First of all, I have lived in the Chesterfield/New Baltimore area for over 20 yrs. I am close to the water, in an area notoriously bad for reception of some signals. Reception dramatically improves within 2 or 3 miles from my house. Since I got my SDS100 last year, I have only really been able to hear Detroit (on their simulcast site), as to be expected, when I entered the city. Put in an 800MHz glass mount antenna on my car a few weeks ago and it really helped surrounding areas, including Detroit to some degree. Still I had to be within a few miles of the city for consistently good reception. Over the last 24-36 hours, I have been receiving them near 100%, inside my home, using just the Remtronix duck I purchased with the scanner. I thought it might just be a temporary anomaly so I waited before posting this, but reception has been outstanding both in the house & driving around central Macomb County for almost 2 days. Does anyone know if the city or state has done anything to their system/sites ?
The database still lists Macomb Co as a 9 site system, but there are 14 on the maps. I never noticed the 5 additional sites. I did see the graphic you shared on the state map from another thread, but didn't look at it very closely. Does anyone happen to know what a 'backhaul relay' is ? And is there a way to see where the sites are by the site numbers on the map you posted above ?
