Currently yes. Same results with it on or off though.
Increasing Scanning Reception - MPSCS
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I finally have an update for this. I purchased the Scanner Master antenna recommended above and that has allowed me to receive another nearby site (Mesick 1) which carries some of the traffic I've been interested in receiving. I still can't receive the Manton site from home, but the Mesick 1 site carries everything the Manton site does, so it's a moot point. Thank you everyone for the suggestions and tips!
dmchalmers
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i'm in between Mio, Lovells, an Atlanta 2 i have same results had no luck picking up Waters or Treetops which i wish i could hear
I think its best to be near a large site. Grayling has a ton of frequencies and tons of traffic from all around. THen the other smaller sites around help with coverage and fill in gaps in other areas. For example I will see similar as to what is on Grayling (but much less) but add on Oscoda county. I can get Waters and its got a fair amount from Otsego county but definat4ely not all of it.
In the summer i see a lot of detroit area traffic on Grayling...
Interesting. That shouldn't happen, unless those TG are statewide enabled.
I have more hits on 2870 (50MASH3) macomb county than I do on crawford county EMS dispatch over the same time frame. 82VBPD Van Buren Twp Wayne Co..... 50MASH macomb county, Ton of hits for Shiawassee Co (78P911) and 676P911 st. clair co port huron PD, macomb county clinton twp, shelby twp macomb co on St. helen site... among many more
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Not to stray too far off topic, but…I thought when an agency’s radio comes within range of a given tower that tower will then pick up that agency’s traffic. I assumed that is what is happening when I hear other far away counties on my local tower, in town picking up prisoners etc. It would make sense that a tower near I-75 would hear lots of out of area traffic.
Rich the System Administrators setup what Talkgroups are allowed to AFFILIATE with what SITES.
The radios can bet set to prefer their home county, and ours were set to require two levels of service degradation before moving to other sites. This prevents unnecessary traffic loading on the zone assets.
Prisoner transport would be a reason that TG would be on towers outside of their home county. Sometimes a specialized TG is used for out of county travel, so the typical TG can be kept geographically restricted. Once again, this prevents unnecessary network traffic out of area, and also prevents "no channel available" issues, if/when affiliated with towers that have limited resources.
Prisoner transport would be a reason that TG would be on towers outside of their home county. Sometimes a specialized TG is used for out of county travel, so the typical TG can be kept geographically restricted. Once again, this prevents unnecessary network traffic out of area, and also prevents "no channel available" issues, if/when affiliated with towers that have limited resources.
The biggest issue is feedline , seriously at near 850 to 900 mhz. I have used rg6 quad shield, even better yet you would be amazed of what 10ft and 35ft difference makes. I'm in Houghton Lake my antenna is just a mobile nmo mount on ground plane on a 10ft pipe. I get Sharon, St Helen, Grayling sites, no issues 24-7. Currently using RG316 at 15ft
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