KE0HIN
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Can someone tell me what long range metro sites would be best for Monitoring south metro fire ?
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KE0HIN
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From Berthoud
You are really far north of the SMF service area. The only "high altitude" sites you might hear that are remotely close to your location that I have heard SMF traffic on while in Denver are State of Colorado DTRS Site: Thorodin and State of Colorado DTRS Site: Lookout Mountain .
KE0HIN
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do you know if they hit Douglas simulcast ? cause I do get tone of those from up here
The Thorodin and Lookout sites are not connected to the Douglas South or North simulcast sites. You will hear the tones on Lookout and Thorodin along with many if not all of the SMF OPS channels. Most of the stations and units are within range of and affiliate with these two sites.
There are two simulcast sites. 1) Douglas North Simulcast State of Colorado DTRS Site: Douglas Co North Simulcast which seems to carry all of the SMF traffic from my experience. Douglas South Simulcast State of Colorado DTRS Site: Douglas Co South Simulcast is hit or miss just on the SMF dispatch TG and sometimes an OPS channel or two. I live in the south so I monitor the Douglas South Simulcast frequently. In the evenings I can sometimes get the Douglas North Simulcast on my G5 with 1 signal bar. I can't hear the Thorodin or Lookout from my location.
When I'm traveling back from Denver area to Colo Spgs I lose the Thorodin and Lookout sites right at about I25 and C470 on my G5. That's when I switch to the Douglas North Simulcast site. At I25 and the Larkspur area I switch to the Douglas South Simulcast site.
Here is the map of SMFR battalions and fire stations: Fire Stations | South Metro Fire Rescue, CO
If you click on the radius links above for Thorodin and Lookout most of the stations are within range of the red circle (footprints) of the transmitter sites.
If you click on the radius links above for Thorodin and Lookout most of the stations are within range of the red circle (footprints) of the transmitter sites.
If all else fails you can monitor them on the online feeds
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My radio is almost always affiliated with DC North for the SMFR talkgroups but a lot of the time the Simulcast is stupid and stops letting me use it. The other sites it sends me to or Thorodin, Lookout, Admin, Chevron, and Squaw. I bet that a lot of our radios are operating on the Simulcast but a good amount will be on those other sites, especially the stations out on the far East and West ends of the district.
