Tips for STARS and area in general for Uniden 536

I just bought the 536 and already own a Uniden Home Patrol. The 536 is a little intimidating, but that is the case for anything with powerful capabilities. The lack of good documentation is frustrating - that is why this board is so valuable.



Does anyone have advice on receiving Virginia STARS? I'm getting nothing - I have gone in and set to avoid all but the Arlington, Dumfries and Fairfax sites, and doing ID searching rather than scanning.



I have played around with changing the band modulation from NFM to FM, and have also played around with using the manual decode level, as well as having the squelch open.



Any other tips for using a 536 in the Metro DC region appreciated!



Thanks in advance.





David

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