CSERN Tolland county site

[matt04]

I see freqs listed in the DB but am unable to pickup a control channel. I have a 436HP and pulled programming directly from the DB. I can clearly pickup the Motorola system from the same location. Anyone else have any luck?

 

[cg]

It is possible that the towers for that Cell are not all active yet. There are 4 sites for Cell 3, Somers, Storrs, Tolland, Union. I was in Vernon yesterday and I thought the signal was poor.

chris

 

[matt04]

I was in the Somers area yesterday and was got a really strong signal from the P25 system on Soapstone Mtn until the Somers/Enfield line on Rt 190, then it stated to fade out fairly quickly into Enfield. The Moto sysem from Soapstone stayed monitor-able until the I-91 area in Enfield.

The P25 is licensed for 100w and I thought the Moto was also 100w as well. I will have to try to find the license. Maybe the P25 system is running at a reduced power now? I suspect the DB is missing the P25 equivalent of the H/W CSP system as well.

 

[cg]

Troop H/H BDL cell is there, Cell 28 in Avon & standalone Cell 41 in Hartford.
The Troop H cell will be Talcott, Windsor Locks, and Bristol. 500 Hudson is the standalone.

chris

 

[matt04]

Troop H/H BDL cell is there, Cell 28 in Avon & standalone Cell 41 in Hartford.
The Troop H cell will be Talcott, Windsor Locks, and Bristol. 500 Hudson is the standalone.

chris

If I got that right, Site 28 listed as Avon is a Simulcast with Avon, BDL and Bristol. I live near the MA border by I-91 and can barley get 1 bar from the Tolland County site and 1-2 at best from Avon on a good day. I can get 2-4 bars from the Motorola system.

 

[cg]

The CT SW TRS is broken up by CSP Troops not by towns so the labeling in the database is misleading.
From Granby, with an outside antenna, I get broken reception on either site. There is a local cell site that badly hurts my reception. The local police tested the 700MHz system and had poor reception in many parts of the town so I am not expecting perfect signals.

chris

 

[oldtimeradio]

I see freqs listed in the DB but am unable to pickup a control channel. I have a 436HP and pulled programming directly from the DB. I can clearly pickup the Motorola system from the same location. Anyone else have any luck?

Hi Matt,
I know this is old but here's my info.
I live in Stafford Springs and the Tolland (Bald Hill) site comes in OK here. The signal waves around cause of all the trees. I have a couple of discone antennas on 60 ft tower at 30 ft level with 130 ft trees all around. (Middle of the forest).
I had NO LUCK with my BCD996P2 on CSP 700MHZ. I also have a new SDS200 which picks up 99% of the conversations.
I have a UHF/VHF antenna on top of the tower which works well on the ham bands but doesn't cut it on 700MHz.
I see licenses for 3 other locations, Soapstone closest but I see no frequencies yet, so no RF...
Attached is RF level of 700 and 800 MHz signals I receive.

mike