTCSS so didn't hear the interference but it 
> ended up being someones failing TV aerial amplifier in their mast
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> On 1 August 2020 7:43:40 pm NZST, Dan News <dan at dannews.co.nz> wrote:
>
>     Keen to hear your thoughts.
>
>     I get zero reception of Waikato Rural on my Uniden BCT15X which is
>     attached to an outdoor aerial. (Not sure what kind as it's a
>     shared one for the apartment, but it's for television usually).
>
>     However, on a flimsy little wire aerial in my apartment bedroom
>     which is surrounded by concrete, I get it strength 4/5 on an old
>     Uniden handheld.
>
>     Any idea on settings or anything I could change to get it on the
>     BCT15X?
>
>     Seems odd to me.
>
>
>     PS. If anyone on here is a Zello user, also message me off list.
>
>     Dan
>
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