Adams Couty Simulcast

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I'm thinking the Jail and Courts on Bridge street. Jail TG's (Maybe court ops as well?) seem to be restricted to the simulcast site. I remember there was a small tower with a few sticks on it years ago near the jail/courts complex.

 

[greenthumb]

Chris's link has it - it's location 3 on the license at 19150 E 160th in Brighton on a tank....based on Google earth the tanks look to be just south of 160th.

 

[thorntonoid]

Hoyt Tower

For what its worth, when I head out east I lose the ADCO Simulcast, 700 Meg., at about Haysmount Road alignment. I pick up the ADCO SO from the Hoyt tower there on out to Last Chance. None of the other ADCO municipalities, like Thornton, Brighton, Commerce City or Northglenn seem to be carried by the Hoyt tower. Which makes sense, only the SO needs communication that far east. I've not had the opportunity to check out the Hoyt Tower activity on Pro96com, someday.

 

[utlchris]

For what its worth, when I head out east I lose the ADCO Simulcast, 700 Meg., at about Haysmount Road alignment. I pick up the ADCO SO from the Hoyt tower there on out to Last Chance. None of the other ADCO municipalities, like Thornton, Brighton, Commerce City or Northglenn seem to be carried by the Hoyt tower. Which makes sense, only the SO needs communication that far east. I've not had the opportunity to check out the Hoyt Tower activity on Pro96com, someday.

Yeah I would like to see the Pro96 for Hoyt and Zap someday.

 

[jimmnn]

Yeah I would like to see the Pro96 for Hoyt and Zap someday.

Zap can be logged from most parts of the metro area (including downtown Denver) pretty easily; Hoyt on the other hand is a different story.

Jim<

 

[utlchris]

Zap can be logged from most parts of the metro area (including downtown Denver) pretty easily; Hoyt on the other hand is a different story.

Jim<

I'll see if I can log it. I think Zap is hit and miss from my place for some reason.

 

[MikeyB]

I'll see if I can log it. I think Zap is hit and miss from my place for some reason.

I also don't get a signal at all from Zap which I'm disappointed about. For some reason Smoky Hill also is hit and miss even though it's due east from me not more than maybe 12 miles. I get the mountain sites quite nice though - Buckhorn comes in very nice even though it's many, many miles away.

 

[jimmnn]

I also don't get a signal at all from Zap which I'm disappointed about. For some reason Smoky Hill also is hit and miss even though it's due east from me not more than maybe 12 miles. I get the mountain sites quite nice though - Buckhorn comes in very nice even though it's many, many miles away.

Have you tried a dedicated 800MHz yagi? This more than doubles the sites I can log from any one location.

Jim<

 

[MikeyB]

Have you tried a dedicated 800MHz yagi? This more than doubles the sites I can log from any one location.

Jim<

No - I've thought about it. Do these have to be put outside and how big are they?

 

[soundchaser]

FileVersion:4
-TowerInfo
#This section is here for information only. With the exception
#of the Call Sign(s), This data is not Read back into the program at all.
System ID : D1C
System Name : State of Colorado
WACN : BEE07
Tower Number (Decimal): 170
Tower Number (Hex) : T0146
Tower Description : Auraria Campus (Fine Arts Building) - 700 MHz Site only
Control Capabilities : Data,Voice,Registration
Call Sign(s) : WPTZ761
Timestamp : Wed Apr 21 18:48:57 2010
-Tables
#Format: Table ID,Base Freq,Spacing,Input Offset,Assumed/Confirmed,BandWidth
00,851.00625,0.00625,-45.00000,"Confirmed",0.00625
01,762.00625,0.00625,30.00000,"Confirmed",0.00625
-Frequencies
#Format: Channel,Usage,Frequency,Input Frequency
"01-1184","i",769.40625,799.40625
"01-1224","av",769.65625,799.65625
"01-1264","av",769.90625,799.90625
"01-1304","a",770.15625,800.15625
"01-1344","c",770.40625,800.40625
-Neighbors
#Format: TowerID,TowerIDHex,System ID,Channel,Frequency,Tower Name
101,"T0101",d1c,"00-0357",853.23750,"Admin (S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton) - Denver Metro / West Arapahoe County"
109,"T0109",d1c,"00-0473",853.96250,"CDOC DRDC (Smith Road, NE Denver) - CDOC Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center"
120,"T0114",d1c,"00-0431",853.70000,"DTB (Denver Xmit Building, S. Colorado Blvd, Denver) - Denver Metro"
164,"T0140",d1c,"00-0453",853.83750,"Chevron Plaza Tower (W of I-25 mp197, Greenwood Village) - Denver Metro / Arap. County"
171,"T0147",d1c,"01-0554",765.46875,"State Office Building (1375 Sherman Street, Denver) - 700 MHz site only"
322,"T0316",d1c,"01-1758",772.99375,"Thornton Hilltop Park (E. 140th & Colorado) - City of Thornton / I-25 / E-470"

I'm having trouble locating the FCC callsign/license for Auraria. WPTZ761doesn't appear to be valid. I searched the database using both frequency and location and can't come up with anything that matches.

Does anybody have more current info?

 

[ecanderson]

I'm having trouble locating the FCC callsign/license for Auraria. WPTZ761 doesn't appear to be valid. I searched the database using both frequency and location and can't come up with anything that matches.

Does anybody have more current info?

WPTZ761 is licensed to Colorado.

Primary record here: ULS License - Public Safety 700 MHZ Band-State License License - WPTZ761 - COLORADO, STATE OF

New paperwork on that license here: ULS Application - 0004560520 - COLORADO, STATE OF

 

[jimmnn]

I'm having trouble locating the FCC callsign/license for Auraria. WPTZ761doesn't appear to be valid. I searched the database using both frequency and location and can't come up with anything that matches.

Does anybody have more current info?

Here she blows

Jim<

 

[soundchaser]

Thanks! So it's a blanket license for use anywhere in the state, with an output freq between 769 to 775.

That's going to make it difficult to plot signal maps. No power, no antenna height, no exact location.

Well, the RTD expansion into the state DTRS will formalize the Capitol Site, since that is one of the new locations on their license.

 

[luke-1]

I also don't get a signal at all from Zap which I'm disappointed about. For some reason Smoky Hill also is hit and miss even though it's due east from me not more than maybe 12 miles. I get the mountain sites quite nice though - Buckhorn comes in very nice even though it's many, many miles away.

Zap is a hard one to reach from the city. It is behind smokey hill, which is like a small mountain range east of the metro area. I can't even get it from Parker, but as soon as I get to E-470 and Smokey hill...clear as day.

 

[soundchaser]

Zap is a hard one to reach from the city. It is behind smokey hill, which is like a small mountain range east of the metro area. I can't even get it from Parker, but as soon as I get to E-470 and Smokey hill...clear as day.

Individual CO DTRS Sites/Zap - The RadioReference Wiki

Yep, Parker is shadowed.