Posted by Thelonius on August 26, 2001 at 00:15:09:
In Reply to: Re: Loseing the Trunk Signal posted by Chris on August 23, 2001 at 17:32:33:
: My problem does is not the intermod prob. where I am it is just poor tower location, hills, and trees. If I listen to mcdonald point site it is pretty darn clear no complaints, except when it gets windy the signal goes in and out. but the Federal Way simo site that is closer to me comes in only half as good. I have noticed that the system is split in 2 dif areas of the 800 band. and the ones in the lower 850 area come in better than the ones in the upper 860 area, and Ill be darned to find an antenna that covers both equaly. I am not trying to be a jerk or anything, I just can't believe we payed so much money and got so little. And by the way I always hear units saying "what was that you cut out" and "I can't hear you move to somewhere else" I hear the same thing so it isn't just my scanner vs the commercial radio, infact I have actualy heard things when dispatch didn't so go figure, lol... Happy Scanning and enjoy the rain :) By the way I have found the best way to follow the system is with trunker running on a pc controling another scanner....
: : : 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.
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: : 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....
You may also be experiencing the interference from either a nearby cell tower or if you'll notice there are high tension power lines running along Grady Way east and west bound past Renton Honda, etc.