pdvWireless MD sites/coverage

[troymail]

Anyone have idea where any of the "sites" for pdvWireless really are in the Maryland area? The fcc license info just can't be correct -- it says that all of the frequencies for the area are on a single transmitter site in Montgomery County (70 mile coverage)?

pdvWireless Trunking System, Various, Multi-State - Scanner Frequencies

 

[nd5y]

Trunked system site location data in the rrdb isn't necessarily where the sites are actually located.
You would have to look up the licenses on the FCC web site.
Some of them may be auctioned market area licenses and it may not be possible to find some site locations.

 

[troymail]

Trunked system site location data in the rrdb isn't necessarily where the sites are actually located.
You would have to look up the licenses on the FCC web site.

I am aware of that - my question is based on looking at the fcc license data (as was stated) - not that which is posted on the RRDB.

 

[nd5y]

Here are all their site based licenses in MD. (don't know if this link will work)
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/General_Me...ortstring=,+callsign,+lic_name&limit_select=4

 

[troymail]

Here are all their site based licenses in MD. (don't know if this link will work)
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/General_Me...ortstring=,+callsign,+lic_name&limit_select=4

Great - the link worked. I typically do (apparently) simple "advanced" searches on fcc.gov/uls but these didn't come up. Can you share any guidance on how you made your query/got these results? Thanks in advance.

 

[nd5y]

Here is what I did in this particular case.
Go to the GMR main page FCC General Menu Reports 3.1.14 October 7, 2010

Click on Site / Market / Frequency

Service Selection: Specific Services Only
Check Land Mobile - Commercial and Land Mobile - Private (We don't care about other service groups and it takes longer to search. You could narrow it down to specific radio services if you know them.)

State: MD

Frequency: Begin: 935.0125 End: 939.9875 (upper and lower limits of 900 MHz LMR band base frequencies)

Location Specification: blank (not used)

Licensee Name: whatever their name is as it appears on the license(s)

Wildcard Search: Checked (unless the licensee name is the same on all licenses and you spelled it the way it appears on the licenses)

Grant Date and Expiration Date: blank (we want all active licenses and don't care when they were issued or expire)

Query Options:
Sort Results: Callsign (searching for only one licensee and already know the name)
Limit Results to: Currently Licensed Facilities and Pending Facilities (don't care about expired or cancelled licenses/apps)

This should return all active/pending licenses in the selected state. You could also narrow it down to county or lat/lon/radius.
Sometimes you can't find market area licenses this way. To find them see the instructions at:
http://wiki.radioreference.com/inde...xxxx.29_in_the_FCC_database_and_found_nothing
The wiki article is for Part 22 VHV/UHF paging licenses but you search for geographical market area licenses in other bands and radio services in the same way.