In Reply to: Columbia tower scratchy? posted by Rick on September 12, 2000 at 20:32:12:
: Is it just my scanner,or has the Columbia Tower site been having some problems the last couple of days?Lots of static,poor reception,etc.
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No problems with Columbia Tower or Seattle simulcast during the reported time frame. We did some work 11/12 September that should not have affected outbound transmissions.
I don't know where you monitor from, but I don't think I could find a place where you could say for absolute shure you would be listening to ONLY Columbia Tower. Columbia Tower is only one of several simulcast sites with overlapping coverage. I suspect you meant to say "Seattle simulcast" and not "columbia Tower."
If you want to report an observation with meaningful information, you shoud give the following information:
1) Name of site or simulcast sub-system monitored.
2) Time of day (accurate time- ie WWV)
3) Frequency heard. If frequency is unknown, talkgroup number can help.
4) Location you monitored from.
I am not saying I will follow up on all "problem" reports, but the above is required to do any follow-up.
Since a lot of folks on this board seem to be quite confused over the differences between simplex, repeater, trunking, simulcast, SmartZone, talkgroup, and frequency, would anyone be interested if I put together and posted some basic explanations?
Wiz, System-wide Manager
King County Trunked Radio System