From the Albany Herald: Albany Herald | Lee set for communications upgrade
Again, it appears that narrowbanding is locally defined as "move to a trunked radio system."
On a technical note, I have watched the shifting of frequencies allocated to the Albany/Dougherty (and Thomas/Crisp County regional) system, even since the change to the digital system. Per the article, Lee County will roam to the two Albany sites: Turner Field and Gillionville. Additionally, Lee County gets to put a tower up on Hwy 32, which is just outside the county seat of Leesburg.
According to a search of the FCC ULS, there are no 800 MHz frequencies assigned to Lee County (yet). However, during the Thanksgiving holiday, I monitored the Albany system via UniTrunker and found 5 sites in total: Site 1 is Turner Field, Site 2 is Gillionville, Site 3 is Thomas County, Site 4 was unknown, and Site 5 was Crisp County.
The Site 4 had one frequency assigned to it: 860.8375. Could this be a temporary "placeholder" for Lee County? Only time and listening will tell.....
Again, it appears that narrowbanding is locally defined as "move to a trunked radio system."
On a technical note, I have watched the shifting of frequencies allocated to the Albany/Dougherty (and Thomas/Crisp County regional) system, even since the change to the digital system. Per the article, Lee County will roam to the two Albany sites: Turner Field and Gillionville. Additionally, Lee County gets to put a tower up on Hwy 32, which is just outside the county seat of Leesburg.
According to a search of the FCC ULS, there are no 800 MHz frequencies assigned to Lee County (yet). However, during the Thanksgiving holiday, I monitored the Albany system via UniTrunker and found 5 sites in total: Site 1 is Turner Field, Site 2 is Gillionville, Site 3 is Thomas County, Site 4 was unknown, and Site 5 was Crisp County.
The Site 4 had one frequency assigned to it: 860.8375. Could this be a temporary "placeholder" for Lee County? Only time and listening will tell.....