Smartzone question...
i posted in the NJ forum due to the location of the system, but mable some system admins can pop in a post a response to help me out....
Morris County UHF Smartzone :
Misc System Information
Zone 1 - Randolph, Dover, Netcong, & Morristown
Zone 2 - Boonton, Kinnelon, & Jefferson
Zone 3 - Washington Twp.
Zone 4 - Chatham
System Frequencies
SID 8911h-001 Zone 1 (Simulcast): 476.4000,476.4250,476.5250,476.5500*,476.6250*,477 .0000,477.8750*
SID 8911h-002 Zone 2 (Simulcast): 477.9250,478.1500,478.4500*,478.4750*,478.6250,478 .6750*
Zone 3: 472.5250,472.6000,476.7500*,477.8250*
SID 8911h-004 Zone 4: 477.0500,477.0750,477.7000,478.6500*
Bold's are the Control Channels and *'s are the alternate Control Channels. I confirmed the control channels and majority of frequencies linked to each set. I cannot pick up Washington Twp, but I'm assuming their site ID from one of the Zone 3 listed control channels would be SID 8911h-003. If anyone can confirm, please post accordingly.
My question is:
Do you have to change control channels based up you location in the county ? The reason I'm asking is where I live I can get Zones 1, 2 and 4 at a decent strength. In some areas, Zone 1 gives me five bars, in other areas Zone 2 gives me five bars while Zone 1 drops to two bars. All talkgroups are heard on all zones.
Same thing while driving to work. I get a great signal on Zone 1, but as i go farther east, i find that Zone 4 has a better signal strength on their control channel.
Here's my problem. Once the scanner locks to one control channel because it picks up a signal, it will stay on that control channel until the signal is completely lost. I have all control channels set so it will pick up the next one I have a signal on, but not necessarily the one with the best signal strength. By locking onto one control until lost, I also miss parts of conversations, because i may be receiving it at one bar, instead of five that may be available via another control channel(s).
Is there anyway around this other than setting it up as 4 different systems ? Or locking out and unlocking control channels as i move about ?
Do the units have some sort of control channel sampling for the best signal...something my scanner does not ?
I believe Smartzone systems can have up to 28 frequencies and 10 sites in analog..what's the limit for digital ? Why not have one control set up on all sites and then simulcast on all sites ?
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