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Old 05-12-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by joeynshelby View Post
I am in the Moncks Corner area. The scanner show two bars as far as signal strength goes. However, I have been as close as Goose Creek and digital decode still has been horrible!
OK, being in the Moncks Corner area adds another piece to the puzzle. The Palmetto Project 25 system does not have as big a footprint as the Palmetto 800 system in the tri-county area. The P25 system currently targets mainly Charleston County. There is a P25 tower in downtown Summerville to cover the northern part of Charleston County. I don't know of any similar P25 towers in Berkeley County.

As N_Jay suggested in your other thread, you may very well be outside of the design area of the P25 system up in Moncks Corner. A high gain, directional antenna pointed at Summerville or McClellanville may work if there's enough signal to capture up there. The simulcast system towers are designed to cover a fairly limited area, and the signal drops off sharply outside of the design area.
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