RE: Hollis, NH activity?

That was it! The antenna lead had broken off the PCB. I soldered it back on
and now I am hearing some traffic.

 

Thanks!

john

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of don robinson
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 3:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [BC245XLT] Hollis, NH activity?

 

  

Years ago my 245 went quiet and when I couldn't get weather I thought it was
time for surgery. When I opened the case I found the antenna connection from
the PC board to the BNC connector was broken. A bit of solder would take
care of that, but to take another cautious step, I replaced the stiff wire
link with a stranded wire. The more flexible wire offered more give and
resistance to the same fault again. That joint is a bit fragile.

--- On Sat, 2/27/10, W.John Guineau <[email protected]
<mailto:guineau%40earthlink.net> > wrote:

> From: W.John Guineau <[email protected]
<mailto:guineau%40earthlink.net> >
> Subject: [BC245XLT] Hollis, NH activity?
> To: [email protected] <mailto:BC245XLT%40yahoogroups.com> 
> Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 5:30 AM
> Sorry if this is redundant or just
> way too basic for this group. I have not
> listened to my scanner since living out in LA many years
> ago so I am very
> rusty on programming it and on what is new in radio these
> days. 
> 
> 
> 
> I also can't seem to find my programming cable (which if I
> did I could
> probably sell here for more than my car is worth J ) so I
> have to do it
> manually.
> 
> 
> 
> I've been trying to hear local Hollis, NH PD/FD on my
> BC245XLT.
> 
> 
> 
> I programmed in the Hollis and Brookline frequencies from:
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1766
> 
> 
> 
> From what I can tell it does not appear that either town
> uses digital or
> trunking. I was not sure what to do with the 
> "PL tone" - does that need to be programmed into the 245
> somehow? I could
> not find any reference to tone in any of the programming
> info I could find
> on the 245.
> 
> 
> 
> With the scanner scanning that bank, I have never heard a
> peep. I adjusted
> the squelch etc. I have a Diamond RH77CA antenna on it.
> 
> 
> 
> Any other good local frequencies I could plug in just to be
> sure this thing
> still works?
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas? Is Hollis just that quiet?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> john
> 
> 
> 
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