800 trunk system question

[scannerman200]

Can you pick up the 800 trunk system in jefferson county from tuscaloosa?

 

[CSL126]

well you can pick up the Birmingham apco25 system from the cottondale area, i haven't had any luck with the jeffco system. Actually there is this one small spot where you can hear bham. As you go down Skyland Blvd right before you get to I-20/59. It's really weird, that's the only place in town that you can pick it up lol.

 

[wwhitby]

Some Deputies that I worked with on a search and rescue couldn't hit the system with their HTs in the Graysville area.

They were using FRS radios for communications.

Warren

 

[EMS-1]

800 mhz. question

The Jefferson County 800 Mhz. Repeater for the Western End(Providence/Oak Grove) will not even reach to the Warrior River, so its doubtful you'd hear them any further...However you may have a streak of luck or skip and get them... Carl

"Back away from the car, There's nothing to see here..."

 

[eddiemax]

I have recieved the JeffCo Providence (855.2125) repeater's traffic on both sides of the Warrior River well into northeastern Tuscaloosa County using a radio shack mag mount (modified to permanent mount) and a ham transciever with 800mhz out of band recieve. The antenna makes a pretty fair duel-band ham antenna as well.

The trunked system reaches parts of the eastern banks of the Warrior River on hilltops if good equipment is used.