Does this seem like good reception?

[citiot]

I live in Shakopee near the intersection of Marshall and 169. Not at the lowest part of the Minnesota River Valley, but still in the gully.

Antenna is up around 30 feet. (AOR SA7000). Radios are SDS100 and AOR DV1. Plain old f-connector splitter (2 ports). RG6 coax. I did monkey around with a PCT Cable drop amp with some in line attenuators. The splitter works just as good.

I can pick up far NOAA stations as far as Rochester, Jeffers, New Ulm, LaCrosse, Aitkin. So maybe 100 miles regularly.

Far ARMER includes Sherburn-Wright, Rice County Simulcast, Anoka, Chisago, Washington and the other Metro ones of course. Sometimes Nicollete which seems too good to be true. No Meeker or McCleod. MPLS N-S is sometimes choppy. So ARMER up to 40 miles.

Conventional 150/450 all over the place maybe 75 miles or so.

Wisconsin includes St. Croix VHF, Dunn VHF and Pierce VHF.

Can sometimes pick up 2 watt handhelds on 154 about 3.5 miles away.

I have no reference if this is good or not.

What do others in higher elevations in the metro get? (interested in greater MN results also).

Citiot

 

[dwgelle]

Sounds pretty good to me. Wish I could get that good of reception.

 

[citiot]

I monkeyed around with Google Earth Pro (the application).

It has an elevation profile. My results totally makes sense. Poor reception in directions where there a high hills in the way.

 

[ofd8001]

I would be quite happy with that kind of reception. Getting the county beyond the next door county (as in Anoka) is pretty good on a statewide system. These sites are not designed for a big coverage area, given the ability to affiliate with remote sites and talk base to home.

 

[omgitstony]

Nice! I am just a few miles east of you and would love to get all that. Me needs an attic antenna asap. Cant mount anything outside =

 

[JASII]

...Cant mount anything outside...

Why not?

Would this apply to you?

Over-the-Air Reception Devices Rule

Over-the-Air Reception Devices Rule

www.fcc.gov

 

[citiot]

I am the OP. Does this even sound possible? Picking up St. Cloud from Shakopee? I nosed around the DB and it doesn't seem like a coincidental near by tower.

Control channels 859.0875 and 857.1125 gives me activity Stearns County talkgroups.

854.087500 -60 Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) - St. Cloud Region Simulcast - Stearns County - Stearns Co Tactical 5 604057 NFM 3 00:00:05 08/22/19 00:41:12 08/22/19 07:41:48 24409 P25 Trunk Link
859.462500 -60 Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) - St. Cloud Region Simulcast - Minnesota Department of Public Safety - State Patrol - St. Cloud '2600' Dispatch 600036 NFM 2 00:00:03 08/22/19 05:02:43 08/22/19 05:02:49 24052 P25 Trunk Link
859.462500 -60 Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) - St. Cloud Region Simulcast - Benton County - Sheriff 1 612339 NFM 2 00:00:07 08/22/19 04:51:34 08/22/19 07:59:25 24900 P25 Trunk Link

Talk Group, Frequency, Tone, RSSI, UID, Mod, Hits, Duration, Start Date / Time, End Date / Time, System / Site - Group - Channel, System Type, Digital Type
24822,859.462500,,-60,,NFM,3,00:00:28,08/28/19 22:17:52,08/29/19 00:34:46,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - County Fire Dispatch Main,P25 Trunk,P25
24516,859.462500,,-116,605830,NFM,2,00:00:02,08/28/19 22:51:39,08/28/19 23:57:48,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - Sartell Police Main,P25 Trunk,P25
24600,854.087500,,-60,608356,NFM,41,00:03:34,08/28/19 22:09:46,08/29/19 02:10:27,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - Sheriff 1 Main (SCSD 1),P25 Trunk,P25
27116,859.462500,,-60,549507,NFM,24,00:02:29,08/28/19 22:04:57,08/29/19 02:25:58,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - St. Cloud - Mayo - St. Cloud Dispatch,P25 Trunk,Link
24888,853.900000,,-60,656062,NFM,16,00:01:46,08/28/19 23:10:46,08/29/19 04:30:31,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - St. Cloud - St Cloud Hospital Security,P25 Trunk,P25
24400,855.462500,,-114,604611,NFM,1,00:00:06,08/29/19 01:09:51,08/29/19 01:09:57,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - St. Cloud - St. Cloud Fire Administrative,P25 Trunk,Link
24444,859.462500,,-109,608354,NFM,93,00:08:45,08/28/19 21:58:02,08/29/19 05:33:00,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - St. Cloud - St. Cloud Police Dispatch 1,P25 Trunk,Link
24448,859.462500,,-60,608354,NFM,3,00:00:10,08/28/19 21:16:34,08/29/19 01:11:37,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - St. Cloud - St. Cloud Police Ops 2,P25 Trunk,Link
24450,854.087500,,-60,604756,NFM,1,00:00:04,08/29/19 01:32:33,08/29/19 01:32:38,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - St. Cloud - St. Cloud Police Ops 3,P25 Trunk,Link
24630,859.462500,,-103,604967,NFM,3,00:00:23,08/28/19 22:07:05,08/29/19 00:52:57,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - St. Cloud - St. Cloud VAMC EMS - Security Patch,P25 Trunk,Link
24409,859.462500,,-108,604682,NFM,47,00:04:02,08/28/19 21:50:03,08/29/19 02:02:40,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - Stearns Co Tactical 5,P25 Trunk,Link
24808,859.462500,,-106,608236,NFM,11,00:00:27,08/28/19 21:56:17,08/29/19 04:32:50,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - Stearns County Jail,P25 Trunk,Link
24550,854.087500,,-98,605242,NFM,2,00:00:04,08/29/19 00:53:32,08/29/19 00:53:55,ARMER Stearns - St. Cloud Region Site - Stearns County - Waite Park Police Dispatch,P25 Trunk,Link

 

[omgitstony]

Why not?

Association is pretty uppity when it comes to outside the home accessories.

 

[CcSkyEye]

That sounds like amazing reception to me, consider yourself lucky!