Darke County MARCS signal gone

[west-pac]

Not sure where you're getting your info, but they're not licensed for simulcast; there are no common frequencies between any of those sites. The only sites originally intended for simulcast were Columbus and Cleveland; as other counties joined they built out their own simulcast sites. Other counties not originally intended as simulcast have been or will shortly be converted to simulcast, but at the moment Darke doesn't appear to be one of them.

You're correct about the coverage though. Simply simulcasting those four sites wouldn't change coverage too much; the major difference would be reducing both roaming and the number of frequencies needed to cover the entire county.


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TLDR. They ARE licensed for simulcast. Read the emissions designators on those sites.

 

[wa8pyr]

TLDR. They ARE licensed for simulcast. Read the emissions designators on those sites.

I'll concede that there are emissions designators which are sometimes found at simulcast sites, but emissions designators do not a simulcast make. When they start licensing all the frequencies at all the sites, then you'll have a valid point.