Posted by spencer on August 23, 2001 at 15:52:22:
In Reply to: Re: Loseing the Trunk Signal posted by Chris on August 22, 2001 at 08:34:21:
: In my honest opinion, King Co. got ripped off with the val. com. system.. Dead spots everywhere, static conversation and that is if your lucky. I hear ham repeaters that are 3 times as far away that come in crystal clear. I realize antenna choice is important, but come on. Didn't King Co. know 800Mhz is not for hilly pine tree laden areas?? Wiz maybe you know what they were thinking.... Just my 2 cents.. and for ref. I use a Maxrad seeker antenna just to get a scratchy reception on the Fed way site, and that is from in Auburn, sooo sad... Oh well just hope that it can be fixed before someone becomes a victim of a deadspot.... and god forbid if they switch to digital ARGH.. what a nightmare that would be...
: : There are several spots in the area that do this. Another is 405 at 167. The radio is being overloaded, outside antennas make it worse. These areas have a lot of other strong towers near by such as for phone service. Hope that helps.
: : Vince.
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: : : When I'm in Renton Around the 405 interchage to I-5 I lose the singal. And not
: : : able to track when I'm in the trunk mode. I have the Valley Comm / KC freqs.
: : : Programed in and Columbia Tower, and East Side. I have a Rat-Shack Pro. 94
: : : Which I can have all three selected to run to what every is the stronger Site.
Thanks for your opinion Chris.
The reality is that NEXTEL sites near major interchanges are creaming your receivers. If you were using a receiver with a better front end, you would have less of a problem (though that does not mean that NEXTEL sites don't have an impact on the receivers used by police/fire- they do but thats another story). The hambone stuff only get clobbered by microprocessor noise and paging transmitters....