Just thought of another question from your answer, sorry , . So having a scanner that can receive both ,would it be better to listen to them on phase II or on the Phase I UHF site ? Would one come in clearer than the other ? Thanks , Mike
Which one is "clearer" would be hard to determine, except for programming both so that you could compare side by side.
Looking at the way that system is set up, I suspect that you'd hear more of the activity on the 700 MHz site. Obviously, I'm not in range of the system, so that's subject to verification by some local to it.
IF your main interest was only the two agencies you mentioned (that are simulcast on the Uhf), and if the simulcast is on all the time, then by only listening only to the Uhf site, you would not be distracted by the other agencies on the system. However, if I were setting that system up, I'd likely use the 700 site, since that's where it appears that
all the activity is taking place, with only a portion of it also being simulcasted on the Uhf site.