Driving down the major interstate arteries I see regularly spaced towers that have a couple microwave parabolics near the top along with some other verticals. Are these part of the MARCS system? And if so are they of any use to the scanner? MARCS isn't received that great inside my home with the stock antenna.
I'm maybe 15 - 20 miles from the controllers. One is better than the other as far as signal quality goes. But if these tower relay MARCS across the state, why can't they be an advantage for the listener? Seems like a simple digital scanner doesn't possess the sophistication needed to function well ie allowing the listener to
travel and not have to know what controllers serve the areas. There should be some kind of automatic roaming one would assume.
I'm maybe 15 - 20 miles from the controllers. One is better than the other as far as signal quality goes. But if these tower relay MARCS across the state, why can't they be an advantage for the listener? Seems like a simple digital scanner doesn't possess the sophistication needed to function well ie allowing the listener to
travel and not have to know what controllers serve the areas. There should be some kind of automatic roaming one would assume.