Collier/Miami/Dade
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Since the nearest tower to Bonita Springs is 74 miles away, I doubt you can pick them up.
On the Collier County System P25p2 I am easily picking up a talkgroup 113 miles away, loud and clear. I figured if that is the case, this graphic you posted is within the area Collier P25 talk-group that I am currently monitoring.
The only way to see is to program in the Miami-Dade towers and see if you pick them up locally.
I often hear traffic from over 100 miles away when a unit affiliates with local towers, but they are not consistent in being received on a regular basis, and usually only last a little while till the towers dis-affiliate with each other.
I often hear traffic from over 100 miles away when a unit affiliates with local towers, but they are not consistent in being received on a regular basis, and usually only last a little while till the towers dis-affiliate with each other.
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Collier County does not use NPSPAC 800 frequencies and is not required to limit their signal footprint outside of the County, so they will be heard much further than Miami-Dade that does use NPSPAC 800 frequencies and are required to limit the amount of signal that extends outside of their county jurisdiction.
I doubt the OP will hear Miami-Dade at all from Bonita Springs, and if he does, it will be on a very good RF Day with a properly designed and installed outdoor antenna system. He has a better chance of hearing MDCFR on conventional UHF.
Something else to keep in mind is that the westernmost site that is being referenced in the diagram above is located at the Miccosukee village and generally only carries traffic on the tribe’s talkgroups and one of MDSO’s districts , Hammocks IIRC. My experience has been that this particular site can be monitored roughly as far west as Carnstown on Tamiami Trail. This is using an SDS100 with an external 7/800 MHz antenna. As for the Miami-Dade sites that carry public safety traffic (site 102), the best coverage to the west has been on Tamiami Trail just before the Miccosukee tribe. In contrast, I have monitored the Collier P25 from south Dade while on the turnpike.
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