lockoutspecialist said:
I missed the bank robbery. Butt did hear them talking about it. I went on a mission. to see were I pull it the metro area. Westminster/Arvada east FT Collins anywhere except were I live. Aurora I/25 Crossroads, Denver Johnson's Corner I/25. I have PVH I'm 1 mile from sometimes cant get the CC. And all greeley,ftc,horsetooth bald MT and Estes Park, I do a lot of driving. Just driving around town are places I cant get the C/Cs.
It is hard to listen to most Denver metro area TRS's up here in FTC... A couple of reasons are, not high enough, and distance... If you have a super high gain beam antenna, like a 15+ element yagi, you might be able to hear Denver Edacs in FTC. I was able to do this a couple of years ago with the same setup, on the West side of Fort Collins... The major thing is location, location , location... When I lived in Wellington (13 miles North of Fort Collins) I could hear all metro agencies with a "rubber duck"! Wellington is at a mile high though as well as Denver. Line of site is key with this band as you said. Most of FTC is 5000' to 5100', 180ft can make a huge difference with 800Mhz. If you would like a good antenna source PM me and I can help you with that.
Also, as mentioned in other threads, Denver Edacs signal is "beamed" (directional) into the city of Denver, so listening up here becomes a tricky, but a definately possible task....
lockoutspecialist, next time you go up North toward Wellington, give a listen to Denver. You will start to pull them in just North of the Budweiser plant on I-25. Their system is very strong, again you just have to be in the right place with the right equipment.
