I've never noticed this before until today. I am looking at the Fort Wayne site and am using DSDPlus Fastlane. I've noticed that different frequencies have drastically different signal strength within this site at least for me. Using FMP24 and it's blue lines indicating signal strength, I get the following for each frequency:
851.4500 - 6/7
851.9875 - 4/7
852.4375 - 6/7
852.4625 - 4/7
853.3875 - 3/7 (secondary CC)
853.4125 - 6/7 (CC)
These numbers are consistent regardless of the TG on at the time. I am getting almost constant errors/broken voice with anything 4/7 or lower. I have tried multiple antennas including a Remtronix REM-820S, a discone, and a Westell CS03-003-090 which is 14dBi. The numbers above are with the high gain yagi pointed directly at the site. I am using these antennas on a second floor and pointed out the window. So what gives? Are these low-strength frequencies associated with a directional antenna pointing away from me? Maybe this is a normal thing but I've never noticed nor have I had this issue with any other trunked system. What blows my mind is I'm only ~3mi away from the site according to the documented address and if, I'm not using almost full gain, it's unlistenable. Where might I be going wrong?