Clackamas County Changes

[joescanner]

In conjunction with the changes happening to the Washington County half of the Washington County/Clackamas County Smartzone trunked radio system, there are changes afoot for the Clackamas County portion as well.

There are Clackamas County simulcast sites at the following locations:
Polehm Road 45.31555556 -122.4630556
Mt View 45.34361111 -122.5961111
Mt Scott 45.45441667 -122.5481389
Pete's Mtn 45.34416667 -122.6925
Palisades 45.39194444 -122.6977778
Polivka Hill 45.43888889 -122.3880556
View Acres 45.41555556 -122.6163889
post rebanding frequencies: 851.2375, 851.3000, 851.4875, 851.8500, 852.1625, 852.1875, 852.4375, 852.8625, 853.2625, 853.7625

There is also a site at Goat:
Goat Mtn 45.13141667 -122.2963611
post rebanding frequencies: 851.9375, 852.7250, 852.8375, 852.9875, 853.5125

And four new sites in eastern clackamas county that appear to be a new simulcast system:
Rhododendron 45.3185 -121.8820833
Gov't Camp 45.28875 -121.7845278
Linhart Butte 45.35022222 -122.1668889
Brightwood 45.3975 -122.0397222
post rebanding frequencies: 851.0375, 851.1750, 853.3875, 853.4375, 853.9625

Clackamas County is also now licensed for the Region 35 common interop channels on WPYM639.

 

[lbfergus]

Is Washington County going to be simulcast on all of the Clackamas County sites?

 

[joescanner]

That's unknown. It may work very much the same as it does today, where a significant amount of Washington County radio traffic is simulcasted from the Clackamas County subsystem(s), or they may retune the system (since there will be added capacity channel-wise and range wise) to limit Washington County traffic to the Washington County repeaters.

We'll have to wait and see.