On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:56:30 GMT, "Rob Cullen"
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" wrote in message
. ..
: On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:55:00 -0700 (PDT), 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?
: